Heis (town)

Heis

*Xiis* (Somali)
حيس (Arabic)
Heis Xiis (Somali); حيس (Arabic)
Town
	1, Uduruxmin Mountain of Heis. 2, Old ruining buildings of Heis. 3 and 4, Heis town. 5, Heis beach, Sanaag, Somaliland. And 6, Macjalayn Sea Mountains of Heis, Somaliland.
	Heis Location in Somaliland. Heis Heis (Somaliland)
	Coordinates: 10°53′47″N 46°55′16″E / 10.89639°N 46.92111°E
Country	Somaliland
Region	Sanaag
District	Erigavo District
Population (2002)
• Total	4,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Heis (Somali: Xiis, Arabic: حيس) is a historic coastal town located in the Sanaag region of Somaliland.^[2]^[3] The town was important for trade and communication with the Somali interior and was used to export frankincense to Arabia.^[4]

^ unicef (September 2002). "SANAAG REGION NUTRITION SURVEY REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-11.
^ Mire, Sada (2015). "Mapping the Archaeology of Somaliland: Religion, Art, Script, Time, Urbanism, Trade and Empire". African Archaeological Review. 32: 111–136. doi:10.1007/s10437-015-9184-9. S2CID 162067194.
^ Rodríguez (2018). "Against All Odds: The History of Archaeological Research in Somaliland and Somalia". Northeast African Studies. 18 (1–2): 271–310. doi:10.14321/nortafristud.18.1-2.0271. hdl:10261/216289. JSTOR 10.14321/nortafristud.18.1-2.0271.
^ Lewis, I. M. (2017-02-03). Peoples of the Horn of Africa (Somali, Afar and Saho): North Eastern Africa Part I. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-30817-3.

[1] unicef (September 2002). "SANAAG REGION NUTRITION SURVEY REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-11.

[link.springer.com-2] Mire, Sada (2015). "Mapping the Archaeology of Somaliland: Religion, Art, Script, Time, Urbanism, Trade and Empire". African Archaeological Review. 32: 111–136. doi:10.1007/s10437-015-9184-9. S2CID 162067194.

[jstor.org-3] Rodríguez (2018). "Against All Odds: The History of Archaeological Research in Somaliland and Somalia". Northeast African Studies. 18 (1–2): 271–310. doi:10.14321/nortafristud.18.1-2.0271. hdl:10261/216289. JSTOR 10.14321/nortafristud.18.1-2.0271.

[4] Lewis, I. M. (2017-02-03). Peoples of the Horn of Africa (Somali, Afar and Saho): North Eastern Africa Part I. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-30817-3.

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Heis Xiis (Somali) حيس (Arabic)
Town
1, Uduruxmin Mountain of Heis. 2, Old ruining buildings of Heis. 3 and 4, Heis town. 5, Heis beach, Sanaag, Somaliland. And 6, Macjalayn Sea Mountains of Heis, Somaliland.
Heis Location in Somaliland. Show map of Sanaag Heis Heis (Somaliland) Show map of Somaliland
Coordinates: 10°53′47″N 46°55′16″E / 10.89639°N 46.92111°E / 10.89639; 46.92111
Country	Somaliland
Region	Sanaag
District	Erigavo District
Population (2002^[1])
• Total	4,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)