Cayn

Cayn or Ayn is an administrative region that Puntland declared to be founded in the 2000s.[1] Togdheer to the west, Sool to the east, and Ethiopia to the south. Its capital is Buuhoodle.[2][3] As an intra-46th meridian east territory, Buuhoodle has a tradition of being external to European colonial rule or convention.[4]

Cayn
Gobolka Cayn
Region
Country Puntland
(Disputed with  Somaliland)
CapitalBuuhoodle
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Overview

Now, Buuhoodle It is the capital of Ayn region under the administration of SSC Khaatumo

As with much of northern Somalia, most local residents in the Cayn region are nomadic pastoralists.[5]

Las Anod-Nogal district from 1944 - 1960.

The region was formerly part of Togdheer region.

Cayn was part of the Las Anod-Nogal District from 1944 with Las Anod as capital until 1974 when the Siad Barre government split the district between the Nugaal and Togdheer regions.[6] John A Hunt stated the following about the Las Anod-Nogal District:

"The Nogal (Las Anod) District defined in 1944. This was supposed to have been done for administrative convenience, but the somewhat crooked boundary between the Burao and Nogal districts suggests that it was intended to make the Las Anod-Nogal District an entirely Dolbahanta Tribal District ... All the Dolbahanta have been Las Anod District since 1944, except for the Naleya Ahmed of the Ogadyahan Siad ... remaining in Erigavo District".[7]

In Somaliland, the Cayn territory is administrated as part of Togdheer region but it is legally part of Sool region. Article 11, section 1 of the amended Local Government Act which came into force in 2020 provides:[8][9]

Xuduudaha Lixda Gobol Ee JSL ka kooban tahay waxay ku salaysan yihiin Xuduudahii ay lahaan jireen lixdii Degmo Ee Waaweynaa Ee jiray xiligii Ingiriiska ka hor 26/06/1960 Ee kala ahaa Hargeysa, Burco, Ceerigaabo, Laascaanood, Boorama iyo Berbera kuwaas oo isku beddelay Gobolladda JSL hadda ka kooban tahay.

Districts

The Cayn region consists of the following districts:[10]

Demographics

The Dhulbahante of the Harti Darod clan is well represent in the region.[11][12]

Major towns

See also

References
  1. Markus Virgil Hoehne (2015). "Between Somaliland and Puntland" (PDF). p. 60. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  2. Law, Gwillim (2015-09-01). "Regions of Somalia". Statoids.
  3. "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia, the USA: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  4. Douglas Jardine, p. 250 "An imaginary line was drawn roughly from Ankhor on the sea-coast through Eil Dur Elan to Badwein at the eastern extremity of the Ain Valley, and thence south-west to the southern border at a point where it is intersected by the 46th degree of longitude. It was our object to confine Dervish activities to their side of this line and to afford protection to the friendly tribes on our side."
  5. Bradbury, Mark (2008). Becoming Somaliland. Progressio. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-2533-5178-4.
  6. A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa, I M Lewis, 2003
  7. Hunt, John Anthony (1951). A General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950 (PDF). p. 165 & 53.
  8. "Local Government Law" (PDF) (in Somali). Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  9. "Local Government Law".
  10. "Districts of Somalia". Statoids. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  11. Hoehne, Markus V. (2010). Borders & Borderlands as resources in the Horn of Africa. Boydell & Brewer. p. 113. ISBN 9781847010186. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  12. Gebrewold, Belachew (28 March 2013). Anatomy of Violence: Understanding the systems of conflict and violence in Africa. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. p. 130. ISBN 9781409499213. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  13. "Odanleh area, Togdheer, Somalia". so.geoview.info. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
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