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  • Haylan

  • Haylan

    Haylan is an ancient town in the northern Sanaag region of Somalia (Somaliland). It was an old settlement and the site of numerous ancient ruins and buildings. The town is also where Sheikh Darod, the founding father of the Darod clan, lived and was buried.
    Archaeological Site
    Haylan
    by Abdirisak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Haylan
    by Abdirisak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Haylan
    by Abdirisak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Haylan

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Somalia

    Sanaag

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    First Millennium BC

    Ancient Somali

    Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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