Gadabursi

Gadabuursi

غادابورسي سمرون
The Tomb of Sheikh Samaroon
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali and Arabic
Religion
Islam (Sunni, Sufism)
Related ethnic groups
Issa, Surre, Biimaal, Gurgura, Bursuuk, other Dir clans, Isaaq, Hawiye and other Somali clans. Saho people(Gadafur)

The Gadabuursi or Gadabursi (Somali: Gadabuursi, Reer Sheikh Samaroon and Reer Sheikh Maxamuud, Arabic: غادابورسي, سمرون‎‎) also commonly referred to as, Samaroon or Samaroon Said. They represent a large sub-clan of the Northern Dir Somali clan family.

They are geographically spread out across (3) countries; Somaliland, Ethiopia and Djibouti. In Somaliland, the Gadabuursi are the pre-dominant clan in the Awdal region and they also inhabit parts of Waqooyi Galbeed. In Djibouti: Where they are one of the main clan groups and the clan who founded the name "Cote francaise des Somalis". Among all the Gadabuursi inhabited regions of the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is the region where majority of the clan reside. In Ethiopia, the Gadabuursi mainly live in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, but also live in Ethiopia's Afar region and Oromia region.