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Togdheer
Region of Somaliland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Togdheer (Somali: Togdheer, Arabic: تُوْجْدَيْر, romanized: Tūjdayr) is an administrative region (gobol) in central Somalia. Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex to the west, Saaxil to the north, Sanaag to the northeast, Sool to the east and Ethiopia to the south. Its capital is Burao.[4][5]
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Overview
Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex from the west, Sahil to the north, Ethiopia to the south, and Sanaag & Sool to the east. With its capital at Burao (Burco), the region's name is derived from the Togdheer River, which means "Long River" in Somali. The region has an approximate population of 350,000 people.[6] Under British Somaliland, the Togdheer region was formerly the Burao district which was one of three districts that comprised the Burao region. The other two regions were Las Anod and Erigavo districts.[7] Sanaag was carved out of Togdheer region and was established as a separate region on June 23, 1973, comprising the three districts of Erigavo, Las Qorey and Garadag.[8] As with much of Somaliland, most local residents in the Togdheer region are nomadic pastoralists.[9]
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Oil exploration in Togdheer
Genel is in Advanced oil exploration with OCTG Planned for Toosan drilling Including installation of well taps, the Somalia government awarded Genel Energy license to explore oil within its territory. Results of a surface seep study completed early in 2015 confirmed the outstanding potential offered in SL-10B and SL-13 block and Oodweyne block with estimated oil reserves of 1 billion barrel each.[10] Keyfacts energy media source state Toosan-1 will target a footwall closure (~ 50 sq km) which contains four reservoir targets totaling ~ 650 MMbbl (mean prospective resources), with 192 MMbbl in the primary Qishn Fm target. A fast-track pilot production model has been developed to minimise time to first oil by genel energy , and downside mitigation is provided by low a minimum economic field size and a phased development model. Genel Plans OCTG (Oil Country Tubular goods) instalment and exploration towards production in Toosan well 1 with many wells in Toosan targeted. major Bahadhamal oil discovery In Genel west of 2 barrel's showed a major first visible crude oil.
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Districts
The Togdheer region consists of the following three districts:[11]
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Demographics
It is primarily inhabited by the Habr Je'lo, Habr Yonis, Isamusa and Arap, all of which are subdivisions of the larger Isaaq clan-family.
The Dhulbahante of the Harti Darod clan is also present in the Buuhoodle district.[12][13]
Major towns
Map
- Map of Togdheer Region
See also
References
External links
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