Yagori

Town in Khatumo, Somalia

Yagoori

ياغوري

Town

Yagoori

Location in Somalia

Coordinates: 8°45′09″N 46°57′54″E﻿ / ﻿8.75250°N 46.96500°E﻿ / 8.75250; 46.96500
Country|  Somalia
Regional State|  Khatumo
District| Las Anod
Area

• Total

| 1 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
• Land| 1 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
Population

(2014)[1]

• Total

| 12,190
• Density| 12,000/km2 (32,000/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+3 (EAT)

Yagori (Somali: Yagoori, Yaguri) is a town in the northern Sool Region of Somalia.[2][3]

## Recent history

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In January 1991, a peace conference was held in Yagori under the leadership of the Somali National Movement (later the government of Somaliland), and Habr Je'lo, Habar Yoonis, and Dhulbahante clans participated.[4]

In July 2002, the Somaliland army deployed 450 troops in Yagori. The governor of Puntland's Sool region, who was in Las Anod at the time, condemned the move, saying it would split the Harti clan.[5]

In 2005, elections were held in Somaliland, in Yagori town, which is controlled by the Somaliland Armed Forces, but even within Yagori district there were places where elections were not held.[6]: 9

In August 2016, President Silanyo visited Yagori.[7]

In April 2019, a prison commander and a deputy commander of a police station of Somaliland were murdered in Yagori.[8] In December 2021, a peace conference between Jaamac Siyaad and Ugaadhyahan, both branches of Dhulbahante,[9] took place in Yagori.[10] The Somaliland Minister of Interior was present at the conference.[11]

In December 2021, a peace conference between the Jama Siyad and Ugadhyahan clans was held; Garad Jama Garad Ismail Duale declared the conference open.[12]

In January 2022, the warring Jama Siyad and Mohamed Siyad clans agreed to a peace conference in Yagori.[13]

In October 2022, the Somaliland Minister of Health visited Yagori to witness the opening of a new health facility.[14]

In May 2023, SSC-Khatumo claimed to have occupied Yagori.[15][16]

## Demographics

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Afbakayle borehole held Eric Swayne-raided Jama Siad livestock on 30th May 1901[17]

A book published in 1951 states that the clans that was grazing livestock in Yagori were Yesif, Adan Madoba, Idleh Farah of Habr Je'lo, and Yahia, Ahmed Gerad, Jama Siad, and rer Elmi of Dhulbahante.[18]

The adjacent Afbakayle locals were raided by Eric Swayne and these were said to be Jama Siad livestock in 1901:[17]

> Hearings from prisoners that some encampments of the Jama Siad section of the Mahmud Gerad tribe were some 50 miles off, near Mayo, on the left of the line of advance to Yahelli, Swayne seized the opportunity and sent off the mounted corps under Major Beynon to surprise them ... at Samala on arrival at May 30th, when news was brought in that the mounted corps had succeeded in surprising the Jama Siad sections of the Mahmud Gerad and capturing some stock

— British War Office

The city is now primarily inhabited by the Jama Siad sub-clan, with the Reer Warsame well represented, as well as the Elmi Naleye "Reer Cilmi" sub-lineage of the Naleye Ahmed.[19]

Yagori was during the colonial era a part of Nogal District, described by John Hunt as an "entirely Dolbahanta" district.[20]

## See also

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* Somaliland portal

* Administrative divisions of Somaliland
* Regions of Somaliland
* Districts of Somaliland
* Somalia–Somaliland border

## References

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1. ^ "Rapid Assessment on Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation Report: LasAnod and Buuhoodle 8/4/2014".
2. ^ "Yagoori, Somalia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org.
3. ^ "Somalia Rainfall Forecast - Issued: 4 May 2022". reliefweb.int. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
4. ^ interpeace (April 2008). "THE SEARCH FOR PEACE" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-24.
5. ^ "Somalia: Troop build-up creates tension in Sool". reliefweb.int. 2002-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
6. ^ "A VOTE FOR CHANGE: Somaliland's Two Decades Old Electoral Democracy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
7. ^ "Somaliland President warmly received on Sool visit". somtribune.com. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
8. ^ "Laba sarkaal oo ka tirsan ciidamada Somaliland oo jidgooyo lagu dillay". hiiraan.com. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
9. ^ "Muxuu daarranyahay Shirka Beel-weynta Maxamuud Garaad (Dhulbahante)? – Ajandaha Shirka Ugaadhyahan iyo Jaamac Siyaad iyo xog waranka Xildhibaan Saleebaan Cali Koore". somalilandpost.net. 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
10. ^ "SHIR NABADEED OO KA FURMAY DEGMADA YAGOORI EE GOBOLKA SOOL". puntlandpost.net. 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
11. ^ "Yagoori Peace Conference Wrapped up successfully". somalilandstandard.com. 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
12. ^ "SHIR NABADEED OO KA FURMAY DEGMADA YAGOORI EE GOBOLKA SOOL" [PEACE CONFERENCE OPENED IN YAGORI DISTRICT OF SOOL REGION]. PUNTLAND POST. 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
13. ^ "Yagoori Peace Conference for the fraternal communities concludes successfully". SOMALILAND STANDARD. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
14. ^ cadnaan cabdi xasan (2022-10-19). "Minister of Health Cut the Ribbon a New Health Facility in Yagoori". Somaliland MInistry Of Health. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
15. ^ "SSC oo sheegatay inay qabsadeen deegaanka Yagoori oo 50km u jira Laascaanood" [The SSC claimed to have captured the Yagori district, which is 50 km from Las Anod]. moqdisho.online. 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
16. ^ "Waa imisa tirada maxaabiista iyo gaadiidka ay SSC sheegteen inay Somaliland uga qabsadeen Goojacadde?". BBC News Somali (in Somali). 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
17. ^ a b Staff, General (1907). British War Office. "Hearing from prisoners that some encampments of the Jama Siad section of the Mahmud Gerad tribe were some 50 miles off, near Mayo, on the left of the line of advance to Yahelli, Swayne seized the opportunity and sent off the mounted corps under Major Beynon to surprise them ... at Samala on arrival at May 30th, when news was brought in that the mounted corps had succeeded in surprising the Jama Siad sections of the Mahmud Gerad and capturing some stock."
18. ^ John Anthony Hunt (1951). "A general survey of the Somaliland protectorate 1944-1950". p. 169. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
19. ^ Hoehne, Markus Virgil (January 2011). Political Orientations and Repertoires of Identification: State and Identity Formation in Northern Somalia. p. 287. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
20. ^ Hunt, John Anthony (1951). A General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950 (PDF). p. 165 & 53\. "The Nogal (Las Anod) District defined in 1944. This was supposed to have been done for administrative convenience, but the somewhat crooked boundary between the Burao and Nogal districts suggests that it was intended to make the Las Anod-Nogal District an entirely Dolbahanta Tribal District ... All the Dolbahanta have been Las Anod District since 1944, except for the Naleya Ahmed of the Ogadyahan Siad ... remaining in Erigavo District"