[1] The Awrtable have a vast traditional territory covering Mudug, Nugaal, and some areas of Bari.
The Awrtable are situated mainly around the cities of Burtinle, Galkacyo, Gacmofale, Garowe, Meeraysane, Balibusle, Eyl, Godobjiraan, Godod, Rabaable, Bacadweyne, Jamaame, Afdheer, Bosaaso (Bender Qaasim) and Shilaabo.
[2][3] In the pre-Kacaan era, Awrtable made up a majority of Darod residents in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu.
For that reason, his father Abdirahman made a supplication and what can be seen as a prediction that the descendants of Yusuf would be small in number but excel in learning and rank.
[3][6] There is a tradition that suggests that the Dabare clan of the Rahanweyn are originally descended from the Awrtable, being the brother of Islaam'uroone, the father of Ibraahim, the progenitor of the main Ibrahim subclans [18] [19]