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The Hawiye (Somali: Hawiye Arabic: بنو هوية) is a Somali clan. Members of the clan primarily live in central and southern Somalia in the Ogaden and the North Eastern Province (currently administered by Ethiopia and Kenya respectively) and in smaller numbers in other countries. Like many Somalis Hawiye members trace their ancestry to Irir Samaale. The Hawiye are either the largest or second-largest Somali clan but are the dominant clan in Mogadishu the capital of Somalia