Official Name: | Tawfiiq |
Other Name: | توفيق |
Native Name: | Towfiiq |
Settlement Type: | Town / District |
Motto: | The heart of Golol |
Pushpin Map: | Somalia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somalia. |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Somalia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Mudug |
Subdivision Name2: | Tawfiiq |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 6.6172°N 48.8753°W |
Tawfiiq (Somali: Tawfiiq, Arabic: توفيق), also known as Towfiiq, is a town in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. It lies beyond the Golol valley, 160 km northeast of the provincial capital of Galkayo.
The settlement was founded relatively recently, in the year 2000. Due to its grazing areas and natural lakes, it has evolved into a gathering point for livestock herders. In early 2011 Tawfiiq Primary and Intermediate school was also established in the town.
Tawfiiq is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Saleban Abdalle sub-clan of Surre of the Dir especially well-represented.
Tawfiiq is governed by the autonomous Puntland administration. And many villages including El Danane, Buq Qalloo, Galhagoog, Dhinowda and Hingaras are under Tawfiiq's jurisdiction. Due to its rapid growth, the town was declared a full district by the Puntland ministerial cabinet in April 2013.