Wanlaweyn
Wanliwiing
Dafet
Town
Wanlaweyn is located in Somalia
Wanlaweyn
Wanlaweyn
Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: 2°37′00″N 44°54′00″E / 2.61667°N 44.90000°E / 2.61667; 44.90000
Country Somalia
RegionLower Shebelle
DistrictWanlaweyne
Population
 • Total26,700
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Wanlaweyn (Maay: Wanliwiing) Italian: (Uanle Uen) also known as (Dafet), is a town in the northern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. Situated around 90km (50 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu, it is the center of the Wanlaweyn District.

Wanlawayn is famous for its surrounding pasture land which is good for Livestock, as you can see from its name, Wan=Milk and Wayn means very abundant,In Dafet and among the Galgial the bushes and pastures are becoming intertwined, and the sight of the beautiful herds grouped around the wells or in long lines proceeding through the bush. [1]

The Galgial, which are divided into Six large Qabiles, Barsane, Eden Jever, Alofe, Aptisane,Aver Galgial and Bes, occupy a vast territory which from the wells north of Wanlaweyn "Dafet" goes up to the villages of Macane, with a depth from the Shabelle between 150 and 200 kilometers [2] In Wanlaweyn, there were many wars between Garre and Galgial that existed centuries before the colonial period, and these wars have finally been resolved now. [3]

Street in Wanlaweyn

Demographics

Wanlaweyn has a population of around 26,700 inhabitants.[4] The broader Wanlaweyn District has a total population of 250,643 residents.[5] According to the history, Wanlaweyn or Dafeet is the territory of the Gaalje'el Tribes. There are also four other tribes living in the area, such as Erdo, Hifmaga, Gambulul, and Barbara [6] The book I am quoting says;Dafet and the territory of the Calgial which extends north of the first and extends towards Eat until it touches the territory of the Mobilen.

History

During the 1961 Somali constitutional referendum, in order to secure a substantial "Yes" vote for southerners, the small town reported 100,000 votes.[7] This was higher than total ballots cast in the North (British Somaliland), therefore Northerners became suspicious of the political nature of Southerners.[7] As a result, coining the new term "Wanlaweyn" for Southerners, which is still used today.[7][8]

Notes

  1. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=ApELAAAAIAAJ&q=galgial&dq=galgial&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&redir_esc=y#galgial
  2. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=po4MSDrHoCsC&pg=PA14&dq=galgial+dafet&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiulbbP9-CCAxVokO4BHZNSChsQ6wF6BAgMEAU#v=onepage&q=galgial%20dafet&f=false
  3. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=W6KCAAAAIAAJ&q=Uanle+Uen+galgial&dq=Uanle+Uen+galgial&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_ov6iiOGCAxWgGTQIHUp7D3kQ6wF6BAgJEAU#Uanle%20Uen%20galgial
  4. ↑ "Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  6. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=po4MSDrHoCsC&pg=PA14&dq=galgial+dafet&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiulbbP9-CCAxVokO4BHZNSChsQ6wF6BAgMEAU#v=onepage&q=galgial%20dafet&f=false
  7. 1 2 3 Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and Customs of Somalia. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-31333-2.
  8. ↑ Adam, Hussein Mohamed (2008). From Tyranny to Anarchy: The Somali Experience. Red Sea Press. ISBN 978-1-56902-288-7.

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