Old city
The old section of the city spans 25 acres and contains hundreds of ancient ruins of multi-roomed courtyard houses, stone walls, complex mosques, and other archaeological remains, including intricate colored glass bracelets and Chinese ceramics.
Pilgrimage sites
The old city is home to several historic pilgrimage sites belonging to celebrated Somali Saints, the most prominent being Saint Sau, Saint Amud and Saint Sharlagamadi. G.W.B. Huntingford during his research in the area noticed that whenever a historic site had the prefix Aw in its name, such as the ruins of Au Bare it denoted the final resting place of a local Saint.
Modern
Amud is also home to the University of Amoud, which is listed as one of the top 100 universities in Africa.
