Bargal ( so, Baargaal, ar, بارجال) is a town in the northeastern

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

region of

Puntland Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officially the Puntland State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ar, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a F ...

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

Location

Bargal is situated in the mountainous

province of the autonomous

state. It serves as the center of the Bargal District. A coastal town, Bargal faces the

Guardafui Channel The Guardafui Channel ( so, Marinka Gardafuul) is an oceanic strait off the tip of the Horn of Africa that lies between the Puntland region of Somalia and Socotra to the west of the Arabian Sea. It connects the Gulf of Aden to the north with the ...

in the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

. It lies 26

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(30 miles) north of

Gumbah Gumbah ( so, Gumbax, ar, جومباه) is a populated place in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. It is part of the Gumbax District.8. Estimated Population is 65,000-exclusively residents. Economic sources of host community. The major sou ...

, 11

(13 miles) north of

Ras Binnah Ras Binnah is a small cape in the northeastern Bari administrative region of Somalia. It is located 20 kilometres southeast of Bargal on the coast of the Guardafui Channel The Guardafui Channel ( so, Marinka Gardafuul) is an oceanic strait of ...

, 30

(35 miles) south of

Tohen Tohen ( so, Tooxin, ar, طوهآن) is a settlement in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia. It is situated in the autonomous Puntland region. Location Tohen is located at , on the northeastern coast of Somalia.Douglas Collins, ''Tales from ...

, and 35

(40 miles) south of

Cape Guardafui Cape Guardafui ( so, Gees Gardafuul, or Raas Caseyr, or Ras Asir, it, Capo Guardafui) is a headland in the autonomous Puntland region in Somalia. Coextensive with Puntland's Gardafuul administrative province, it forms the geographical apex of th ...

and the entrance to the

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channe ...

Overview

The book ''Migiurtinia Ed Il Territorio Del Nugál'' says the following: "Bargaal is the habitual residence of Boqor Osman Mahmud. The village is mainly inhabited by Majeerteen Siwaaqroon and Osman Mahmud amounting to about 600 people. There are four forts, the Kings house, sixteen other brick buildings and about 200 huts. Drinking water, slightly brackish, is available on site. The village is divided into two parts: old Bargal and Eirod; the Sultan lives in the latter. ^(Footnote) This monograph was written in early 1925, that is, before the military occupation of the Sultanate took place. Bargal no longer exists: it was bombed and razed to the ground on the 28 and 29 of October, 1925." In June 2007, it was the location of the Battle of Bargal. In 2012, the

Puntland Highway Authority Puntland Highway Authority (PHA) is a government body, established by law no.18 , in the year 2000, in charge of road transportation and infrastructure and responsible for maintaining and developing the road network throughout in the autonomous Pun ...

(PHA) announced a project to connect Bargal and other cities in Puntland to the main regional highway. The 750 km thoroughfare links major cities in the northern part of Somalia, such as

Bosaso Bosaso ( so, Boosaaso, ar, بوصاصو), historically known as Bender Cassim is a city in the northeastern Bari province ('' gobol'') of Somalia. It is the seat of the Bosaso District. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, the mu ...

Galkayo Galkayo ( so, Gaalkacyo, ar, جالكعيو Dr Badal Kariye Ba Bsit Ma Mba & Phd, ''The Kaleidoscopic Lover: The Civil War in the Horn of Africa & My Itinerary for a Peaceful Lover'', (AuthorHouse: 2010), p.116.) which in Af-Somali translates to ...

and

Garowe Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ,

, with towns in the south.The First 100 Days in Office

Demographics

As of 2016, Bargal District had a population of around 53,200 inhabitants.

Education

Bargal has a number of academic institutions. According to the Puntland Ministry of Education, there are three primary schools, one secondary school and institute in the Bargal District. These include Wadikhayr, Taageer and Bargaal Primary.

References

{{Reflist Bari, Somalia