I agree with u that the figures are fake. Mogadishu now has no less than 3 million people in the city including many of ur isaaq brothers. Lower shabelle has over 2 million without a question. The 1.2 million figure is ridiculous. Look at the sizes of buulo mareer, qoryooley marka barawe awdhegle sablaale wanlaweyn etc. This region alone has a much larger population than hargeisa. The tuulos in lower shabelle are on top of each other. Look at how slow it is taken the SNA to take control of the region. Lol burco is smaller in size than beledweyne or even galkacyo. The population density of the south is incomparable to puntland or somaliland
I also agree. Due to lack of rivers, less vegetation, little to unpredictable rains, droughts prone & inhospitable environment--there's no way the figures in Waqooyi, Bari and gobolada dhexe are correct. Waqooyi is planning to move millions to coastal areas (Berbera, etc) due to droughts, but it would be hard to survive in those coastal towns & cities. Instead, I believe many reer Mudug, Waqooyis & Baris would migrate (it has already started) to the South/Southwest for better chance of survival.
Your full of it.
Firtly The coast in somaliland is too hot for anyone to live there permanently.
Your saying people are travelling from Togdheer and Maroodi jeex to lower shabeele for better pasture. Are you kidding me. Why would people risk their lives to live in Al kebab run land when they are living in peace. In fact it’s the other way around you langaab liar. There are tens of thousands of refugees living in somaliland from Somalia. Some live in IDP camps, some economic migrants that are looking for a better life. Nearly all the people working in the farms are either jereer or D&M. Even some of them look after the camels. My uncle had south people looking after his camels from the south.
Now that I bust your myths back to the topic. Hargeysa to Diri dawa is the most densely populated area in the Horn of Africa, plus it sits on smaller area than the 2 rivers. So many cities in such a small area. Hargeysa, gabiley, wajaale, boorame, Jigjiga, herer, diri dawa...
This area receives a lot of rainfall and has a huge population. Most of the people practice crop farming and the area is full of farms. When I went from Hargeysa to Gabiley all my eyes could see was corn field upon corn fields, the whole area was green. Then I realised why the called Gabiley region the corn region.