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The Rahanweyn (Somali Maay: Reewing; traditional Raxanweyn, الراحانوين) is a Somali clan, composed of two major sub-clans, the Digil and the Mirifle. It makes up about 20% of the population of Somalia, and is one of the five major Somali clans residing in the Horn of Africa.

Overview
The Digil sub-clan mainly consists of farmers and coastal people, while the Mirifle are predominantly nomadic pastoralists.

According to the Rahanweyn, Somalis are linguistically grouped into Mai Terreh and Maxaa Tiri. The speakers of Mai Terreh (also known as Mai-Mai or Af-Maay) are the Rahanweyn, while the speakers of Maxaa Tiri (i.e. Standard Somali) belong to other clans (Dir, Darod, Isaaq, and Hawiye).

The Digil and Mirifle are mainly concentrated in southern Somalia, including Mogadishu, Upper Juba (Gedo, Bay, Bakool, most parts of Jubbada Dhexe) and Shabeellaha Hoose. They are also found in the Somali Region of Ethiopia and the North Eastern Province of Kenya.

Clan tree
There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. The following listing is taken from the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics from 2005 and the United Kingdom's Home Office publication, Somalia Assessment 2001.

In the south central part of Somalia the World Bank shows the following clan tree:
 * Rahanweyn
 * Digil
 * Dabarre
 * Jiddu
 * Garre
 * Tunni
 * Geledi
 * Mirifle
 * Sagaal
 * Hubeer
 * Hadame
 * Yantaar
 * Geelidle
 * Luwaay
 * Gasaargude
 * Jilible
 * Goobabweyn
 * Sideed
 * Harin
 * Jiron
 * Leysan
 * Eelaay
 * Haroow
 * Reer Dumaal
 * Garwaale
 * Waanjaal
 * asharaaf sarmaan


 * Rahanwayin
 * Digil
 * Geledi
 * Tunni
 * Garre
 * Jiddo
 * Begedi
 * Shanta-calenmood

Notable Rahanweyn people

 * Abdallah Isaaq Deerow, late Minister of Constitutional Affairs of the Transitional Federal Government
 * Abdi Kusow, professor of sociology and anthropology at Oakland University
 * Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe, current Speaker of the Parliament of the Transitional Federal Government, and former interim President of Somalia
 * Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud, former chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army,member of the Parliament, former president of Southwestern Somalia.
 * Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, speaker of the parliament of Transitional Federal government 2004–2007.
 * Mohamed Haji Mukhtar, professor of African and Middle Eastern History at Savannah State University.
 * Mohamed Ibrahim, late minister of TNG government
 * Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, is former rebel soldier and current Agriculture minister in the Somali Transitional Federal Government.
 * Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, former speaker of parliament, from 1965-1969 and briefly interim president.
 * Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Mansur, leader and former spokesman for Al Shabaab
 * Mustafa Mohamed Moalim (Mustafa Maxamed Macalin), first Somali fighter pilot, Chief of Somali Air Force School and Chief of Somali Air Force Operations.

February 2010
I have moved Raxanweyn back to Rahanweyn. Raxanweyn may be the preferred Somali language spelling, but Rahanweyn is evidently the common English language spelling (this being the English Wikipedia, after all). Also, please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Somalia and Category talk:Somali clans regarding clan and sub-clan listings. Thank you. --