Tog Wajaale (also known as Wajaale) is a city on the border of

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still consid ...

and

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...

. Tog Wajaale is the main border crossing for goods coming in and out of Somaliland, primarily from the port city of

Berbera Berbera (; so, Barbara, ar, بربرة) is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country. Berbera is a coastal city and was the former capital of the British Somaliland protectorate before Hargeisa. It a ...

, Somaliland's main port.

Demographics

The city of Wajaale has a total population of around 70,450 inhabitants. According to the 2007 census conducted by the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth ...

of Ethiopia (CSA) the Ethiopian part of the town had a population of 14,438.

Geography

Wajale is located the border of

and

. 92.8 km west of

Hargeisa Hargeisa (; so, Hargeysa, ar, هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa. It succeeded Burco as the capital of the British Somaliland Protectora ...

, the capital of Somaliland. It is in the south west of Kalabaydh town, on the west by the

Awdal Awdal ( so, Awdal, ar, أودَل) 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 ...

region, on the east by the Gabiley, Hargeisa City, and on the south by the

Somali Region The Somali Region ( so, Deegaanka Soomaalida, am, ሱማሌ ክልል, Sumalē Kilil, ar, المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (''Western Somalia'') and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional state ...

. Geographical coordinates are 9° 34' 0" North, 43° 29' 0" East

Education

Primary schools, Secondary schools and University education is available throughout the distric
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Notable people

* Ahmed Hassan Awke (1948 - 16 November 2015) - veteran Somali journalist

References

Populated places in Maroodi Jeex Populated places in the Somali Region Ethiopia–Somaliland border crossings {{Ethiopia-geo-stub