Hawiye

Hawiye
بنوهوية
Hawiye; بنوهوية;
Somali clan
	Medieval Portugese map of the Horn of Africa. The Hawiye (Aiaua) held an important polity where the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea converged.
Ethnicity	Somali
Location	Somalia; Ethiopia; Kenya ; Yemen
Descended from	Sheikh Ahmed (Hawiye)
Parent tribe	Samaale
Branches	; Bah Arbera:; Karanle; Xaskul; Raaran; ; Bah Ghirei:; Gorgaarte; Gugundhabe; Jhambiil;
Language	Somali; Arabic
Religion	Sunni Islam

The Hawiye (Somali: Hawiye, Arabic: بنو هوية, Italian: Hauija) is the largest Somali clan family.^[1] Members of this clan traditionally inhabit central and southern Somalia, Somaliland,^[2] Djibouti,^[3] Ethiopia (Somali, Harar,^[4] Oromia and Afar regions^[5]) and Kenya (North Eastern Province, Eastern Province). They are also the majority in the capital city, Mogadishu.^[6]

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^ Ethnographie Nordost-Afrikas Die materielte Cultur der Danâkil, Galla und Somâl (Phillip Paulitschke 1893) Archived 2023-04-08 at the Wayback Machine|quote=The tribe of the Hawija (Auîjja), whose members claim to be the purest, so to speak, the cream of the Somâl, is spread over the whole vast terrain from the middle Erer valley of Harar and Karanle along the left bank of the Vêbi Shabêli distributed to the coast of the Indian Ocean between Cape Sîf Tawîl and Maqdishu and Merka.
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