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'''Eyl''' is an ancient port town in the northeastern [[Nugal, Somalia|Nugal]] region of [[Somalia]] in the autonomous [[Puntland]] region, also serving as the capital of the [[Eyl District]]. Eyl, also called '''Illig''', was the capital of the
==History==
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[[Las Anod#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, subsequently 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
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==Demographics==
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>
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==Notable residents==
{{Main|Category:People from Eyl}}
*[[Abdulkadir Nur Farah]] — Somali Cleric was assassinated by [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabab]] 2013.
*[[Hirsi Bulhan Farah]] – Former Minister in the civilian government of the 1960s, a political prisoner. Former interim chairman of the Somali parliament and entrepreneur.
*[[Abdirahman Mohamud Farole]] – former [[President of Puntland]].
*[[Abdulqawi Yusuf]] – international lawyer and [[President of the International Court of Justice]]
*[[Abshir Boyah]] Pirate leader during [[Piracy off the coast of Somalia]]
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[[Category:Populated places in Nugal, Somalia]]
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