Editing Sool (section)

==Demographics==
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|caption=Cities, towns and villages in Sool.
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  {{Location map~|Sool|lat_deg=9.1125|lon_deg=47.460556|position=bottom|label=[[Hudun]]}}
  {{Location map~|Sool|lat_deg=8.241389|lon_deg=47.226111|position=bottom|label=[[Kalabaydh, Sool|Kalabaydh]]}}
  {{Location map~|Sool|lat_deg=8.476|lon_deg=47.357|position=top|label=[[Las Anod]]}}
  {{Location map~|Sool|lat_deg=8.933333|lon_deg=46.633333|position=right|label=[[Oog]]}}
  {{Location map~|Sool|lat_deg=9.1475|lon_deg=48.420833|position=bottom|label=[[Taleh]]}}
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The Eastern part of the Sool region is almost exclusively inhabited by [[Dhulbahante]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The political development of Somaliland and its conflict with Puntland |journal=Institute for Security Studies |page=10 |url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/111689/P200.pdf |access-date=15 June 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420183636/http://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/111689/P200.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hohne |first1=Markus V. |s2cid=54173895 |title=Political identity, emerging state structures and conflict in northern Somalia |journal=Journal of Modern African Studies |date=2006 |volume=44 |issue=3 |page=405 |doi=10.1017/S0022278X06001820 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Somaliland vs. Puntland over the future of Somalia |url=http://www.life-peace.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hab_2008_2.pdf |access-date=20 September 2019 |publisher=Horn of Africa Bulletin |archive-date=20 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920170225/http://www.life-peace.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hab_2008_2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=International Crisis Group |title=Somaliland: The Strains of Success |page=4 |url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/194148/b113-somaliland-the-strains-of-success.pdf |access-date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012163647/https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/194148/b113-somaliland-the-strains-of-success.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Michael Walls reports:
<blockquote> "The residents of Sool overwhelmingly hail from a single clan grouping in the form of the Dhulbahante [...]. Sool boasts a degree of kinship homogeneity that is rare even in the Somali Horn".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walls |first1=Michael |title=Sool Region: sovereign ambiguity vs a geopolitical system of nation-states? |url=https://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/newsite/blog/sool-region-sovereign-ambiguity-vs-a-geopolitical-system-of-nation-states/ |publisher=Africa Research Institute |access-date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012162847/https://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/newsite/blog/sool-region-sovereign-ambiguity-vs-a-geopolitical-system-of-nation-states/ |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote> The [[Habr Je'lo]] clan of the [[Isaaq]] clan-family make up the vast majority of the population in western Sool, including the region's second largest town [[Aynaba]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Renders|first=Marleen|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/775301944|title=Consider Somaliland : state-building with traditional leaders and institutions|date=2012|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-22254-0|location=Leiden|oclc=775301944|quote=Eastern Sanaag and Sool had not been Egal’s priority. The president did not strictly need these regions to be under his military control in order to preserve and consolidate his position politically or in terms of resources.|access-date=15 August 2021|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710110803/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/775301944|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the wider [[Aynaba District]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 2016|title=EASO Country of Origin Information Report - Somalia Security Situation|url=http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1226_1457606427_easo-somalia-security-feb-2016.pdf|access-date=15 August 2021|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711180414/https://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1226_1457606427_easo-somalia-security-feb-2016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Habar Yoonis|Habr Yunis]] sub-division of the [[Garhajis]] [[Isaaq]] also inhabit the western parts of [[Xudun District|Hudun]] and [[Las Anod District|Las Anod]] districts in northern Sool.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|date=February 2016|title=EASO Country of Origin Information: Report Somalia Security Situation|url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1158113/1226_1457606427_easo-somalia-security-feb-2016.pdf|journal=European Asylum Support Office|page=74|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=9 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309060935/https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1158113/1226_1457606427_easo-somalia-security-feb-2016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Dhulbahante]] sub-division of the [[Harti]] Darod clan primarily inhabits the [[Taleh District|Taleh]], eastern Hudun and Las Anod districts in eastern Sool.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Walls|first1=Michael|title=Sool Region: sovereign ambiguity vs a geopolitical system of nation-states?|url=https://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/newsite/blog/sool-region-sovereign-ambiguity-vs-a-geopolitical-system-of-nation-states/|access-date=20 September 2019|publisher=Africa Research Institute|archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012162847/https://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/newsite/blog/sool-region-sovereign-ambiguity-vs-a-geopolitical-system-of-nation-states/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Somaliland vs. Puntland over the future of Somalia|publisher=Horn of Africa Bulletin|url=http://www.life-peace.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hab_2008_2.pdf|access-date=20 September 2019|archive-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920170225/http://www.life-peace.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hab_2008_2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The political development of Somaliland and its conflict with Puntland|url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/111689/P200.pdf|journal=Institute for Security Studies|page=10|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=20 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420183636/http://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/111689/P200.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The Fiqishini sub-clan of the [[Habar Gidir]] [[Hawiye]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Höhne|first=Markus Virgil|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/976483444|title=Between Somaliland and Puntland : marginalization, militarization and conflicting political vision|date=2015|isbn=978-1-907431-13-5|location=London|pages=99|oclc=976483444}}</ref> integrated into [[Baho Nugaaled]] Dhulbahante,<ref>Political Orientations and Repertoires of Identification: State and Identity Formation in Northern Somalia, 2011, Markus Hoehne, p.  285, "Schlee (1994 [1989]: 223) confirmed that... Fiqishiini ’."</ref> inhabit the area around [[Adhi'adeye]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-05-11|title=Waqtiga Celeema saarka Sultaanka Beesha FIQISHINI oo la shaaciyey.|newspaper=halgan.net|url=https://halgan.net/2016/05/waqtiga-caleema-saarka-suldaanka-beesha-fiqishini-oo-la-shaaciyey-daawo/|access-date=2021-07-25|archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012162704/https://halgan.net/2016/05/waqtiga-caleema-saarka-suldaanka-beesha-fiqishini-oo-la-shaaciyey-daawo/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-05-17|title=Qaban-Qaabada Suldaanka Beesha Fiqishini Oo Laga Dareemayo Degmada Laascaanood Iyo Wufuud Kusii Qulqulaysa Adhicadeeye|newspaper=laascaanood.com|url=https://www.laascaanood.com/qaban-qaabada-suldaanka-beesha-fiqishini-oo-laga-dareemayo-bariga-somaliland-iyo-wufuud-kusii-qulqulaysa-adhicadeeyedaawo-sawiro/|access-date=2021-07-25|archive-date=26 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126075531/https://www.laascaanood.com/qaban-qaabada-suldaanka-beesha-fiqishini-oo-laga-dareemayo-bariga-somaliland-iyo-wufuud-kusii-qulqulaysa-adhicadeeyedaawo-sawiro/|url-status=dead}}</ref>