Aadan Cabdulle, Xasan Sheekh and other prominent people from Hiiraan region

Aadan Cabdulle, Xasan Sheekh and other prominent people from the Hiiraan region

Hiiraan is a region with a rich history spanning centuries, a region with vast agricultural resources and also a region described as having a dry port.

According to some estimates, Hiiraan is one of the top agricultural producing regions in Somalia as it is traversed by the Shabelle River which flows through many areas of the region.

The Hiiraan region is one of the eight regions that formed the first republic of Somalia.

Similarly, the region is said to have cities that have their own names and significant histories.

Geographically, Hiiraan borders the regions of Middle Shabelle, Bakool, and Galgaduud while also bordering the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia.

This rich historical legacy of the region has led to the emergence of notable figures within Somali society, particularly in culture, politics, and religion.

As historian Prof. Maxamed Xaaji Ingiriis told the BBC, Hiiraan has produced politicians who were foundational to the establishment of the first republic of Somalia.

Among the historical figures from Hiiraan is the first president of Somalia, Aadan Cabdulle Cismaan (Aaden Cadde), who became president of the two united regions of North and South Somalia on July 1, 1960.

Aden Cabdulle Cismaan was born in the city of Baladweyn in 1908.

Sheikh Ali Jimcale was a Somali politician. He was the first minister of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs during the colonial period, and he held that position when Somalia gained independence and became the Republic of Somalia.

Sheikh Jimcale was born in 1905 near the town of Mataban in the Hiiraan region.