El Buur

El Buur (Arabic: البور; Somali: Ceelbuur) is a town located in the state of Galmudug in central Somalia. It was formerly the capital of the Galgaduud region.

Clan murusade.

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مطالبة
City
Central el buur
Nickname: 
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Location in Galmudug.
Coordinates: 6°08′25″N 46°37′32″E
Country Somalia
State Galmudug
Region Galguduud
Population
 (2022)
  Total9,023
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

El buur (Somali: Cadaado) is a city in the Galguduud region of Galmudug state in central Somalia.

Residents

El Buur has been inhabited since at least the 13th century. During the Ajuran Sultanate it served as a local commercial hub.

The area is particularly noted as a center for quarrying. Here, meerschaum (sepiolite), used to make the Somali people's trademark dabqaad incense burner, is mined.[1][2][3] El Buur is also the site of the local pipe-making industry.[1]

This city is inhabited by the Murusade clan.

Media related to El Buur at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. Abdullahi, pp.98-99
  2. Abdulkadir Gure, Somalia WASH Cluster, Properties and Applications of Sepiolite Clay Mineral from El-Bur, Gal-Mudug Regional State, and its potential role for Somalia's long-term Economic Development, April 2017https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316188584_Properties_and_Applications_of_Sepiolite_Clay_Mineral_from_El-Bur_Gal-Mudug_Regional_State_and_its_potential_role_for_Somalia's_long-term_Economic_Development
  3. Alietti, A., Brigatti, M.F., Poppi, L. (1985) Sepiolite deposits of the El-Bur, Galgudund Area, Central Somalia https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/handle/2307/5458


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