Galdogob
Sign in to saveGaldogob () 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.
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- Galdogob
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- Galdogob
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- City
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- Galdogob town centre.jpg
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- 250px
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- Aerial view of Galdogob
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- Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa
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- Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
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- 1
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- Country
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- Regional State
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- Region
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- Mudug
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- District
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- Galdogob
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- Mayor
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- Ayahle Ahmed Farah
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- Demographics
- Climate
- Education
- Notable residents
- Notes
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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.
==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.