Borama District
Demographics
Demographics
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The [Awdal](/wiki/Awdal "Awdal") Region in which the district is situated is mainly inhabited by the [Gadabuursi](/wiki/Gadabuursi "Gadabuursi") subclan of the [Dir](/wiki/Dir_%28clan%29 "Dir (clan)") who are especially well represented and considered the predominant clan of the region..UN (1999\) Somaliland: Update to SML26165\.E of 14 February 1997 on the situation in Zeila, including who is controlling it, whether there is fighting in the area, and whether refugees are returning. "Gadabuursi clan dominates Awdal region. As a result, regional politics in Awdal is almost synonymous with Gadabuursi internal clan affairs." p. 5\.

Federico Battera (2005\) states about the [Awdal](/wiki/Awdal "Awdal") Region:

> "Awdal is mainly inhabited by the Gadabuursi confederation of clans."

A UN Report published by Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (1999\), states concerning [Awdal](/wiki/Awdal "Awdal"):

> "The Gadabuursi clan dominates Awdal region. As a result, regional politics in Awdal is almost synonymous with Gadabuursi internal clan affairs."UN (1999\) Somaliland: Update to SML26165\.E of 14 February 1997 on the situation in Zeila, including who is controlling it, whether there is fighting in the area, and whether refugees are returning. "The Gadabuursi clan dominates Awdal region. As a result, regional politics in Awdal is almost synonymous with Gadabuursi internal clan affairs." p. 5\.

Roland Marchal (1997\) states that numerically, the [Gadabuursi](/wiki/Gadabuursi "Gadabuursi") are the predominant inhabitants of the [Awdal](/wiki/Awdal "Awdal") Region:

> "The Gadabuursi's numerical predominance in Awdal virtually ensures that Gadabuursi interests drive the politics of the region."

Marleen Renders and Ulf Terlinden (2010\) both state that the [Gadabuursi](/wiki/Gadabuursi "Gadabuursi") almost exclusively inhabit the [Awdal](/wiki/Awdal "Awdal") Region:

> "Awdal in western Somaliland is situated between Djibouti, Ethiopia and the Issaq\-populated mainland of Somaliland. It is primarily inhabited by the three sub\-clans of the Gadabursi clan, whose traditional institutions survived the colonial period, Somali statehood and the war in good shape, remaining functionally intact and highly relevant to public security."

There is also a sizeable minority of the [Issa](/wiki/Issa_%28clan%29 "Issa (clan)") subclan of the [Dir](/wiki/Dir_%28clan%29 "Dir (clan)") who mainly inhabit the Zeila district.


How does regional politics in Awdal relate to internal clan affairs?