Lughaya
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| leader_name = Abdullahi Ali Aw Nuur
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Lughaya ({{langx|ar|لوغهيا}}) is a coastal town in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland.{{cite web|title=Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)|url=https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf|publisher=UNDP|access-date=21 September 2013|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728203029/https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Demographics
The broader Lughaya District has a total population of 101,104 residents. The town is mainly inhabited by the Mahad 'Ase subclan of the Gadabuursi Dir clan who make up the predominant clan in the district,{{cite book|last1=Ambroso|first1=Guido|title=Pastoral society and transnational refugees: population movements in Somaliland and eastern Ethiopia|date=August 2002|publisher=UNHCR Brussels|quote=Chart showing the Gadabursi inhabiting the Lughaya district}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/mbali/doc124.htm|title= RUIN AND RENEWAL: THE STORY OF SOMALILAND|year=2004|df=dmy-all|quote=So too is the boundary of Lughaya district whose predominant (if not exclusive) inhabitants are today Gadabursi.}} dominating local government representation and having always occupied the seat of the mayor.{{Cite book|author=Interface (2015)|title= PILLARS OF PEACE Confronting the Future of Somaliland’s Democracy: Lessons from a Decade of Multi-Partyism and the Way Forward |url=https://www.interpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015_05_Confronting_the_future_of_Somalilands_democracy.pdf}}{{Cite web |url=http://somalilandstandard.com/nec-starts-to-release-provisional-results-of-5-electoral-districts/ |title=NEC Starts to release Provisional Results of 5 electoral districts |date=2 June 2021 |website=Somaliland Standard |access-date=3 June 2021 |archive-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603035653/http://somalilandstandard.com/nec-starts-to-release-provisional-results-of-5-electoral-districts/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite book|author=Sarman, J (2018)|title=UNICEF support reaches families affected by Cyclone Sagar |url=https://www.unicef.org/somalia/stories/unicef-support-reaches-families-affected-cyclone-sagar}}
Malte Sommerlatte (2000) states:
"In the centre of the study area are the Gadabursi, who extend from the coastal plains around Lughaye, through the Baki and Borama districts into the Ethiopian highlands west of Jijiga."{{cite web|url=http://www.somalilandlaw.com/Somaliland_Coastal_Plains.pdf|title= An Ecological Assessment of the Coastal Plains of North Western Somalia (Somaliland)|year=2000|page=11|df=dmy-all|quote=In the centre of the study area are the Gadabursi, who extend from the coastal plains around Lughaye, through the Baki and Borama districts into the Ethiopian highlands west of Jijiga.}}
In the Ruin and Renewal: The story of Somaliland (2004), the author states:
"So too is the boundary of Lughaya district whose predominant (if not exclusive) inhabitants are today Gadabursi."
The FSAU Monthly Food Security Report March (2003) states that the Gadabuursi clan are the main local inhabitants of the Lughaya District whilst Issa pastoralists migrate to the region seasonally from Ethiopia:
"Following discussions with the Issa (from Ethiopia) and Gadabursi (local inhabitants) livestock owners and local leaders in Gerissa, Jidhi, Karuure, Ceel Gal, Kalalwe and Osooli."{{cite book|title=An FSAU Awdal Situation Analysis focusing on Livestock in the Region |url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/74876F40A1FB559D49256CE8000EBA5B-fsau-som-12mar.pdf|access-date=2020-02-03 |year=2003 |page=6 |quote=Following discussions with the Issa (from Ethiopia) and Gadabursi (local inhabitants) livestock owners and local leaders in Gerissa, Xariradd, Jidhi, Karuure, Ceel Gal, Zeyla, Lughaye, Kalalwe and Osooli.}}
There is also a sizeable minority of the Issa subclan of the Dir who mainly inhabit the Zeila District.{{cite book|last1=Ambroso|first1=Guido|title=Pastoral society and transnational refugees: population movements in Somaliland and eastern Ethiopia|date=August 2002|publisher=UNHCR Brussels}}
See also
{{Portal|Somaliland}}
Notes
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