Berbera District (Somali: Degmada Barbara) is a district of the Sahil province in Somaliland. Its capital lies at Berbera.
Berbera District
Degmada Barbara | |
|---|---|
_(2).jpg) | |
.svg) Location of Berbera district in Sahil, Somaliland | |
| Country |  Somaliland |
| Region | Sahil |
| Capital | Berbera |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 60,753 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
The city is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, in particular by the Isamusa[2] clan which is sub-clan of the Isaaq family clan.[3]
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Petermanns Mitteilungen. Ergänzungsheft (in German). J. Perthes. 1894. p. 228.
- ^ Lewis, I. M. (1994). Blood and Bone: The Call of Kinship in Somali Society. The Red Sea Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780932415936.
isaaq noble.
External links
edit10°26′21″N 45°00′36″E / 10.4392°N 45.0101°E
 | This Somaliland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |