Yurkud Explained

Official Name:Yurkud
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Somalia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Gedo
Unit Pref:Metric
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Yurkud is a town in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia. It was the site of the Battle of Yurkud (2012).

It is dominated by a subclan of the Rahaweyn called Malinwiin, also known as Macalinweyn (in the Maxa language). This group was mostly pastoralist before the civil war, and some were Islamic school teachers. Today, this clan has grown large and lives in Bay, Bakool, and Middle Juba, specifically in Dinsoor and Bardera.

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