Lughaya District

Lughaya District
Degmada Lughaya
District
Lughaya district within Awdal, Somaliland
Lughaya district within Awdal, Somaliland
Country Somaliland
RegionAwdal
CapitalLughaya
Government
 • MayorAbdullahi Ali Aw Nuur[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total
10,421 km2 (4,024 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[2]
 • Total
182,706
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Lughaya District (Somali: Degmada Lughaya) is a district of the Awdal region in Somaliland.[3] As of 2005, the Lughaya District had an estimated population of 36,104 residents.[4]

As of 2007, Lughaya District's administrative division in Somaliland is C. (A being the highest and D being the lowest.)[5]

Although it is an old port town, no large port is suitable for overseas trade.[6]

  1. ^ Sarman, J (2018). UNICEF support reaches families affected by Cyclone Sagar.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "Maxaan ka naqaannaa deegaanka Lughaya ee la sheegay in dhul badeed ku yalla la siiyay Itoobiya" [What do we know about the area of Lughaya which is said to be a land on the sea that was given to Ethiopia]. BBC. 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. ^ Districts of Somaliland, Statoids
  4. ^ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference sl2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference afdp2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).