Balidhiig

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| official_name = Balidhiig

| native_name = {{native name|so|Balidhiig}}
{{native name|ar|بليديج|italic=no}}

| other_name = Balli Dhiig

| settlement_type = Town

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| subdivision_name1 = Togdheer

| subdivision_name2 = Burao

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| population_total = 23,000

| population_as_of = 2002

| population_footnotes = {{Cite book |last=Syong'oh |first=Grace |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FsKeAAAAMAAJ&q=qoryale+population |title=Alternative Approaches to Basic Education: A Case Study of Togdheer Region Stakeholders' Dissemination Workshop, Hargeisa, 28th-29th April 2002 : Workshop Report |date=2002 |publisher=IRACC |page=42 |language=en}}

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Balidhiig, also known as Balli Dhiig ({{Langx|so|Balidhiig}}, {{Langx|ar|بليديج}}) is a town in the Togdheer region of Somaliland, on the border of Somaliland and Ethiopia.{{cite web |title=TOGDHEER REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014-2016) |url=https://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/TogdherRegion.pdf |website=MINISTRY OF NATIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |accessdate=13 October 2020 |archive-date=13 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013201239/https://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/TogdherRegion.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=About the register of charities |url=https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?subid=0®id=1144883 |website=register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk |accessdate=13 October 2020}}{{cite web |title=WAAPO |url=https://waapo.org/ |website=WAAPO}}{{cite web |title=Distance between Burco, Togdheer, Somalia and Balidhiig, Togdheer, Somalia 122 Miles - 196 Km |url=https://www.distancebetweencities.net/burco_togdheer_somalia_and_balidhiig_togdheer_somalia/ |website=www.distancebetweencities.net |accessdate=13 October 2020 |archive-date=18 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018002004/https://www.distancebetweencities.net/burco_togdheer_somalia_and_balidhiig_togdheer_somalia/ |url-status=dead }}

Demographics

In 2002 the town of Balidhiig has an estimated population of 23,000 residents.{{Cite book |last=Syong'oh |first=Grace |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FsKeAAAAMAAJ&q=qoryale+population |title=Alternative Approaches to Basic Education: A Case Study of Togdheer Region Stakeholders' Dissemination Workshop, Hargeisa, 28th-29th April 2002 : Workshop Report |date=2002 |publisher=IRACC |page=42 |language=en}}

See also

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