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sxb since you know much about somali history and politics,.do you mind if you tell little bit about Galgaduud history and background and and maybe provide some sources..?I know it has no sagnificant written stuff but see if you can find something...

adan... ha na ceebeen.. ma ilkoyar ayaa galguduud ka weydiineysaa?

Galguduud used to part of Mudug and it was one big Gobol... It was populated 80 percent HG+Dudu.

When the Military took over in 69.. Everything changed rapidly and the land known as Galguduud was mainly deprived and forgotten land.. It had the poorest health services in the country as well as education..

This land used to be vital for somali nomads and acted as an cosmopolitan gate way between north and south but it never managed to live up to the important of it history as it served mainly as a millitary straining land, where soldiers who took training in Russia would come back and strart training others in various camps around galguduud... ! If you take out xamar... majority of battles during the civil war occured in central somalia..thats why if you go to ceelbuur today you see a forgotten land.. and the only thing that looks to ever have been there is millitary..

DS.. people came from the north originally and they migrated south... that why you can find traces of them everywhere. Other then that .they have no great history or importance in Gobolada dhexe.

thanx bro.how come I forgot to ask you too,Ugaaska Mudug

Adan, Cilmiile knows it better then I but before Galgaduud and Mudug were seperated, it was one of four Somali regions the Italians recognized as "Mudug" and before that it was known as Ximan.

All you need to ask is "what was "Ximan" and you will know, even your Cayr relatives will tell you, that it was Mareexaan land before the Mareexaans continued migrating (all the way to Garrisa). When the Mareexaan empted whole swaths of land, Habar Gidir started going north from their Hirab brothers and Cumar Maxmuud started going south to meet up in the deserted land.

Dhuusamareeb is before early 80's was Mareexaan city and all the parliamantarians from it and ministers were Mareexaan. Caadi weeye hada Kismaayo ayaa laga soo dooran.

I have a Reer Dalal uncle in Law who group up in Dhusa Mareb

Mother was born there.. ee take a back seat Luuq.. meesha raga baa kaaga dhow

, KK xal qaado sxb. Besides, my family on both sides are straight Reer Gedood. My Grandfather on my moms side left Cabudwaq at 8 years old to go to Bardhere, and my Pops side has been in and around Luq forever, marka I could give a shid about Galgudud. Teeda kale most Marehans left that area in the 70's and 80's I believe to Xamar, and then Gedo/Kismayo today. Its mainly guys like DS and Warsame that still have feelings for it, as well as the Marehans in the diaspora that are building schools, hospitals etc. in Cabudwaq and Balanbale marka ii bashal sxb.

Reer Waamo

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"Gobanimadu Waa Geed Ku Baxa Dhiiga Geesiga." GalMudug

Magaaladee ugu dhisan galgaduud horta. I have seen pictures of cabduwaaq and Cadaado but that is about it.

Cabudwaq by far