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Coordinates: 3°48′28″N 43°14′56″E / 3.80778, 43.24889

For other uses, see Wajid. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wajid may refer to Wajid Somalia (sometimes Waajid or Wajiid) a city and district in the Bakool region of Somalia Wajid

Wajid is a town and district in the Bakool region of Somalia. Bakool (Bakool is a region ( gobolka) in central Somalia. Its capital is Xuddur. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Wajid town is located approximately 302 kilometres (188 miles) north west of the national capital, Mogadishu, 78 kilometres (49 miles) south west of the district capital, Xuddur, and 69 kilometres (43 miles) south east of the Somalia-Ethiopia border. Mogadishu ( Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar, Hamar; مقديشو Maqadīshū Huddur is the capital city of Bakool, Somalia. It is located in the south-west of Somalia around. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page

In 2004, the population of the district was estimated at 36,995. [1] Wajid district is a rural area with a semi-arid to arid climate. In general terms the Climate of a local or region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available Water, to the extent of hindering Many of the district's inhabitants derive their livelihood from pastoral activities, such as raising livestock, and agriculture, such as growing sorghum. Nomadic people, (from the νομάδες nomádes, "those who let pasture herds" also known as nomads, are communities of people that Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally to a Domesticated Animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce such as Food Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, some of which are raised for grain and many of which are used as Fodder plants either cultivated or as part [2]

In July 2006, Wajid was occupied by Ethiopian forces during the Ethiopian military intervention in Somalia. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known [3] Since 2006, Wajid has been severely effected by drought and the district currently faces a humanitarian crisis brought about by conflict and a lack of food security. The 2006 Horn of Africa food crisis is an acute shortage of food affecting four Horn of Africa countries Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and A humanitarian crisis (or "humanitarian disaster" is an event or series of events which represents a critical threat to the health safety security or wellbeing of a community Food security refers to the availability of food and one's access to it [4]

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References

  1. ^ FSAU (n. Bakool (Bakool is a region ( gobolka) in central Somalia. Its capital is Xuddur. d. ), 'Somalia: District population and density, 2004 (map)', FSAU Somalia. Retrieved on 9 June 2008.
  2. ^ Action Contre la Faim 2007, 'Anthropometric and retrospective mortality survey, children aged 6 to 59 months, Wajid Town and surroundings, Bakool – Somalia', Action Contre la Faim, December, pp. 8-9. Retrieved on 9 June 2008.
  3. ^ BBC News 2006, 'Ethiopians enter new Somali town', BBC News, 22 July. Retrieved on 9 June 2008.
  4. ^ Shepherd-Johnson, D. 2006, 'Somalia afflicted by worst drought in decade', UNICEF Newsline, 8 February. Retrieved on 9 June 2008.

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