Oodweyne

{{one source|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Odweyne | other_name = | native_name = {{langx|so|Oodweyne}} | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = Oodweyne.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Togdheer#Somaliland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Somaliland. | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Somaliland}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Togdheer | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Oodweyne District | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_footnotes = <ref name="docs.unocha.org">{{cite web |url=https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf |title=Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft) |website=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |publisher=United Nations Development Programme |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728203029/https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 60,000 | population_density_km2 = | timezone = EAT | utc_offset = +3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|9|24|N|45|4|E|region:SO-TO|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | image_blank_emblem = Odweyne Local Government Logo.jpg | blank_emblem_type = Local council seal of Odweyne }} '''Odweyne''' ({{langx|so|Oodweyne}}, meaning "Big bush") is a town in the northwestern Togdheer region of Somaliland. It is located between Burco and Hargeisa in the western part of Togdheer region.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ministry of National Planning and Development|first=Republic of Somaliland|date=|title=Togdheer Region Development Plan (2014-16)|url=https://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/TogdherRegion.pdf|access-date=|website=|archive-date=2020-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013201239/https://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/TogdherRegion.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Project|first1=War-torn Societies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTtyAAAAMAAJ&q=Oodweyne|title=Rebuilding Somaliland: Issues and Possibilities|last2=Programme|first2=WSP Transition|date=2005|publisher=Red Sea Press|isbn=978-1-56902-228-3|language=en}}</ref>

==Notable residents== *Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman, Sultan of the Habr Yunis and one of the founders of the Somali Dervish movement. *Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal, two-time prime minister of Somalia and second president of Somaliland.

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Category:Populated places in Togdheer