Lughaya is a hot and dry coastal town on the Guban

Guban

The Guban is a plain in northwestern Somalia. It is situated on the coast between Zeila and Berbera.-References:*Hadden, Robert Lee. 2007. Engineer Research and Development Laboratories, Topographic Engineering Center...

 coast in the Awdal

Awdal

Awdal is a region in northwestern Somalia. Its capital is Borama.Awdal is bordered by Ethiopia, Djibouti, the Somali region of Woqooyi Galbeed, and the Gulf of Aden...

 province of Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

. Local control of the city is disputed between Awdalland

Awdalland

Awdalland is a region in northwestern Somalia. Centered on Borama in the Awdal province, its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 2010.-History:...

, a proposed autonomous state, and Somaliland

Somaliland

Somaliland is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of...

, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized

Diplomatic recognition

Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state...

 as an autonomous region of Somalia.

Location

Lughaya is located about 200 km to the north of Berbera

Berbera

Berbera is a city and seat of Berbera District in Somaliland, a self-proclaimed Independent Republic with de facto control over its own territory, which is recognized by the international community and the Somali Government as a part of Somalia...

 and about 50 km south of the main port of Djibouti (city)

Djibouti (city)

The City of Djibouti is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Djibouti, a nation in the Horn of Africa. The biggest settlement on the Gulf of Tadjoura, it lies on a peninsula that separates that basin from the Gulf of Aden.-History:...

. It is the biggest town in the Lughaya District

Lughaya District

Lughaya District is a district of the Awdal region in northwestern Somalia. Local control of the district is disputed between Awdalland, a proposed autonomous state, and Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia....

.

Demographics

The people of Lughaya district are mostly nomad

Nomad

Nomadic people , commonly known as itinerants in modern-day contexts, are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30-40 million nomads in the world. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but...

s and farmer

Farmer

A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...

s. The entire district has a population of around 75,000 with the majority belonging to the Maxamed Case sub-clan of the Gadabuursi

Gadabuursi

The Gadabuursi , also known as Samaroon, is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir.Most Gadabuursi members are descendants of Sheikh Samaroon...

clan.

Administrative divisions

Major towns in the Lughaya district are:

• Lughaya
• Garaaca
• Kalowle
• Saba-Wanaag
• Garba-Dadar
• Gargaara Bari
• Geerisa
• Beeyo-Cadaadeed
• Balayga
• Fardaha
• Karuura
• Waraqa Dhigta
• Sheed Dheer
• Osoli
• Teeb
• Buulo-Xareed
• Qudhacood
• Laan-Cawaale
• Maame
• Xoog-Faras
• Iddo-Caddays
• Beeyo-Kulul
• Gab
• Xajiinle
• Ceel Helay
• Hulka
• Damasha
• Cabdi Geedi
• Ceel Sheek
• Bidhaadley