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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.
With a land area of 637,657 square kilometers, Somalia's terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands. [3] Its coastline is more than 3,333 kilometers in length, the longest of mainland Africa. [4] It has been described as being roughly shaped "like a tilted number seven". [5]
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 .
Its claimed territory has an area of 176,120 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi), [7] with approximately 6.2 million people as of 2024. [8] [9] The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. Various Somali Muslim kingdoms were established in the area during the early Islamic period, including in the 14th to 15th centuries the Zeila-based Adal Sultanate.
The regions of Somaliland (Somali: Gobolada Somaliland; Arabic: محافظات صوماليلاند) is divided into six administrative regions, Awdal, Sahil, Maroodi-Jeeh, Togdheer, . These are in turn subdivided into twenty-two districts. Regions of Somaliland are the primary geographical divisions through which Somaliland is administered.
Puntland is a federal state in the northeast of Somalia. Galmudug is a federal state in central Somalia. Jubaland is a federal state in the south of Somalia. [2] In November 2014, the South West State of Somalia was established. [3] Hirshabelle State was formed in October 2016. [4] Khatumo State in the north central region was recognized in 2023.
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Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, internationally considered to be part of Somalia. [3] Somaliland is located in the East African sub-continent between the equator and the Gulf of Aden. The country occupies an area of approximately 176,120 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi).