Dhahar
Sign in to saveDhahar is a town in the eastern Sanaag region, and the capital of the Dhahar District. Reuters reports Dhahar as a Puntland town in 2021, but also reports how it condemns President Puntland and supports President Somalia. Somali Broadcasting Corporation reports in 2019 that Dhahar is a town effectively controlled by Somaliland. One Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS Foundation Trust in England, researcher describes Dhahar as a district in Puntland in 2014.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dhahar
- Region
- سناج Sanaag
- Country
- Soomaaliland أرض الصومال
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Dhahar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dhahar9.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Dhahar countryside
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sanaag#Somaliland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Disputed with
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sanaag or Haylan
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dhahar District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 6000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2002
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Overview
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- References
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Dhahar is a town in the eastern Sanaag region, and the capital of the Dhahar District. Reuters reports Dhahar as a Puntland town in 2021, but also reports how it condemns President Puntland and supports President Somalia. Somali Broadcasting Corporation reports in 2019 that Dhahar is a town effectively controlled by Somaliland. One Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS Foundation Trust in England, researcher describes Dhahar as a district in Puntland in 2014.
==Overview== The town is disputed between Somaliland and Puntland, who has significant influence in the town. In November 2009, Puntland and Somaliland forces clashed near Dhahar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dhahar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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