Now, Buuhoodle It is the capital of Ayn region under the administration of Clan militia including being controlled by Somaliland in other parts. As with much of Somaliland, most local residents in the Cayn region are nomadic pastoralists. The region was formerly part of
Togdheer region. Cayn was part of the Las Anod-Nogal District from 1944 with Las Anod as capital until 1974 when the Siad Barre government split the district between the
Nugaal and
Togdheer regions. John A Hunt stated the following about the Las Anod-Nogal District: "The Nogal (Las Anod) District defined in 1944. This was supposed to have been done for administrative convenience, but the somewhat crooked boundary between the Burao and Nogal districts suggests that it was intended to make the Las Anod-Nogal District an entirely Dolbahanta Tribal District ... All the Dolbahanta have been Las Anod District since 1944, except for the Naleya Ahmed of the Ogadyahan Siad ... remaining in Erigavo District". In Somaliland, the Cayn territory is administrated as part of
Togdheer region but it is legally part of
Sool region as per Article 11, section 1 of the amended Local Government Act which came into force in 2020. ==Districts==