Qombo'ul

Qombo'ul
Town
Ancient cairns in Qombo'ul.
Country	Somaliland
Region	Sanaag
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Qombo'ul (Somali: Qumbucul) is an historical town in the eastern Sanaag region of Somaliland.

Qombo'ul lies approximately 40 km east of Badhan, on the road to Bosaso and west of the town of Mindigale.

An old settlement, it is the site of quite a few ancient ruins, buildings and structures, many of obscure origins. Northern Somalia in general is home to numerous such archaeological sites, with similar edifices found at Haylan, Qa’ableh, Maydh and El Ayo. However, many of these old structures have yet to be properly explored, a process which would help shed further light on local history and facilitate their preservation for posterity.

In the early 2000's, El Ayowas part of the briefly-extant Maakhir autonomous region of Somalia. The polity was later officially incorporated into Somaliland authority by late 2007.

Ancient cairns and other ruins in Qombo'ul, Sanaag, Somalia: