Harirad () is a town in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. It is about 87 km northwest of Borama and 3 km (2 mi) north of the border with Ethiopia. With an elevation of 972 meters above sea level, the settlement sprawls on a wide basin surrounded by granite mountains on all sides.
Harirad () is a town in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. It is about 87 km northwest of Borama and 3 km (2 mi) north of the border with Ethiopia. With an elevation of 972 meters above sea level, the settlement sprawls on a wide basin surrounded by granite mountains on all sides.
==History== thumb|left|The tomb of Ugaas Samatar in Harirad (died: 1812), Ugaas of the Gadabuursi clan. thumb|left|The tomb of Dudub Osman, ancestor of the Reer Dudub (Jibriil Yoonis), Gadabuursi in Harirad. According to legend, the present-day territory of Harirad was covered by trees and a wadi. On their way to Zeila, nomadic pastoralists sometimes stopped in the town to water their flock. The town houses the burial sites for many of the historical figures of the town, among them Ughaz Samatar (died: 1812), of the Reer Ugaas subclan of the Makayl-Dheere, who was the chief of the Gadabuursi clan. Also, buried in the town is Dudub Osman, who is the ancestor of the Reer Dudub branch of the Jibriil Yoonis subclan of the Gadabuursi.
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