Bo'ame

Bo'ame
Boocame
Motto: (Victory and restoration)
Country  Somalia
Region Sool
Occupation Khatumo State
Government
  Madaxweyn Ali Khalif Galaydh
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
Area code(s) 252

Bo'ame (Somali: Boocame) is an ancient town in the northern Sool region of Somalia, the capital of Bo'ame district which includes the small towns of Karin-gorfood, Fardhidin, Dan-Gudban, Caleeli, Buura-wadal and Garaca Dacare and Biriqodayaga .

Bo'ame is a commercial centre for the largely agricultural district. Bo'ame has a business relationship to many cities such as Garowe, the administrative capital of Puntland, Galkacyo, Bosasso and Las Anod the capital of Sool.

History

Bo'ame is one of the oldest cities in Somalia. The town has historical significance for the inhabitants of the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) regions of Somalia for having been the site of the Bo'ame Declaration in November 2007 by the traditional chiefs, intellectuals and civil representatives of the local Dulbahante clan. The declaration dissociated the clan from Somaliland which, along with Puntland, is one of the two self-declared autonomous regions that claim Sool.

Education

There are at least two primary and intermediate school, and one secondary school. There are also several Islamic Institutes. A technical school was established in 1980, but closed shortly after the Somali central government collapsed in 1991.

Telecommunication and water supply

Apart from the capital Las Anod, Bo'ame is the only district in the Sool region that has maintained telephone lines to every house since the start of the civil war. There are also mobile services and internet access.

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