Hawiye clans

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The Hawiye clans are one of the largest and most influential Somali clan families, historically centered in central and southern Somalia and prominent in the country’s political, social, and economic life.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hawiye clan-family 2
Hawiye clan 1
Hawiye clans canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Somali clan family
clan confederation
capitalCityInfluence Mogadishu
confederationStructure composed of many sub-clans and lineages
country Djibouti
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
customaryLaw xeer
economicRole prominent in Somali economic life
ethnicGroup Somali people
historicalCenter Banadir region
linked to: Banadir

Galguduud region
Hiiraan region
Middle Shabelle region
Mogadishu
language Somali language
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageVariety Maxaa Tiri Somali
lineageSystem patrilineal clan system
notableCityPresence Beledweyne
Dusmareb
Guri-El
Jowhar
Mogadishu
politicalInfluencePeriod post-1991 Somali civil war era
politicalRole major role in Somali politics
populationStatus one of the largest Somali clan families
region Central Somalia
linked to: central Somalia

Southern Somalia
linked to: southern Somalia
religion Sunni Islam
socialRole prominent in Somali social life
subBranchOf Somali clan system
subClan Abgaal
Ajuran (sometimes classified separately)
Baadicadde
linked to: Baadicade

Badi Adde
Duduble
Gaaljecel
Habr Gidir
linked to: Habr Gedir

Hawadle
Jajele
Murursade
Saruur
Sheekhaal (sometimes associated)
Udeejeen
Xawaadle
traditionalLifestyle agro-pastoralism
pastoralism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Somali Congress ethnicBase Hawiye clan
linked to: Hawiye clans
Habr Gedir clanFamily Hawiye clan-family
linked to: Hawiye clans
Mirifle contrastedWith Hawiye clan-family
linked to: Hawiye clans