Gabiley
| Gabiley غابيلي |
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Nomadic pedestrians in Gabiley.
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| Country |  Somaliland |
| 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 Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.
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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.[1] The broader Gabiley District has a total population of 135,430 residents.[2]
Gabiley is mainly inhabited by people from the Somali It is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group Sacad Muuse, with the Isaaq clan well-represented.
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 2009 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.
Between May 2011 and March 2012, the municipal government was led by Mayor Khadra Haji Ismail Geid.[3] She presently serves as Vice 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
- Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade, prominent poet during the pre- and post-colonial periods (peak during 1960s)
- Sheikh Ali Bayle When one of the Somali well known in ex-breading the Islamic Religion and lastly berried in Bus, Gabiley.
- Prof Ahmed Ismail Samatar Dean of MACALESTER College and comes from a notable family which are part of establishing the City.
- Prof Abdi Ismail Samatar Dean of univerity of Minnesota he is also a scholar, writer & professor.
- Dr Abdirahman Duale Beyle is a Somali economist, professor and politician. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia from January 2014 to January 2015.
- Mohamed Abdi Dhinbil also known as Galbeedi, was a politician, lecturer, and a humanitarian worker born in Kalabaydh district, Somaliland. He held ministerial posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Planning and Coordination, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication.
- Mohammed Ahmed Awaleh ministry Agriculture of the Republic of Djibouti
Notes
- ↑ Somalia City & Town Population. Tageo.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-15.
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References
External links
- Gabiley news (Somali)
