Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Isaaq (also Isaq Ishaak) (Somali: Reer Sheik Isaxaaq Arabic: إسحاق) are one of the main Somali clans. Members principally live in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia and the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The populations of five major cities of Somaliland – Hargeisa Burco Berbera Erigavo and Gabiley – are predominantly Isaaq. As of the late 1980s the Sacad Muuse Habar Awal and Jibriil Abokor sub-clans of the Isaaq were also the main inhabitants of Gabiley.
