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Borama District (Somali: Degmada Boorama) is a district of the Awdal region in Somaliland. [5] Demographics. The Awdal Region in which the district is situated is ...
Borama (Somali: Boorama, Arabic: بورما) is the largest city of the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. [2] The commercial seat of the province, it is situated near the border with Ethiopia .
Upon independence in 1960, the Somali Republic maintained the 12 districts of the former Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland that merged to form the new country. [4] In 1964, a new Northeastern (Burao) Province was established by merging Burao, Erigavo, and Las Anod and a Northwestern (Hargeisa) Province was formed from Berbera, Borama ...
In British Somaliland, today's Awdal was called Zeila-Borama district based on the region's main city. [25] In around 1964, the Berbera, Borama, and Hargeisa districts were combined to form the North-Western (Hargeisa) Province. [25] In 1984, the Somalia government established the Awdal region. [26]
According to the "Decrees Establishing the Structure of the Ministry of Interior and regions / Districts" in 1993, it was divided into 6 regions inherited from the era of Somaliland, 18 districts during the Somali era, and one district created by the Somaliland government, for a total of 19 districts. [14]
The Borama or Gadabuursi Script was devised in 1933 by Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur, a Qur'anic teacher and son of Borama's qadi (judge), who devised the new orthography for transcribing the Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Somali language.
Borama district (now Awdal) was carved out of the western parts of Woqooyi Galbeed region in June 1984. [12] When the Somali Civil War broke out, the former British territory declared the revival of the pre-independent State of Somaliland . [ 13 ]
Districts of Somaliland. There are 22 districts (Somali: Degmo; Arabic: مقاطعة). under the state.Each district is rated A, B, C, and D according to population, budget, and economic scale.