Shanshiyo

Shanshiyo الشاشي
Regions with significant populations
Benadir and Lower Shabelle
Languages
Af Mahdoonte, Benadiri Somali, Somali, Arabic
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Sheekhaal, Reer faqi, Biido, Asharaf, Bravanese, Tunni and other Benadiri people

'Shanshiyo (Somali: Shanshiyo Arabic: الشاشي) or Shaanshi is a Banaadiri clan, mainly from the southern coastal cities of Mogadishu, Marka, Baraawe and Kismayo[1] which established communities in the hinterlands in towns such as Baidoa and Diinsoor due to trading.

  1. ^ Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Xamar of Mogadishu. pp. 107–108.