Maduna | |
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Archaeological site | |
Coordinates: 9°30′04″N 47°09′21″E / 9.50121°N 47.15578°E | |
Country | Somaliland |
Region | Sanaag |
District | El Afweyn District |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( EAT) |
Maduna ( Somali: Maduuna) is a medieval town in western Sanaag region of Somaliland, near El Afweyn. [1] [2]
The ruined Islamic city of Maduna is considered the most substantial and most accessible ruin of its type in Somaliland. [1] [2] The main feature of the ruined city includes a large rectangular mosque, its 3 metre high walls still standing and which include a mihrab and possibly several smaller arched niches. [2] The mosque is surrounded by several old houses, most of whom being partially intact. [2] The houses include roofed rooms, as well as compounds of dome-shaped structures lacking doors or windows. [3] Just on a slope below the ruined city stands a baobab tree, large enough to suggest that it was planted while the city was inhabited. [2]
Not much is known about Maduna's history, with its dry-stone architectural style suggesting that Maduna was a contemporary of other ruined cities in Somaliland like Amoud and Abasa, meaning that Maduna was presumably part of the Adal sultanate. [2] Swedish-Somali archaeologist Sada Mire dates the ruined city to the 15th–17th centuries. [3]
Maduna | |
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Archaeological site | |
Coordinates: 9°30′04″N 47°09′21″E / 9.50121°N 47.15578°E | |
Country | Somaliland |
Region | Sanaag |
District | El Afweyn District |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( EAT) |
Maduna ( Somali: Maduuna) is a medieval town in western Sanaag region of Somaliland, near El Afweyn. [1] [2]
The ruined Islamic city of Maduna is considered the most substantial and most accessible ruin of its type in Somaliland. [1] [2] The main feature of the ruined city includes a large rectangular mosque, its 3 metre high walls still standing and which include a mihrab and possibly several smaller arched niches. [2] The mosque is surrounded by several old houses, most of whom being partially intact. [2] The houses include roofed rooms, as well as compounds of dome-shaped structures lacking doors or windows. [3] Just on a slope below the ruined city stands a baobab tree, large enough to suggest that it was planted while the city was inhabited. [2]
Not much is known about Maduna's history, with its dry-stone architectural style suggesting that Maduna was a contemporary of other ruined cities in Somaliland like Amoud and Abasa, meaning that Maduna was presumably part of the Adal sultanate. [2] Swedish-Somali archaeologist Sada Mire dates the ruined city to the 15th–17th centuries. [3]