Hahi
Xaaxi حاحي | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 09°21′7″N 44°57′51″E / 9.35194°N 44.96417°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Togdheer |
District | Oodweyne District |
Elevation | 1,008 m (3,307 ft) |
Population (2006)
[1] | |
• Total | 2,971 |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( EAT) |
Climate | BWh |
Hahi ( Somali: Xaaxi, Arabic: حاحي), is a town in Oodweyne District located in western Togdheer, Somaliland.
Hahi started as a permanent well for pastoralists and became a settlement. In the 19th century, members of the Sufi order Dandarawiyah would establish a tariqa and jama'a (congregation) at the town. The order was founded by Sayid Mohamed al Dandarawi who was a student of Ibrahim al Rashid and their teachings spread from Arabia to Sudan before eventually reaching Somaliland via the Somali Sheikh Sayid Aadan Ahmed. [2] [3] It would spread to Sheikh although it remained much smaller than the established Qadiriyya or Salihiyya orders. A young Nur Ahmed would study in the tariqa of Hahi before a succession crisis would prompt him to leave and eventually see him take the title of Habr Yunis and Reer cali part of arab sub-clan Sultan. [4]
In June 2006 Hahi had an estimated population of 2,971. [5] Hahi is inhabited by subclans of the Habar Yoonis Ugaadh Cumar, and reer Cali, a subdivision of the Garhajis and Arap clan of the wider Isaaq clan family. [6]