This thread about Housing and this guy start troll on MJ population as the only clan live in PLSimple answer, lack of a viable population.
Puntland region was the least populated area in the former Somali Republic:
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According to published figures, Puntland region had one of the lowest recorded population density figures not only in the former Somali Republic, but across the entire African continent:
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To put this in perspective, population density in Puntland region was equivalent to the Sahara desert which has a density of roughly 1 person per square mile.
Somalia map
Somalia map.
Why are you using Garissa to extrapolate the population of Puntland and not historical census or voting registration carried out there![]()
Historical census don't work cause one they're using 'estimations' and we don't know what data reference point they used, I am using Garissa model because it's semi desert like PL and extropolating their census data over to PL estimation. I am providing my model but all those historical models just give us numbers but no 'formula or model used' so it's just numbers out of their ass like UNFPA which I disproved as Hargeisa and Burco listed 90% ghost villages for their 'zone' and the south was notorious for it also.
That's why the SFG looks stupid and not credible to the world using fake estimation data in it's official govt shows an incompetent government, it doesn't impact on PL, as we have our own statistic department.
This is far more reasonable model, u can go look at Garissa population and extrapolate their land size with your own land size. The other reason older estimations don't work is PL migrated to JL/Mogadishu in large numbers after majerteniya sultanate collapsed in 1927.
That banadir estimations from historical records estimates includes Majerten being either the largest or second largest clan in Mogadishu and Kismayo at the time.
No joke Mogadishu being the largest and Kismayo being third largest cities, and ironically Majerten is second largest clan in Hamar at the time plus the largest clan in kismaayo, while still having PL population left over. Not much has changed except the fact PL is now repopulated by large exodus of southern majertens who migrated back from the south.
Well hopefully the PL registration for election can add more to this field soon.
Check out this puntland polling stations. Qardho alone has 21 polling stations representing 'xafaado and villages'
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Ufayn ayaa haysto 11 xafaads or villages![]()
Qardho is 'average' town in PL, it's definitely only 'B grade'. So u can imagine Galkayo-Bosaso how many 'xafaads' and villages report to them as their A grade cities.
21 'xafaads' is probably '4 degmos' in my opinion. 5 villages or xafaads consist of each 'town'. So Qardho and it's surrounding area is basically 4 towns with 5 xafaads each. Wallahi Qardho is way bigger then Hargeisa
Yeah, it is Somalia at night. It shows you how large MJ is. Of Somalia's 13 most visible settlements, 4 are MJ.
That's not how it works, density determines the population not the land mass. NFD is most likely more dense then Puntland due to the agricultural scene.Garissa is 45000 SQ KM and is 1 million censused by Kenya. We can extrapolate PL is 150,000 SQ KM, it is 3.3 times larger by land mass, so it's 1 million(garissa population) x 3.3 = 3.3 million for Puntland. Plus mind you this is 95% majerten population, where-as mogadishu is at best 60% hawiye with the rest of cad-cads-Madow-somalis accounting for the rest.
Mogadishu isn't 3 million either, it's 1.5 million maximum after u measure '1 km x 1 km' and assume a density rate of 5 per household and the city area sq is 90 sq km.
Look at this way if Mogadishu is 3 million, that would mean in each area sq kilometer the density rate is 33000. 3 million/90 is 33000 per area sq. How is it 1000 meter by 1000 meter inay ku nool yihin 33000, that would indicate their is 33000/5 per household, that means u will find 6600 properties in 1 area sq to have population of 3 million.
Me and @Thegoodshepherd talked about this topic and concluded hamar is 1.5 million max with 200-300k for south west IDPS. For 1.5 million population that indicates a housing rate of 1.5 million/90 area sq = 16000 people. This means 1 area sq/16000 ppl will give u housing ratio of 3200 houses in 1 area sq which is more likely then 6600 houses in 1 area sq.
Maybe me and @Thegoodshepherd can carry on this discussion, cause it's obvious you lack basic mathamatics. U trying to fit in 6600 houses of 20 by 20 meter per house in 1 area sq km, which is impossible. Infact maybe the-goodshephard if u have the time can u go into google earth and measure an 'average' property dimension, it's around 20 by 20 meters per house plot.
maybe good-shepherd go into google earth and measure 1 area sq km in mogadishu and count how many houses exist, that will give us data on how to multiply that across 90 area sq and how many houses exist and we can give a density ratio of 5 per household. Max being 8, minimum being 3, average being 5 is fair estimate.
That's not how it works, density determines the population not the land mass. NFD is most likely more dense then Puntland due to the agricultural scene.
There is no density in Mogadishu or hargeisa, 95% of the city is flat 20 by 20 dimension homes, this isn't paris or london, @Thegoodshepherd even knows to claim density you need to have 4 storey buildings through-out all mogadishu for 33000 people per sq kilometer. Not have 3 bedroom home with 20 by 20 diamensions and claim there is like 100 people in each home lol. Density only applies to developed countries not 3rd world nations as they dont build high.