Gabiley

Gabiley
غابيلي

Nomadic pedestrians in Gabiley.

Location in Somaliland.

Coordinates: 10°10′53″N 45°33′46″E / 10.18139°N 45.56278°E / 10.18139; 45.56278Coordinates: 10°10′53″N 45°33′46″E / 10.18139°N 45.56278°E / 10.18139; 45.56278
Country  Somalia
Region Gebiley
Government
  Mayor Khadra Haji Ismail Geid
Population
  Total 89,178
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

Gabiley (Somali: Gabileh, Arabic: غابيلي), also known as Gebiley, is a town in the northwestern Woqooyi Galbeed province of Somalia,[1] and Somaliland a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.

Location

Gabiley is located 54 km west of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. The center of the Gabiley sub-region, it is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Aden, on the west by the Awdal region, on the east by Hargeisa, and on the south by the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

History

Gabiley is one of the oldest towns in northern Somalia after Zeila, Berbera and Amud. Some stones left behind in the area were believed to have been earmarked for the construction of pyramids.

Demographics

Gabiley has a population of around 79,675 inhabitants.[2] The broader Gabiley District has a total population of 135,430 residents.[3]

Gabiley is mainly inhabited by people from the Somali It is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali tribe of Isaaq (Habar Awal) and Gadabuursi

Education

Primary education is available throughout the district. The latter includes the smaller communities, which have their own primary schools. For post-secondary education, Timacade University was opened in 1999 to serve the needs of the town's students.

Services

Gabiley has one operating general hospital. Opened in 2010, it provides medical services to the larger region.

now 2016 the municipal government was led by Mahamed-Amiin Omer Abdi.[4] present Mayor.

Agriculture

Gabiley is noted for its agricultural and farming industry, and is where most of the region's crops are produced. Crops grown in the area include corn, maize, wheat and barley, beans, peas and groundnuts, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, garlic, salad and cabbages, oranges, watermelon and papaya.

Notable residents

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