r/Somaliland • u/Ok_Swimmer_7307 • Aug 01 '26

Question for my fellow Habarjeclos

This is something I've genuinely wondered about and would love to learn more about from those who know our history.

Given that Habarjeclo has such a long stretch of coastline, what led our ancestors to settle mainly in the Hawd, Ogo, and Nugaal instead of developing larger coastal communities in Guban and along the Xeeb?

Was it because of grazing conditions, freshwater availability, trade patterns, security, disease, or historical migrations?

I'm especially interested in hearing from anyone whose familiar with Habarjeclo oral history. This isn't meant to compare clans or start arguments I'm simply trying to better understand our history.

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u/Proof_Falcon_1291 Aug 02 '26

As a 🦊 we were and still are mostly pastoralists and the guban is unhospitale place with scarce water and grazing even now the few people that live there are isolated and all want to move away it's remote and not connected to any part of somaliland the roads are terrible and dangerous but the place is strategic and we should invest in infrastructure to connect and settle that part now and capitalize on the location

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

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u/Daallo1988 Aug 07 '26

The coast is hot and has a lot of scorpions and snakes

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u/alhass Aug 01 '26

Normally clannish posts are not allowed but this seems benign enough of a question the I highly doubt you’ll any worthwhile history, oral or otherwise, for why a clan settled in certain regions on online forums.