Taleex
Taleeh Taleeh تلأ ح | |
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Toun | |
 Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's fort in Taleeh. | |
  Taleeh Location in Somalia. | |
| Coordinates: 9°8′54″N 48°25′16″E / 9.14833°N 48.42111°E | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| Region | Sool |
| Regional_State |  Puntland |
| Govrenment | |
| • Dr | Ahmed Abdi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 32,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Area code(s) | +252 |
Taleex or Taleh (Somali: Taleex, Arabic: تلأ ح) is a toun in northeastren Somalia. It haes a population o 32,100 inhabitants, an is the administrative centre in the Taleex district o the Sool region Puntland Government
Taleex wis the centre o the anti-colonial movement led bi Mohammed Abdullah Hassan till 1921, when he an his Dervish followers wur defeatit. The toun wis subsequently subjectit tae aerial bombardment, an Hassan wis forced tae abandon his palace there an retreat intae the Ogaden.[1]
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[eedit | eedit soorce]Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Said S. Samatar, Oral Poetry and Somali Nationalism (Cambridge University Press, 1982), pp. 131, 135
Coordinates: 9°09′00″N 48°26′00″E / 9.1500°N 48.4333°E
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