Eyl: Difference between revisions

| official_name = Eyl

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| other_name = Eil

| nickname = Illig

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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and regions of Somalia|State]]

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Puntland}}

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| subdivision_name2 = [[Nugal, Somalia|Nugal]]

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| subdivision_name3 = [[Eyl District|Eyl]]

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| leader_name = AbdirashidFaysal Saidkhaliif BarreWacays

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'''Eyl''' ({{lang-it|Eil}}) is an ancient port town in the northeastern [[Nugal, Somalia|Nugal]] region of [[Somalia]] in the autonomous [[Puntland]] region, italso isserving as the capital of the [[Eyl District]]. Eyl, also called '''Illig''', was the capital of the Dervishes[[Dervish movement (Somali)|Dervish]] from 1905 onwards, until superseded by [[Taleh]], which became Dervish capital in 1909.

[[Las_AnodLas Anod#Diiriye_Guure|Diiriye Guure|Diiriye Guure]]. Several forts or [[Dhulbahante garesa]]s remain from this period, in addition to colonial edifices built by the Italians.<ref name="Gsiavfphe">{{cite news|title=Somalia: Italy Ambassador Visits Former Pirate Hub Eyl|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201204240131.html|access-date=9 January 2013|newspaper=Garowe Online|date=23 April 2012}}</ref> [[Daarta Dhowre Sheneeleh]], a prominent fort from the Darawiish era, is located in the city.

The notion of the building of fortresses or [[Dhulbahante garesa]]s for Dervish inhabitation was conceived in pre-1902 when the Dervishes built a fort at Halin, subequentlysubsequently at Eyl also called Illig. According to the British War Office, the castle at Illig was exclusively inhabited by the Dhulbahante clan, and in particular by the Bah Ali Gheri subclan of the Dhulbahante:<ref>Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04 Great Britain. War Office. General Staff · 1907 , PAGE 264</ref>

Town affairs are managed by the Eyl Municipality. As of March 20122022, the city authority was led by Mayor MuseFaysal OsmanKhaliif Yusef.Wacays.<ref name="PMPFEE"/>

Eyl has a population of around 21,700 inhabitants.<ref name="Tsctp">{{cite web|title=Somalia City & Town Population|url=http://www.tageo.com/index-e-so-cities-SO.htm|publisher=Tageo|access-date=4 October 2013}}</ref> The broader [[Eyl District]] has a total population of around 32,345 residents.<ref name="Rdatp">{{cite web|title=Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)|url=https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf|publisher=UNDP|access-date=21 September 2013}}</ref> [[Leelkase]] and [[Majeerteen]] are mainly the dominant clans and make up the majority of the population.<ref name="Rdatp2">{{cite web |title=Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft) |url=https://www.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163211/https://www.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2018 |accessdate=21 September 2013 |publisher=UNDP}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1417499/ |title=Somalia: Puntland’s Punted Polls |last=International Crisis Group |first= |date=2013-12-19 |publisher=International Crisis Group (ICG) |issue=97 |location=Nairobi/Brussels}}</ref>

*[[Abdirahman Mohamud Farole]] – former [[President of Puntland]].