Laaleys
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| subdivision_name2 = Berbera District{{Cite web |author=World Food Programme |date=2021-01-01 |url=https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000122597/download/ |title=Joint Market and Supply Chain Update |accessdate=2023-02-25 |archive-date=2023-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226000235/https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000122597/download/ |url-status=live }}
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Laaleys (Laalays) is a Village in south-central Sahil region in Somaliland.Its on the route from Berbera to sheikh,some 46km away before the climb into the Golis mountains.
History
Laaleys appears in a book published in 1951 in England under the name "Lalis".{{Cite web |author=John Anthony Hunt |date=1951 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAhBAQAAIAAJ|title=A general survey of the Somaliland protectorate 1944-1950 |accessdate=2021-09-25|page=32}}
In August 2021, the Government of Somaliland officially launched a major mineral exploration operation at Hudisa, Laalays and Lasadawo in Sahil region.{{Cite news |newspaper=Somali Dispatch |date=2021-08-13 |url=https://www.somalidispatch.com/latest-news/somaliland-government-launches-mineral-exploration-operation-in-sahil-region/ |title=Somaliland government launches mineral exploration operation in Sahil region |accessdate=2023-02-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226000237/https://www.somalidispatch.com/latest-news/somaliland-government-launches-mineral-exploration-operation-in-sahil-region/ |archivedate=2023-02-26 |url-status=live }}
In October 2022, the Minister of Agricultural Development of Somaliland visits Laaleys.{{Cite news |newspaper=Somaliland post.net |date=2022-10-04 |url=https://somalilandpost.net/wasiirka-beeraha-somaliland-oo-kormeeray-waxqabadka-mashruuc-laga-fuliyey-deegaanka-laalays-ee-gobolka-maroodi-jeex/ |title=Wasiirka Beeraha Somaliland Oo Kormeeray Waxqabadka Mashruuc Laga Fuliyey Deegaanka Laalays Ee Gobolka Maroodi-jeex |accessdate=2023-02-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226000234/https://somalilandpost.net/wasiirka-beeraha-somaliland-oo-kormeeray-waxqabadka-mashruuc-laga-fuliyey-deegaanka-laalays-ee-gobolka-maroodi-jeex/ |archivedate=2023-02-26 |url-status=live }}
Notable People
- Maxamed Yuusuf Cabdi - Somali singer{{Cite news |newspaper=Hiiraan online |date=2008-01-09 |url=https://www.hiiraan.com/news/2008/jan/wararka_maanta9-2684.htm|title=Fannaan Maxamed Yuusuf Cabdi oo si heer qaran ah loogu aasay Hargeysa |accessdate=2023-02-25|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}
- Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec - Somali singer, songwriter{{Cite news |newspaper=Hiiraan online |date=2014-03-14 |url=https://hiiraan.com/news/2014/mar/wararka_maanta14-45657.htm |title=Somaliland ku dhawaaqday Guddiga Qabanqaabada Aaska Tubeec |accessdate=2023-02-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226000234/https://hiiraan.com/news/2014/mar/wararka_maanta14-45657.htm |archivedate=2023-02-26 |url-status=live }}