{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Laaleys | native_name = | other_name = | settlement_type = Village | imagesize = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Somaliland |pushpin_relief = y | pushpin_map = Sahil, Somaliland#Somaliland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Somaliland}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Sahil | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Berbera District<ref>{{Cite web |author=World Food Programme |date=2021-01-01 |url=https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000122597/download/ |title=Joint Market and Supply Chain Update |accessdate=2023-02-25 |archive-date=2023-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226000235/https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000122597/download/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | established_title = | established_date = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 500 | population_as_of = 2002 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |author=FSAU/MOHL/UNICEF |date=April–May 2002 |url=https://fsnau.org/downloads/Sahil%20Survey%20-%20May%202002.pdf|title=SAHIL REGION SOMALILAND |accessdate=2023-02-25}} </ref> | population_density_km2 = | population_note = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = | timezone = EAT | utc_offset = +3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|10|05|37|N|45|09|58|E|region:SO-SA|display=inline,title}} | blank_name = | blank_info = }} '''Laaleys''' (Laalays) is a village in south-central Sahil region in Somaliland. It is on the route from Berbera to Sheikh, 46km before the climb into the Golis mountains.
==History== Laaleys appears in a book published in 1951 in England under the name "Lalis".<ref name=hunt1951>{{Cite web |author=John Anthony Hunt |date=1951 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAhBAQAAIAAJ|title=A general survey of the Somaliland protectorate 1944-1950 |accessdate=2021-09-25|page=32}} </ref>
In August 2021, the Government of Somaliland officially launched a major mineral exploration operation at Hudisa, Laalays and Lasadawo in Sahil region.<ref name=SD20210813>{{Cite news |newspaper=Somali Dispatch |date=2021-08-13 |url=https://www.somalidispatch.com/latest-news/somaliland-government-launches-mineral-exploration-operation-in-sahil-region/ |title=Somaliland government launches mineral exploration operation in Sahil region |accessdate=2023-02-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226000237/https://www.somalidispatch.com/latest-news/somaliland-government-launches-mineral-exploration-operation-in-sahil-region/ |archivedate=2023-02-26 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In October 2022, the Minister of Agricultural Development of Somaliland visits Laaleys.<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=Somaliland post.net |date=2022-10-04 |url=https://somalilandpost.net/wasiirka-beeraha-somaliland-oo-kormeeray-waxqabadka-mashruuc-laga-fuliyey-deegaanka-laalays-ee-gobolka-maroodi-jeex/ |title=Wasiirka Beeraha Somaliland Oo Kormeeray Waxqabadka Mashruuc Laga Fuliyey Deegaanka Laalays Ee Gobolka Maroodi-jeex |accessdate=2023-02-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226000234/https://somalilandpost.net/wasiirka-beeraha-somaliland-oo-kormeeray-waxqabadka-mashruuc-laga-fuliyey-deegaanka-laalays-ee-gobolka-maroodi-jeex/ |archivedate=2023-02-26 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Notable people== *Maxamed Yuusuf Cabdi – Somali singer<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=Hiiraan online |date=2008-01-09 |url=https://www.hiiraan.com/news/2008/jan/wararka_maanta9-2684.htm|title=Fannaan Maxamed Yuusuf Cabdi oo si heer qaran ah loogu aasay Hargeysa |accessdate=2023-02-25|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}</ref> *Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec – Somali singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=Hiiraan online |date=2014-03-14 |url=https://hiiraan.com/news/2014/mar/wararka_maanta14-45657.htm |title=Somaliland ku dhawaaqday Guddiga Qabanqaabada Aaska Tubeec |accessdate=2023-02-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226000234/https://hiiraan.com/news/2014/mar/wararka_maanta14-45657.htm |archivedate=2023-02-26 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Category:Populated places in Sahil, Somaliland {{Somaliland-geo-stub}}