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Badhan District

Badhan District (Somali: Degmada Badhan) is a district located in the Sanaag country of Somaliland. Its capital is Badhan.

The district is mainly populated by the Warsangali sub-division of the Harti Darod with a minority of the Abbas Muse sub-division of the Surre Dir.

In 2005, a drought occurred in the Sanaag region, particularly affecting the Badhan district.

In 2010 Somaliland presidential election, Badhan district received 734 votes for UDUB, 126 for KULMIYE, and 965 for UCID, totaling 1,825. The total number of votes cast throughout Somaliland was 1,069,914.

In December 2013, one of the presidential candidates for the Puntland presidential election visited Badhan district. The candidate criticized the current Puntland government for doing nothing in Sanaag district.

In May 2015, the Ministry of Water Resources of Somaliland started a water supply project in Hadaftimo, Badhan district.

In October 2015, the chairpersons of the Somaliland Electoral Commission and others were detained by Puntland in Badhan district but were released shortly after.

In August 2017, voter cards for the Somaliland presidential election were distributed in the Sanaag region only in the Badhan district; no registration took place in the Las Korey and Dahar districts.

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