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The town of Gabiley has a population of around 106141,914000.<ref name="Rdatpvisit">{{citeCite web |title=Population EstimationGabiley: SurveyUK 2014aid ForPromoting theWomen’s 18Economic PrewarEmpowerment regions of Somalia|url=httphttps://somaliawww.unfpagov.orguk/sitesgovernment/default/files/pubcase-pdfstudies/Populationgabiley-Estimationsomalia-Surveyuk-ofaid-Somaliapromoting-PESSwomens-2013economic-2014empowerment |website=GOV.pdfUK}}</ref>

The Gabiley District in which the city is situated is exclusively dominated by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Jibril Abokor and Abdalla Abokor sub divisions of the [[Sacad Muuse|Sa'ad Musa]] subclan of the [[Habar Awal]] [[Isaaq]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marchal |first1=Roland |title=Studies on governance |date=1997 |publisher=United Nations Development Office for Somalia |page=Awdal region Page 9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gny1xwEACAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab704.html|title = Refworld &#124; Somalia: Information on the ethnic composition in Gabiley (Gebiley) in 1987-1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Phillips|first1=Sarah|title=Political Settlements and State Formation: The Case of Somalia|url=http://publications.dlprog.org/Political%20Settlements%20and%20State%20Formation%20-%20the%20Case%20of%20Somaliland.pdf|access-date=4 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002054/http://publications.dlprog.org/Political%20Settlements%20and%20State%20Formation%20-%20the%20Case%20of%20Somaliland.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Sommerlatte|first1=Malte|title= Ecological Assessment of the Coastal Plains of North Western Somalia (Somaliland)|date=2000|publisher=IUCN Eastern Africa Regional Office|pages=4|language=en|quote=The Issa Musa are the more coastal sub-clan of the Habr Awal, and they live in the immediate environs of Berbera and extend southwards to Hargeisa. West of them but in proximity are the Sa’ad Musa, who extend from a narrow strip on the coast near Bullaxaar and El Sheikh towards the towns of Gebile and Hargeisa which they dominate, and across into their grazing lands in the rich plateau area of the ‘Haud’ in Ethiopia. }}</ref>

Primary schools, Secondary schools and University education is available throughout the district. The smaller communities have their own primary schools. For post-secondary education, Timacade University was opened in 1999 to serve the needs of the town's students. The education system in Gabiley region is growing in a faster pace than most of [[Somaliland]].<ref name="Reference for Gabiley education">{{Cite web |url=http://gabiley.net/2015/02/my-volunteer-experience-at-hargeisa-school-of-social-work-university-of-hargeisa/ |title=My volunteer experience at Hargeisa School of Social Work, University of Hargeisa. &#124; |access-date=2018-04-14 |archive-date=2018-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812170752/http://gabiley.net/2015/02/my-volunteer-experience-at-hargeisa-school-of-social-work-university-of-hargeisa/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gabiley district has many secondary Schools such as Qalax Secondary, Cigaal Schools, and Al-Irshaad Secondary. The Gabiley National Library opened in April 2021 to provide a suitable space for all Gabiley residents and students students to be able to read from the numerous books available.