Awdal Region
Sign in to saveAwdal (, ) is an administrative region (gobol) in western Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984 and is the most northwesterly province of Somaliland. To the east it borders Maroodi Jeex and Sahil; to its north-west it borders Djibouti; to its south and south-west lies Ethiopia; and the Gulf of Aden is to its north. The province has an estimated population of 1,010,566. The region comprises the four districts of Borama, the regional capital, Baki, Lughaya, and Zeila.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Awdal
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Region of Somaliland
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 280px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ruins of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal in Zeila
- Settlement.motto
- Education, Peace and Prosperity.
- Settlement.image_map
- Awdal in Somaliland.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Somaliland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.established_date
- June 1984
- Settlement.seat_type
- Administrative centre
- Settlement.seat
- Borama
- Settlement.government_type
- Regional
- Settlement.leader_title
- Governor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mohammed Ahmed Alin (Tiimbaro)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 21,374
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2,136
- Settlement.population_total
- 636108
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Description
- Demographics
- Districts
- History
- British Somaliland, Somalia
- Re-independence of the Somaliland
- The Rebellion of Suldaan Wabar
- After that
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Awdal (, ) is an administrative region (gobol) in western Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984 and is the most northwesterly province of Somaliland. To the east it borders Maroodi Jeex and Sahil; to its north-west it borders Djibouti; to its south and south-west lies Ethiopia; and the Gulf of Aden is to its north. The province has an estimated population of 1,010,566. The region comprises the four districts of Borama, the regional capital, Baki, Lughaya, and Zeila.
== Description == thumb|right|Ruins of the Adal Sultanate in Zeila, [[Somaliland.]] Awdal (أودل) takes its name from the medieval Adal Sultanate (عَدَل), which was originally centered on Zeila. The area along the Ethiopian border is abundant with ruined cities, which were described by the British explorer Richard F. Burton. Geologically, much of the Awdal region is located in the Arabian Plate.