Oodweyne District

Odweyne district or Dadmadhedh region is a district in the central Togdheer region of Somaliland. Its administrative center is Odweyne.

Administrative Classification

On March 25, 2008, Somaliland President Kahin announced that Oodweyne would be upgraded to a region, becoming independent from Togdheer region. However, it has not received parliamentary approval and is still considered part of the Togdheer region, for example, in the 2019 Somaliland Local Government Law.
However, both the Somaliland government and the Somaliland media often report Oodweyne district as Dadad-madhedh region. The governor of this area is still appointed as governor of Dad-madheedh region as of 2024.

Landform

The plains of this land-mass was historically referred to as Garoodi.

Topics

In July 2007, it was reported in Hargeysa, the capital of Somaliland, that "protests were occurring in Odweyne over cigarette advertisements," but this turned out to be a false report.
In January 2014, five people were injured and eight arrested in a violent incident.
In 2014, a Somaliland company installed a well to explore for oil in the Oodweyne area.
In October 2014, the governor's secretary resigned.
In October 2018, eight police officers from Odweyne district mistakenly crossed the border into Ethiopia and were arrested by the Somali district government of Ethiopia, but were released.
In January 2024, police seized four trucks used for illegal logging for charcoal purposes.