This article explores the historical making and unmaking of the urban character of Hargeisa. Based on data obtained through a combination of urban ethnographic methods, interviews, and archival sources, it scrutinizes the nexus between governance and segregation, contextualizing it in a long history to shed light on how the city's form has been produced and reproduced over time. I argue that urban governance was, and still remains, a crucial factor in understanding the process and practices that gave rise to the emergence and perpetuation of segregation in the city. I also argue that the interaction between the state and the people can provide important clues in understanding Hargeisa's spatial character. For instance, the use of kinship as a means of negotiating access to services and support demonstrates how governance practices intersect with social dynamics in shaping the configuration and reconfiguration of the city. In so doing, the article deepens understanding of the interface between social, political, historical and spatial organization in the Somali peninsula.

本文探讨了哈尔格萨（Hargeisa）城市特色的历史造与非造。基于通过城市人种学方法，访谈和档案资源相结合获得的数据，该文件仔细研究了治理与隔离之间的联系，并在很长的历史背景下对其进行了情境化分析，以阐明城市形态是如何随着时间而产生和复制的。我认为，城市治理一直是并且仍然是理解导致城市中种族隔离的产生和持续的过程和实践的关键因素。我还认为，国家与人民之间的互动可以为理解哈尔格萨的空间特征提供重要的线索。例如，将血缘关系作为协商获得服务和支持的手段的方式，证明了治理实践与社会动态如何相交，从而塑造了城市的布局和重新布局。通过这样做，本文加深了对索马里半岛社会，政治，历史和空间组织之间接口的理解。