Cayn

Cayn
Gobolka Cayn
Region
Country Puntland/Unilaterally establishment
 Somaliland/Territorial claims as Buhoodle District
SSC-Khatumo/Territorial claims
CapitalBuuhoodle
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Cayn or Ayn is an administrative region that Puntland unilaterally declared to be established in the 2000s.[1] However, there is Somaliland between Cayn and Puntland, and they do not directly border each other. Somaliland has legally designated this area as its territory as Buhoodle District.[2][3] SSC-Khatumo, which declared its secession from Somaliland in 2023, claims the territories of Sanaag, Sool, and Cayn, as its name implies, and effectively controls Buuhoodle.[4]

Cayn is derived from Aynaba (Somali: Caynaba). Aynaba was inhabited by the Dhulbahante clan until the early 20th century, but the British government armed the Habr Je'lo clan and occupied during the Dervish movement. Since then, Aynaba has been the subject of conflict between Habr Je'lo and Dhulabahante.[1]: 61 

  1. ^ a b Markus Virgil Hoehne (2015). "Between Somaliland and Puntland" (PDF). p. 60. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  2. ^ Somaliland President (2019-11-12). "Wax-ka-beddelka iyo Kaabista Xeerka Ismaamulka Gobolladda iyo Degmooyinka, Xeer Lr. 23/2019" [Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Self-Government of Regions and Municipalities, Law No. 23/2019] (PDF). Somaliland. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  3. ^ "Local Government law". Somaliland. 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  4. ^ "Conflict in disputed Las Anod dims Somaliland's diplomatic dreams". Al Jazeera. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2024-02-14.