Taleex

Taleeh
Taleeh; Taleeh; تلأ ح
	Toun
	Diiriye Guure'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 sultanate led bi Diiriye Guure an 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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Notes

↑ 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 / 9.1500; 48.4333

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[1] Said S. Samatar, Oral Poetry and Somali Nationalism (Cambridge University Press, 1982), pp. 131, 135

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