:Togdheer

Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex from the west, Sahil to the north, Ethiopia to the south, and Sanaag & Sool to the east. 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.{{Cite web|title=Togdheer regional development plan (2014-2016)|url=https://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/TogdherRegion.pdf|website=Republic of Somaliland Ministry of Planning and Development|access-date=2020-09-04|archive-date=2020-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013201239/https://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/TogdherRegion.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Under British Somaliland, the Togdheer region was formerly the Burao district which was one of three districts that comprised the Burao region. The other two regions were Las Anod and Erigavo districts.{{Cite web |title=Development map, roads, 1944 |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g8352bm.gct00214/?sp=16 |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Library of Congress}} Sanaag was carved out of Togdheer region and was established as a separate region on June 23, 1973, comprising the three districts of Erigavo, Las Qorey and Garadag.{{Cite web |title=Faafin rasmi ah ee Jumhuriyadda Dimuqradika Somaliya {{!}} CRL Digital Delivery System |url=http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/15816?terms&item_id=442828#?c=1&m=13&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=-1538,-1,5156,3299 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=ddsnext.crl.edu}}

As with much of Somaliland, most local residents in the Togdheer region are nomadic pastoralists.{{cite book |last=Bradbury |first=Mark |title=Becoming Somaliland |year=2008 |publisher=Progressio |isbn=978-0-2533-5178-4 |page=201}}

The Togdheer region consists of the following three districts:{{cite web|title=Districts of Somalia|url=http://www.statoids.com/yso.html|publisher=Statoids|access-date=6 December 2013}}

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{{Location map~|Togdheer|lat_deg=9.527889|lon_deg=45.5345|position=bottom|label=Burao}}

{{Location map~|Togdheer|lat_deg=8.230556|lon_deg=46.326667|position=bottom|label=Buhodle}}

{{Location map~|Togdheer|lat_deg=8.590833|lon_deg=45.241111|position=bottom|label=Haji Salah}}

{{Location map~|Togdheer|lat_deg=9.4|lon_deg=45.066667|position=top|label=Odweyne}}

{{Location map~|Togdheer|lat_deg=8.55|lon_deg=46.233333|position=top|label=Qorilugud}}

{{Location map~|Togdheer|lat_deg=9.068889|lon_deg=45.970278|position=top|label=Qoryale}}

{{Location map~|Togdheer|lat_deg=8.454444|lon_deg=46.706389|position=right|label=Widhwidh}}

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It is primarily inhabited by the Habr Je'lo, Habr Yonis, Isamusa and Arap, all of which are subdivisions of the larger Isaaq clan-family.

The Dhulbahante of the Harti Darod clan is also present in the Buuhoodle district.{{cite book|last1=Hoehne|first1=Markus V.|title=Borders & Borderlands as resources in the Horn of Africa|year=2010|pages=113|isbn=9781847010186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZiSxrTGHMkC&dq=buuhoodle+district&pg=PA113|access-date=14 November 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Gebrewold|first1=Belachew|title=Anatomy of Violence: Understanding the systems of conflict and violence in Africa|date=28 March 2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing Ltd|pages=130|isbn=9781409499213|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLPW6RBUshQC&dq=sanaag+region+clans&pg=PA130|access-date=14 November 2017}}

• Burao
• Oodweyne
• Buuhoodle
• Balidhiig
• Qoryale
• Yirowe
• fiqi ayuub

Somaliland-Togdheer Region.svg

• Ogo Mountains
• Hahi

{{Reflist}}

• [http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Togdheer_A4.pdf Administrative map of Togdheer]
• [http://www.togdheernews.com/ Togdheer News Network] (in Somali)

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Category:Regions of Somaliland