Fiqifuliye
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Fiqifuliye is a town in the Fiqifuliye District of Sanaag region of Somalia.
Recent History
On June 1, 1993, a meeting between the Habar Yoonis and the Dhulbahante clans was held in Fiqifuliye, and the Habar Yoonis clan agreed to invite the Dhulbahante clan to the upcoming clan meeting in Erigavo.{{Cite web |author=interpiece |date=April 2008 |url=https://www.interpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/2008_SomS_Interpeace_APD_Statebuilding_EN.pdf |title=THE SEARCH FOR PEACE |access-date=2021-05-23}}
In July 2013, in Fiqifuliye, more than 600 militiamen who had previously been on the Khatumo State side announced that they would join the Somaliland army.{{Cite news |title=Somaliland: Fiqifuliye Residents Shun Khatumo Insurgency |newspaper=Somaliland Sum |date=2013-07-20 |url=https://www.somalilandsun.com/somaliland-fiqifuliye-residents-shun-khatumo-insurgency/ |access-date=2013-07-20 }}{{Cite news |title=Ciidan Khaatumo oo ku biiray Somaliland |newspaper=BBC |date=2013-07-20 |url=https://www.bbc.com/somali/maqal_iyo_muuqaal/2013/07/130720_somaliland_khaatumo |access-date=2021-05-23 }}
In March 2016, the Puntland Drought Relief Committee (based in Bosaso) dispatched a water truck as a first aid response to the drought around Fiqifuliye.{{Cite news |title=GUDDIGA GURMADKA ABAARAHA PUNTLAND OO GURMAD IYO BIYO DHAAMIN KA BILAABAY GOBOLKA SANAAG |newspaper=Puntland post |date=2016-03-28 |url=https://puntlandpost.net/2016/03/28/guddiga-abaaraha-puntland-oo-gurmad-iyo-biyo-dhaamin-ka-bilaabay-gobolka-sanaag/ |access-date=2021-05-23 }}
In December 2018, Somaliland's Sanaag Governor Maxamed Axmed Caalin (Tiimbaro) visited Fiqifuliye and promised to initiate government projects.{{Cite news |title=Badhasaabka Sanaag oo Degmada Fiqifuliye ka Furay Mashaariic Xukuumaddu Hirgelisay |newspaper=Wargeyska Dawan |date=2018-12-13 |url=https://wargeyskadawan.com/2018/12/13/badhasaabka-sanaag-oo-degmada-fiqifuliye-ka-furay-mashaariic-xukuumaddu-hirgelisay/ |access-date=2021-05-23 }}
In October 2020, a hospital was fundeded in Fiqifuliye with donations from the diaspora. The Somaliland Ministry of Health is considering providing funding.{{Cite news |title=A DIASPORA-FUNDED HOSPITAL BUILDING INAUGURATED IN FIQIFULIYE |newspaper=Puntland post |date=2020-10-05 |url=https://puntlandpost.net/2020/10/05/a-diaspora-funded-hospital-building-inaugurated-in-fiqifuliye/ |access-date=2021-05-23 }}
Demographics
See also
References
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- [http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4563214&fid=5784&c=somalia Fiqi Fuliye, Somalia]
Category:Populated places in Sanaag
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