Raaso is a location in the Somali Region

Somali Region

Somali Region ; is the eastern-most of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia. It is often called Somalia, though it is not to be confused with the independent country of the same name. The capital of Somali State is Jijiga...

 of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. It is inhabited by the Sheekhaal

Sheekhaal

The Sheikhal or Fiqi Omar is a Somali clan whose members inhabit both Somalia and Ethiopia, with considerable numbers also found in the Northern Frontier District in Kenya....

 clan. Raaso is situated along the Imi

Imi, Ethiopia

Imi is a village in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Mirab Imi woreda of the Afder Zone on the north bank of the Shebelle River, at latitude and longitude with an elevation of 442 meters above sea level.The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for this...

–Ginir

Ginir

Ginir is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region , this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation between 1750 and 1986 meters above sea level....

 road, in the Mirab Imi

Mirab Imi

Mirab Imi is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is named for the historically significant village, Imi. Part of the Afder Zone, Mirab Imi is bordered on the south by Bare, on the southwest by Afder, on west by Elekere, and on the north by the Shebelle River which separates...

 woreda of Afder Zone

Afder Zone

Afder is one of the nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Afder is bordered on the southwest by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from Liben, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north and northeast by the Shebelle River which separates it from Gode, and on the east and...

, some 40 kilometers north-west of West Imi (or Mirab Imi) village at a latitude and longitude of 6°32′N 41°47′E. Raaso is both the name of the Region as well as the name of the town. The other settlements or smaller towns around Raaso city are Buundada which is located on Shabeelle River, Dhaley and others.

The area is characterised by thick, hilly bushland with seasonal rivers nearby that may carry water after rains, and where it is easy to dig shallow wells to get water available throughout the year.

The Sheekhaal

Sheekhaal

The Sheikhal or Fiqi Omar is a Somali clan whose members inhabit both Somalia and Ethiopia, with considerable numbers also found in the Northern Frontier District in Kenya....

 (or Shekosh) settled in this location in 2000. They are a group that specialized in Islam

Islam

Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

ic teachings, and had lived across Somalia and the Somali Region.