Official Name: | Gambadhe |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Sool#Somaliland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somaliland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Somalia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sool |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Las Anod |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Gambadhe is a town in the Sool region of Ssc-Khaatumo .[1] A dry port has been constructed in the town.[2] The town is located roughly 30km southeast of the city of Las Anod.[3]
A couple of kilometers southwest of Gambadhe is the currently abandoned locality of Dari ali which is a Daraawiish heritage site. This site previously hosted a fort called Daryare which was used as an escape route and to safeguard against the three colonial adversaries of the Darawiish, namely Britain, Abyssinia and Italy. Although currently a ruin, it was previously located between the ring of Darawiish forts at Taleex and the Darawiish fort at Las Anod.[4]
The visit of President Puntland to Taleh in late August 2013 led to a resurgence of local insurgency. Fighting also broke out in Gambadhe on September 13 and 15 between pro-Khatumo State militias and the Somaliland army.[5]
In June 2015, the Somaliland army commander inspected Somaliland military bases in Xudun, Gambadhe, and Kalabaydh in Sool region.[6]
In March 2019, fighting broke out between the Somaliland army and local forces in Gambadhe led by Colonel Faysal Falaalug.[3] Faysal Falaalug militias, calling itself the SSC Liberation Front, also attacked Somaliland troops in April, but was repulsed.[7]
In January 2020, the government of Somaliland and the state of Sool will jointly establish a dry port in Gambadhe to send goods from the Berbera port to Somalia, and the Somaliland port administrator and the governor of Sool participated in the groundbreaking ceremony.[8]