# Jijeele (Jejele, Gugundhabe, Hawiye) > The Jijeele (Jejele) of the Gugundhabe and Hawiye: family tree, sub-clans, where they live in Hiiraan, Bay and Bakool, and recent records. Source page: https://calankii.com/en/society/jijeele/ Last checked: 2026-11-12 Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com) ## Name and family tree The Jijeele are a Somali clan, also written Jejele or Jajele. All the sources used here count them with the [Hawiye](/en/society/hawiye/), in the Gugundhabe group. | Source | Line it gives | |---|---| | Abbink 2009 | Gugundabe > Jajele. Its other clans are Jidle, Jibidle, Galja'el, Molaal, Jilideen, Badi-Adde and Murille ([Abbink, *The Total Somali Clan Genealogy*, 2009, p. 28](https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14007)) | | World Bank 2005 (CRD chart) | Gugun-dhabe (Badi-adde, Jidle, Jejele) under the Hawiye ([World Bank, *Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics*, 2005, Appendix 2](https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/b2109b26-2d10-5ac6-85c2-dbfa820c5f6e)) | | ACLED 2025 | Hawiye > Gugundhabe > Jijeele, older names Hawiye-Jijeele and Jejele ([ACLED clan actor list, September 2025](https://acleddata.com/system/files/2025-10/Somalia-clan-actor-old-to-new-list_16-September-2025.xlsx)) | | EUAA 2025 | "Jijeele (Gugundhabe/Hawiye)" ([EUAA Country Focus 2025, section 1.5.1](https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2025_05_EUAA_COI_Report_Somalia_Country_Focus.pdf)) | | Somali Wikipedia (backup) | Gugundhabe > Hawiye ([Somali Wikipedia, Jijeele, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jijeele)) | Somali Wikipedia names the Jidle and Baadicade as close kin (same source). See [the Hawiye tree](/en/society/somali-clan-tree-hawiye/). ## Main branches Somali Wikipedia says the Jijeele split into four lines: Maxamed, Xaramage, Dudbiye and Kitshe. It calls Maxamed the eldest. It says the four lines divide into 14 lineages ([Somali Wikipedia, Jijeele, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jijeele)). | Line | Groups named under it | |---|---| | Dudbiye | Guudwaay (with Doolow and Maxamed Kheyr), Makaahiil (with Dumaal and Iidsuge) and Yaaquub. Under Iidsuge: Reer Faqay, Habarwadaag and Cabdisuge | | Xaramage | Shalashame, Reer Wabar, Dharooye and Faranjecle | | Kitshe | Ciise and Waadsuge | | Maxamed Jijeele | none given | The page also names Kulmiye, Cadow and Goblajoog. It lists Rooble and Xalane under Faranjecle (same source). ACLED codes one Jijeele group without sub-clans. ## Where they live No census counts Somalis by clan. ACCORD notes that Somalis often claim more members than their groups have, "in order to demonstrate strength" ([ACCORD, *Clans in Somalia*, 2009, p. 11](https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1193130/90_1261130976_accord-report-clans-in-somaliarevised-edition-20091215.pdf)). | Place | What the sources record | |---|---| | Hiiraan | The EASO notes competition between the Hawadle in the east and the "Galjeel/Jajele/Baadi Adde" on the west bank ([EASO, *Somalia: Security situation*, 2021](https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_09_EASO_COI_Report_Somalia_Security_situation.pdf)) | | Hiiraan towns | Somali Wikipedia names Beledweyne, Caagsibir, Ceel Idaad, Xaajinuur, Maroodile, Baardhuyac, Maxaas, Maqokori, Farlibaax and Ceelcade ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jijeele)) | | Bakool and Bay | Quracjoome, Ceelbarde, Xudur, Diinsoor and Buurhakaba (same source) | | Lower and Middle Shabelle | Mubaarak near Afgooye, and Basra (same source) | | Mogadishu | Several districts, including Hodan, Yaqshiid and Dharkenley (same source) | See [Hiiraan](/en/regions/hiiraan/), [Bakool](/en/regions/bakool/) and [Bay](/en/regions/bay/). ## History on record - **2011.** Somali Wikipedia says the Jijeele fought al-Shabaab for their land that year. It calls them the first clan to do so ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jijeele)). - **May 2021.** The EASO records clashes over farmland between the Jejele and the Makane outside Beledweyne. Reports gave between two and ten deaths across 5 and 17 May. Police detained several elders suspected of stirring the fighting ([EASO 2021](https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_09_EASO_COI_Report_Somalia_Security_situation.pdf)). Somali Wikipedia also names politicians. These include Xareed Faarax, a minister under President [Aden Abdulle Osman](/en/people/aden-abdulle-osman/), and MP Yusuf Hussein Ahmed Gam'adiid (same source). ## Elders and customary law Senior Somali clan leaders carry titles such as *suldaan*, *ugaas* or *issim*. Their role is "mainly judicial and representative" ([UK Home Office, CPIN Somalia: clans, 2019, quoting EASO 2014](https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2002542/Somalia_-_Clans_-_CPIN_V3.0e.pdf)). The sources used here name no Jijeele titled elder. See [xeer, Somali customary law](/en/society/xeer-customary-law/). ## In recent conflict records The EUAA lists "Makane (Bantu) vs Jijeele (Gugundhabe/Hawiye) in [Beletweyne](/en/states/hirshabelle/) District". It was active in April 2023 to March 2025 ([EUAA Country Focus 2025, section 1.5.1](https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2025_05_EUAA_COI_Report_Somalia_Country_Focus.pdf)). The EASO earlier said the dispute was "over agricultural farmland" (EASO 2021). See [minority communities](/en/society/minority-communities/), [Xawaadle](/en/society/xawaadle/) and [clan conflicts, district by district](/en/society/clan-conflicts/). ## Where sources differ - **Spelling.** Abbink writes Jajele. The World Bank and EASO write Jejele. ACLED and the EUAA write Jijeele. - **Kin groups.** Abbink lists eight clans under Gugundabe. The World Bank chart names three. - **Lineages.** Only Somali Wikipedia gives sub-clans. Its page cites few sources. ## Read more - [Hawiye](/en/society/hawiye/) - [The Hawiye tree](/en/society/somali-clan-tree-hawiye/) - [Hiiraan](/en/regions/hiiraan/) --- I want to help with this: email hello@calankii.com. Fix this page: email hello@calankii.com with the page link and your source.