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The district is home to some of the largest livestock markets, known in Somali as seylad, in the Horn of Africa, with as many as 10,000 heads of sheep and goats sold daily in the markets of Burao and Yirowe, many of whom shipped to Gulf states via the port of Berbera.
The 18 regions of Somalia and their capitals. This is a list of districts in Somalia by population.As of March 2017, the country has an estimated population of 15,626,039 inhabitants.
The Dervish movement was founded in Burao in 1899. In the end of late August of that year the Dervish leaders and their clan followers assembled at Burao, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan with his followers from the Dhulbahante, the various Habar Jeclo sub clans with their principle headman Haji Sudi, and Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman with his followers from the Habr Yunis clan, declared open hostility. [17]
With its capital at Burao (Burco), the region's name is derived from the Togdheer River, which means "Long River" in Somali. The region has an approximate population of 350,000 people. [6] Under British Somaliland, the Togdheer region was formerly the Burao district which was one of three districts that comprised the Burao region.
The 1988 Hargeisa Burao offensive [4] (Somali: Gudo-galkii Hargeysa iyo Burco) was a major offensive conducted during the Somaliland War of Independence in May 1988 ...
It is located between Burco and Hargeisa in the western part of Togdheer region. [2] [3] Notable residents
The University of Burao UB is a university in Burao, Somaliland.It is an independent community-based higher education institution established in 2004 in Burao second best university in Somaliland , the capital city of Togdheer region in Somaliland.
Captain Allan Gibb. In early 1922 the Protectorate authorities announced that they would impose a heavy tax on the people of Burao and initiate a programme of disarmament. . This policy was proposed to raise much needed revenues to run the Somaliland Protectorate which was a net drain on Colonial Office coff