Lughaya is a hot and dry coastal town in the Guban Coast. The Lughaya district is part of the Awdal region in Somaliland. Image File history File links Wikitext. ... Location of Awdal in Somalia Awdal (Somali: Awdal; Arabic: ) is an administrative region in Somalia. ... For other territories formerly called Somaliland, see Somaliland (disambiguation). ...
Lughaya is a small coastal town about 200 km to the north of the main port of Berbera. It has a population of around 20,000. It is the biggest town in the Lughaya district. Most of the government buildings in the town were destroyed in the Somali Civil War. The Lughaya was a battle zone of the SNM militias, Gadabursi local militias, Issa militias and the Siad Barre's army that was based in Lughaya. Berbera (Somali Berbera) (coordinates:) is a city in the newly established Saaxil region of Somalia, and is currently part of the internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. ... The Somali Civil War is an armed conflict in Somalia that started in 1988. ... The Gadabuursi (or Sheik Samaroon) tribe is one of the main northern Somali clans. ... Issa can refer to: Issa or Isa, the Muslim name for Jesus of Nazareth; see Jesus (prophet in Islam). ...
The people of the Lughaya district are nomads and farmers that are mostly dependent on the sea for their income and money of the diaspora family members. The whole district has a population of around 75,000. The people of Lughaya belong the Mahad Case sub clan of the Gadabursi clan. The Gadabuursi (or Sheik Samaroon) tribe is one of the main northern Somali clans. ...