Baligubadle District

Baligubadle District (Somali: Degmada Baligubadle) is a district in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland. The district was created in 2019 and was carved out of the wider Hargeisa District. The capital of the district is Baligubadle. which straddles the border with the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

Economy

The district’s inhabitants are mostly pastoralist whereby the local economy is predominantly dependent on livestock trade, however small-scale rain fed farming is also practiced.

Demographics

The district has approximately 40,000 inhabitants. The district is wholly dominated by the Arap clan, part of the wider Isaaq clan-family.