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The Somali Village Well - 6 franc

The historical focus of the definitive stamp is the systematic survey of rural livelihoods and essential hydraulic infrastructure across the territory, categorized under the title "Village Somali". This issue documents the vital role of communal water management in the arid regions of the Horn of Africa, capturing local figures drawing water from a centralized village well. Historically, this release archives the social geography and pastoral lifestyles of the native Somali communities, recording how traditional water access points anchored nomadic and permanent settlements in the coastal interior.