Why don't Ogadenis settle near the Shabelle river?

[Mckuus]

How come there are almost no settlements along the Shabelle river inside Ethiopia? I noticed this while I was following the Shabelle river to its source in Google Earth, while on the Somalia side of the Shabelle river you will see a settlement every few miles.

[union]

It requires intelligence to realize the usefulness of settling next to a river. And....

[RovingMadness]

It requires intelligence to realize the usefulness of settling next to a river. And....

[Mckuus]

It requires intelligence to realize the usefulness of settling next to a river. And....

typical somalinet reaction

...but does anyone have a serious explanation?

If you follow the Shabelle River inside Ethiopia you find no major towns, but when it starts entering Somalia ..just a few miles in the country and you already have Beledweyne and it goes on.

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

The only people who settle in the Shabelle in Ogadenia are the Jareerweyn in Godey region. Why? I don't know.

Union, I wouldn't throw stones from a glass house, unlike Ogaden who haven't and still don't have settlements near the rivers, there's many Marexaan towns situated directly on the Jubba river but most of the year they look like deserts. There's virtually no signs of irrigation in Gedo on any level. Marexaan cities on the Jubba river look drier than most of Waqoyi. Look it up on Google earth, the town of Luuq is literally ringed by the river and looks drier than Dhuusomareeb - the only thing that grows there is the wild bush.

[ciyaal_warta]

OG pple are hardcore nomads that they dont stay one place for a long time

It requires intelligence to realize the usefulness of settling next to a river. And....

[Mckuus]

OG pple are hardcore nomads that they dont stay one place for a long time

Hundreds of miles of prime agricultural land is not utilized inside the Ogaden. It's very strange.

If they used all that land near the Shabelle for farming, there would never be a famine in the Horn.

[guhad122]

There is not one single Somali clan that settles along the river than Ogaden. For your info, Absame/Ogaden setttle along Jubba and Shabeele rivers.
In Somalia, just check the maps and see what clan live the closest to the river banks..

In Ogadenia, major Ogaden cities lie on Shabeele river such as Godey, Mustaxiil, Qalaafe, the entire Faafan region, and many others I can't recall their names.


Get your facts straight before you get the Prozac kids too excited

[Mckuus]

^Based on the satellite images there are almost no settlements along the Shebelle inside Ethiopia, it looks totally uninhabited for the most part.

[Shift]

The quetion is strange but if you must know it runs through godey and khalafo the heart of the Ogaden.

[Mckuus]

The quetion is strange but if you must know it runs through godey and khalafo the heart of the Ogaden.

lol, the river stretches 400 miles inside the Ogaden.. a handful of towns is really nothing. I was expecting to see a town every few miles or so.

[Shift]

Thats why your quetion would have made more sense if you aplied it to the split culture of somalis,beerato iyo geeljire.dadka qaar waa guuraa/nomad geel dhaqato ah qaarna waa kuwa beeraha fasha.

Guhaad dont worry bout union hiloowlaa hadlay maanta,theres trouble in paradise

[Shift]

Its not about who settles on the edge of the river every 10 miles,but who can put it to good use.Reer godey putting that water flow to good use

[ciyaal_warta]

There is not one single Somali clan that settles along the river than Ogaden. For your info, Absame/Ogaden setttle along Jubba and Shabeele rivers.
In Somalia, just check the maps and see what clan live the closest to the river banks..

In Ogadenia, major Ogaden cities lie on Shabeele river such as Godey, Mustaxiil, Qalaafe, the entire Faafan region, and many others I can't recall their names.


Get your facts straight before you get the Prozac kids too excited

dude mustaxiil is udeejen, shiikhaal, karanle and hawadle city and its in border of hiiraan stop trying to rob other pple's city

[XimanJaale]

There is not one single Somali clan that settles along the river than Ogaden. For your info, Absame/Ogaden setttle along Jubba and Shabeele rivers.
In Somalia, just check the maps and see what clan live the closest to the river banks..

In Ogadenia, major Ogaden cities lie on Shabeele river such as Godey, Mustaxiil, Qalaafe, the entire Faafan region, and many others I can't recall their names.


Get your facts straight before you get the Prozac kids too excited

dude mustaxiil is udeejen, shiikhaal, karanle and hawadle city and its in border of hiiraan stop trying to rob other pple's city

These cagdheers are only good at claiming people's land they have no other skills or talent, fantasy world bey ku jiraan, waa loo amuusa nooh hadaad la darandaartiid wey ku sii raadsan