Qansaxle
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Qansahle is a town in the southwestern Gedo
region of Somalia
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. It is primarily inhabited by Somalis
from the Bihna Fiqi Hassan and Maalismoge sub-clans of the Leelkase
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Gedo
Gedo is an administrative region , formerly part of the historic Upper Juba Region in southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. Gedo is a region created in 1980s and is bordered by the Ogaden in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and the Somali regions of Bakool, Bay,...
region of Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
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Overview
Qansahle is located about 20 km from GaldogobGaldogob
Galdogob , also spelled Goldogob, is a town located in the north-central MudugSomalia. It lies approximately six kilometers southeast of the border with Ethiopia.-Overview:...
. It is primarily inhabited by Somalis
Somali people
Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...
from the Bihna Fiqi Hassan and Maalismoge sub-clans of the Leelkase
Leelkase
Leelkase or Lelkase is a subclan of the Somali Darod clan.-Distribution:The term "Leelkase" is a Somali nickname, which translates as "farsighted, mindful, smart, very intelligent"....
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