This article is about the ethnic group. For the district, see Gurgura (woreda).
Gurgura
Gurgure غرغرة
Total population
1.5 - 2 million
Regions with significant populations
Ethiopia, Somaliland, Somalia, United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Saudi Arabia
Languages
Somali, Oromo and Arabic
Religion
Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
Akisho, Jaarso, Issa, Gadabursi, Surre, Isaaq, Biimaal, Gurre and other Dir clans.
The Gurgura, Gorgorah or Gurgure (Somali: Gurgure, Oromo: Gurgura, Arabic: غرغرة) is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.[1][2][3]
^"Women in conflict and indigenous conflict resolution among the Issa and Gurgura clans of Somali in Eastern Ethiopia". ACCORD. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
^I. M. Lewis (1959) "The Galla in Northern Somaliland" (PDF).
^Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M. (17 August 2005). Voice and Power. Routledge. p. 242. ISBN 9781135751753.
The Gurgura, Gorgorah or Gurgure (Somali: Gurgure, Oromo: Gurgura, Arabic: غرغرة) is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family. As...
large agro-pastoral population in the Zone almost exclusively from the Gurgura and Gadabuursi subclans of the Dir, both whom represent the majority inhabitants...
states that the Dembel district is predominantly Gadabuursi: "Mainly Somali Gurgura, Gadabursi and Hawiye groups, who inhabit Erer, Dambal and Meiso districts...
Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front (IGLF) was a political faction in eastern Ethiopia, led by Riyaale Ahmed Formed in 1991. IGLF, which is based amongst...
administratively into two woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woreda of Gurgura. Dire Dawa lies in the eastern part of the nation, on the Dechatu River...
(Abdalle and Qubeys), the Issa, the Bajimal, the Bursuk, the Madigan, the Gurgura, the Garre (the Quranyow sub-clan to be precise as they claim descent from...
the city and settle into those areas and to assimilate some of the local Gurgura clan. The Hawiye and the Dir clans were the predominant inhabitants of...
Biimaal (who the Gaadsen also belong too), the Bajimal, the Bursuk, the Gurgura, (the Quranyow sub-clan to be precise as they claim descent from Dir),...
son of Samaale), Quranyow-Garre, Surre, Barsug, Madigan, Gurre, Bimaal, Gurgura, Gadabuursi, Issa Isaaq Arap, Ayuub, Garhajis, Habar Awal, Habar Jeclo...
water." As to the inhabitants, Barker notes that north of Erer dwelled the Gurgura, "who are Mahomedans", and subject to the Issa Somali; to the south were...
Ethiopia Languages Somali, Arabic Religion Islam Related ethnic groups Other Gadabuursi clans, and Dir clans such as Barsuug, Biimaal, Gurgura, Surre, Issa...
Gaadsen also belong to), the Bajimal, the Bursuk, the Madigan Dir, the Gurgura, the Garre (the Quranyow sub-clan to be precise as they claim descent from...
President Mohammed Siad Barre and consisted mainly of the Gadabuursi, Jaarso, Gurgura subclans of the Dir clan family. It was a separatist rebel group fighting...
Jigjiga. As a Dir sub-clan, the Jaarso have immediate lineal ties with the Gurgura, Akisho, Gadabuursi, Issa, the Bajimal, the Bursuk, the Madigan Dir, the...
place of Sheikh Awbare, whose tomb is located west of the town. The Bah Gurgura and Bah Sanayo sections of the Gadabuursi Dir clan are matrinileal descendants...
Jaldesa, Balawa, and the fertile region of this district are inhabited by Gurgura farmers. They are fiercely independent and were the only tribe to recount...
country. The History of the Garre appears to be similar to that of the Gurgura. Both of these tribes were involved with trades; the Garre traded products...
resistant by the EPRDF. 1991–1993 – there were series clashes between Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front and the Oromo Liberation Front owing to claiming the city...
populations Ethiopia Languages Somali Religion Islam (Sunni) Related ethnic groups Gadabuursi, Issa, Gurgura, Akisho, Bimaal, Surre and other Dir groups...
Gadabuursi clan paramilitary group. Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front ? Somali nationalism Issa interests Gurgura interests Former clan-based rebel group....
shaped tomb has been built on top of the grave of the Patron Saint. The Bah Gurgura and Bah Sanayo sections of the Gadabuursi Dir clan are matrinileal descendants...
women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Gurgura (Somali) (59.88%), the Oromo (22.46%), and the Amhara (11.99%); all other...
ten clan-based political parties from the region, including the Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front, at a meeting in Hurso. In the subsequent 1995 elections...
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