Who Settles In Sheekh?

[Kolombo]

I recently stumbled upon an article regarding Abwaan Hadraawi's visit to Sheekh and was very impressed with the climate, landscape & architecture of the city. Who settles there & what's the population like? Its said to have a cooler weather with its elevated altitude, anybody been there? Would definitely love to visit one day, insha Allah.

Here's the article:

http://www.somalitalk.com/2009/suldaan/6aad.html

[Executive]

Sheekh Secondary School used to be one of the best if not the best Secondary school in Somalia. A lot of somali politicians attended that school.

[Keyse_0208]

Habar awal.

[Kolombo]

This Suldaan dude has a great collection of pics:













http://picasaweb.google.com/suldaan2007 ... darySchool#

[XKeyse_]

sheekh is a shared city , the habar awal have their own sections and the habar yoonis their own. Unlike Keyse the af cas i have to be realistic.

[oldenglish]

Habar Awal

[XKeyse_]

gol fish,

how is your sister in Ceerigaabo?

[oldenglish]

I cant wait to go to sheekh

[Kolombo]

XKeyse,

How big is the population & what is the main source of revenue for the city? Grazing lands?

[XKeyse_]

population is small around 60k it always hase been a student town since the colonial times and its more rainy then either the coast or the plains and its very cold. Its economy is life stocks and farms , sheekh is more a of a catlle region and the area close by is the National Park of "Gacan Libaax" a resort.

[Kolombo]

What are the main cities around it? Is it a trade city? What industries already exist and which ones are lacking?

[XKeyse_]

Berbera , Burco , Hargaysa all are equi-distance from sheekh , no factories , just a nomadic mountainous region with more water pasture then the low lands.

[oldenglish]

The british missonaries did a swell job for Waaqoyi but mission incomplete as they remain "muslim".

[Cawar]

I have been to Sheekh as a teen in the late 80s, I remember it very vividly.. it was beautiful but cold.

And at the time it did not look that big to have even 5 thousand residents, though I only stayed for 1 day I must admit.

[XKeyse_]

Its named Sheekh because the tomb of Aw Qudub the Sheekhaal ancestor is located there and is the oldest structure in the town.