Overview

The city is located near Borama, Tog Wajaale

Tog Wajaale

Tog Wajaale is a border town and the major crossing between Ethiopia and Somaliland.-References:...

 and Hargeisa

Hargeisa

Hargeisa is a city in the northwestern Woqooyi Galbeed region of Somalia. With a population of approximately 2 million residents, it is the second largest city in the country. Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region...

. Its name Kalabaydh (meaning "crossroads") is derived from the town's location at the juncture of these settlements.

Local control is disputed between Somaliland

Somaliland

Somaliland is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of...

, a self-declared independent republic that is internationally recognized

Diplomatic recognition

Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state...

 as an autonomous region of Somalia, the autonomous Puntland

Puntland

Puntland , officially the Puntland State of Somalia , is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998....

 region in northeastern Somalia, and HBM-SSC (Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC), a local unionist group whose goal is the creation of its own regional administration (Sool, Sanaag and Cayn or SSC).

History

On the outskirts of the town is a site called 'Lafta Nabadeed', named after an historic tree situated near the local water wells. The renowned poet Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade

Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade

Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed 'Timacade was a Somali poet. He was among the most prominent bards of his day.-Biography:Timacade was born in 1920 in the small town of Galooley, situated near Gabiley in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia...

, who was from Galooley, regularly used to visit friends and relatives in Kalabaydh. He reportedly would also conduct public readings in the area.

Economy

Kalabaydh's residents are primarily pastoralists. They raise cattle, sheep and goats, supplemented by cultivation of cereals such as maze

Maze

A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways, but technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth, as the labyrinth has a single...

 and sorghum

Sorghum

Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents...

.