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This is a list of the cities and woredas (districts), in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, compiled from material on the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) website.. It is unclear how many woredas actually exist in the Somali Region, since the names and number of woredas given in the CSA's documents differ between 2005 and 2007, [1] and different maps [2] [3] show a variety of names and boundaries.
The Somali Region (Somali: Deegaanka Soomaalida, Amharic: ሱማሌ ክልል, romanized: Sumalē Kilil, Oromo: Naannoo somaalee, Arabic: المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (lit. ' Western Somalia ') [3] and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional state in eastern Ethiopia.
Upon independence in 1960, the Somali Republic maintained the 12 districts of the former Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland that merged to form the new country. [3] In 1964, a new Northeastern (Burao) Province was established by merging Burao, Erigavo, and Las Anod and a Northwestern (Hargeisa) Province was formed from Berbera, Borama ...
Khatumo State in the north central region was recognized in 2023. The Federal Parliament is tasked with selecting the ultimate number and boundaries of autonomous regional states within the Federal Republic of Somalia. [5] [6] To this end, the legislature in December 2014 passed a law establishing the Boundary and Federalization Commission. [7]
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Each district is rated A, B, C, and D according to population, budget, and economic scale. The highest is A grade. The district where the state capital is located is always Class A (Article 9 of the Local Government Law). The region with the most districts is Awdal, Sool and conversely the region with the fewest is Sahil.
Pages in category "Regions of Somalia" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
CIA estimates are extrapolated from the Somali national census of February 1975. [3] As of 1992, towns are defined as all communities with 5,000 or more persons, as well as any regional or district headquarters, regardless of size. [4] There is little reliable statistical information on urbanization in Somalia. However, rough estimates have ...