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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.
Contents
- Map of Gebilay Somalia
- Location
- Townships
- History
- Demographics
- Education
- Services
- Agriculture
- Notable residents
- References
Map of Gebilay, 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.
Townships
Because the majority of the people in the district have been settled there for the last 300 years, there are more major and minor towns in Gabiley district than anywhere else in Somaliland.
Major towns:
Minor towns:
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. The broader Gabiley District has a total population of 135,430 residents.
Gabiley is mainly inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group. As of the late 1980s, the Jibriil Abokor sub-clans of the Habar Awal Isaaq were the main inhabitants of Gabiley.
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. In 2016 the municipal government was led by Mahamed-Amiin Omer Abdi.
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.