Galdogob

Galdogob () is a town that is administered by the semi-autonomous Puntland State of Somalia, and serves as the capital of the Galdogob District within the Mudug region. The city technically straddles the disputed 1950s-era Provisional Administrative Line, as depicted on virtually all worldwide maps, from north-central Somalia.

Key facts

Settlement.native_name: Galdogob
Settlement.official_name: Galdogob
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Galdogob town centre.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Galdogob
Settlement.pushpin_map: Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Regional State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mudug
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Galdogob
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Ayahle Ahmed Farah
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections

Contents

Overview
Demographics
Climate
Education
Notable residents
Notes
References
External links

==Overview== thumb|left|Galdogob Galdogob is located in the western part of the Mudug region bordering Ethiopia's portion of the Somali-majority Dollo Zone, and is a popular rest stop for Somali travelers heading to and from Dire Dawa, Jijiga, Gode, Werder and Geladi. Hundreds of small cars and heavy trucks pass through the city every day. In 1982, Galdogob briefly fell in the hands of the Ethiopian backed group SSDF in the 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War.

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