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Awdal (Somali: Awdal, Arabic: أودَل) is an administrative region [4] [5] in western Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984 and is the most northwesterly province of Somaliland .
The regions of Somaliland (Somali: Gobolada Somaliland; Arabic: محافظات صوماليلاند) is divided into six administrative regions, Awdal, Sahil, Maroodi-Jeeh, Togdheer, Sanaag and Sool. These are in turn subdivided into twenty-two districts. Regions of Somaliland are the primary geographical divisions through which Somaliland is ...
Borama (Somali: Boorama, Arabic: بورما) is the largest city of the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. [2] The commercial seat of the province, it is situated near the border with Ethiopia.
Adal (Harari: አዳል; Somali: Awdal), known as Awdal or Aw Abdal [1] [2] was a historical Muslim region in the Horn of Africa. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Located east of Ifat and the Awash river as far as the coast, and including Harar as well as Zeila .
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, and Hargeisa districts. [4] In 1968, the capital of Basso Giuba was moved from Kismayo to Jamame. The 8 provinces at this time were: [4]
Somalia is a federal republic.It consists of 6 federal member states--Somaliland, Puntland, Galmudug, Hirshaabelle, South West, and Jubaland [1]--as well as an interim administration, Khatumo, and a regional administration, Banaadir.
"Awdal in western Somaliland is situated between Djibouti, Ethiopia and the Issaq-populated mainland of Somaliland. It is primarily inhabited by the three sub-clans of the Gadabursi clan, whose traditional institutions survived the colonial period, Somali statehood and the war in good shape, remaining functionally intact and highly relevant to ...
Lughaya District (Somali: Degmada Lughaya) is a district of the Awdal region in Somaliland. [3] As of 2005, the Lughaya District had an estimated population of 36,104 residents. [4] As of 2007, Lughaya District's administrative division in Somaliland is C. (A being the highest and D being the lowest.) [5]