RAHANWEYN

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The 'Rahanweyn' (Somali Maay: ''Reewing'') is a Somali clan, composed of two major sub-clans, the Digil and the Mirifle. It makes up about 20% of the population of Somalia, and is one of the four major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa.
The Digil sub-clan consists mainly of farmers and coastal people, while the Mirifle consists mainly of nomadic pastoralists.
According to the Rahanweyni, Somalis are linguistically grouped into Mai Terreh and Maxaa Tiri. The speakers of Mai Terreh (altern. Mai-Mai or Maay) are the Rahanweyn and others who settle with them, while the speakers of Mahaa Tiri belong to other clans (Dir, Darod, and Hawiye).
The Digil and Mirifle are concentrated mainly in southern Somalia including Mogadishu and Upper Juba (Gedo, Bay, Bakool, most parts of Jubbada Dhexe) and Shabeellaha Hoose regions of Somalia). They are also found in neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia, but not in Djibouti.

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Rahanweyn sub-clans

Digil

Mirifle

Notable Rahanweyn people

Rahanweyn sub-clans

Digil

★ Garre

★ Bagadi

★ Geledi

★ Dabarre

★ Jiido

★ Shantacaleemood

★ Tunni

Mirifle

★ Siyeed

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★ Eelaay

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★ Jiroon

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★ Leysan

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★ Hariin

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★ Macalinweyne

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★ Boqolhore (consisting the four clans of Qoomaal, Disoow, Eemid and Yalaale)

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★ Heledi

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★ Haroow

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★ Waanjaa

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★ Reer Dumaal

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★ Garwaale

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★ Asharaaf Sarmaan

★ Sagaal

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★ Hadame

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★ Luwaay

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★ Geelidle

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★ Jilible

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★ Yantaar

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★ Hubeer

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★ Gasaargude

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★ Goobabweyn

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★ Eyle
Traditionally, the Mirifle Siyeed subdivide themselves into three major groups: Bogolhore, Boqoldhexe and Boqoldambe.
For example, the Boqolhore is has the four subclans of Qoomaal, Disoow, Eemid, and Yalaale.
Also each Mirifle subclan subdivides itself into subclans or sub-groups called gamaas. For instance, the five gamaas of the Qoomaal of the Boqolhore are: ''Dhisiraad,'' ''Reer Awmashube,'' ''Reer Towba,'' ''Reer Macalin, '' and ''Idimoole''. Traditionally one of these five is the ''Gamaashore'' (first sub-group). In the case of the ''Qoomaal'' the ''Gamaashore'' is the sub-group called ''Dhisiraad''.
There is no indigenous community of believing Christians among the Digil-Rahawiin and they are considered to be an unreached people group in this regard by Evangelical Christians.

Notable Rahanweyn people

★ Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, former spearker of parliament, from 1965-1969 and briefly interim president.

★ Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, speaker of the interim Transitional Federal Government 2004–2007.

★ Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud, leader of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army, president of Southwestern Somalia, Minister of Finance and Agriculture of the Transitional Federal Government

★ Mohamed Haji Mukhtar, professor of African and Middle Eastern History at Savannah State University

★ Abdi Kusow, professor of sociology and anthropology at Oakland University