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Used throughout the northern and western Somali territories; particularly in the Somali region of Ethiopia and Somaliland, but also in central Somalia, southern and northeastern Somalia. [1] [3] The Gadabursi, Gaalje'el and Deshiishe [4] [5] gave their sultan the title of "Ugaas" romanized as "Ughaz". [6] [7] [8] Boqor: Literally denotes King. [9]
In March 2007, an overlay plan was created for NPA 630 adding area code 331, and 779 was added to 815. With the depletion of new numbers in area codes 312 and 773, an overlay of both of them, area code 872, was created in November 2009, beginning ten-digit dialing within the city limits of Chicago. The remaining area without an overlay in the ...
Consulates-General are staffed by career consulate foreign nationals, usually with full diplomatic protection. Honorary consuls are accredited US citizens or residents who have official standing but are usually part-time [2] [3] The United States Department of State's Chicago regional office serves these missions.
Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland.They were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s, by the late 1970s through the late 1980s and early 1990s more Somalis arrived.
The numbering plan area comprises most of western and southern Cook County, and eastern and southern Will County. Area code 708 was created on November 11, 1989, in a split of area code 312. It once served almost all of Chicago's suburbs in Illinois. In 1996, its numbering plan area was reduced in a three-way area code split.
The new area code was one of the first area codes not serving an entire state, but having the digit 0 in the middle position of the code. It was the only new area code created in Illinois between 1947 and the 1989 creation of area code 708. [2] In preparation of an overlay plan with the new area code 779, all calls from the 815 area needed to ...
Various Somali clans utilise distinct titles for their leaders, including Sultan, [26] Emir, Imam, [27] Ugaas, [26] and Garaad. [28] Clan leadership may be hereditary, or leaders may be elected by the council of elders composed of representatives from diverse clan lineages. The leaders of these clans fulfill both religious and political ...
Abdisalam Aato, film director, producer, entrepreneur and media consultant; founder of Olol Films; Mona Kosar Abdi, multimedia journalist; Barkhad Abdi, actor, film director and producer