Nugal ( so, Nugaal, ar, نوغال, it, Nogal), traditionally known as Nugaaleed-Bari or Bari-Nugaal meaning eastern Nugaal, or Nugaal xaggeeda hoose meaning ''lower Nugaal'', is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in northern

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 Constitut ...

Overview

Nugaal in the 1970s (colored white) was merged with Sool province

It is bordered by

Sool Sool ( so, Sool, ar, صول) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in south eastern Somaliland/north western Somalia. It borders Togdheer to the west, Sanaag to the north, Ethiopia to the south and Nugal, Bari to the east. Its capital city ...

to the west,

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 Ital ...

to the north, and

Mudug Mudug ( so, Mudug; it, Mudugh) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in north-central Somalia. The population of Mudug is 131,455 as of 2005. Overview Physiographically, Mudug is bordered to the west by Ethiopia,Országismertető - Szomália ...

to the south and 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 stat ...

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 ...

. The Somali Sea flanks the province to the east. Nugaal was during the 1970s merged with Sool province as a single province called Nugaal. According to Jaamac Cumar Ciise, the eastern parts of the Nugaal are called ''Nugaal xaggeeda hoose'' or ''Nugaal xeebeheeda hoose'', meaning ''lower Nugaal'' and ''lower coastal Nugaal'' respectively. Nugal is centered on

Garowe Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ,

, which serves as the capital of the autonomous

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 ...

macro-region. The segments of the Nugaal valley from Garowe eastwards is traditionally referred to as Bari-Nugaaleed or Bari-Nugaal, whilst segments of the valley which converge into the Iyah plains are called ''Jednugaal''. Nonetheless, ''Nugaal proper'' traditionally refers to segments of the valley west of Garowe. = Garowe = Nugal is centered on

Garowe Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ,

, which serves as the capital of the autonomous

macro-region. A major geographic feature of the region is the ''

Nugaal Valley The Nugaal Valley ( so, Dooxada Nugaal, ar, وادي نوجال), also called the Nogal Valley, is a long and broad valley located in northern Somalia and Somaliland. The Nugaal Valley is bounded to the north by the '' Sorl'', or '' Nugal Plat ...

'', a large shallow

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

fed by the Nugal and Dheer seasonal rivers during the April–June rainy season. The region was established on February 8, 1973.

Kobo

Towards the east, Nugaal Valley is separated from Nugaaleed-Bari via the region known as Kobo. Kobo was described in colonial sources ruminating about Dervish strength as follows:Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04 Britain. War Office. General Staff · 1907 , PAGE 230

Districts

The Nugal region consists of five districts: * Burtinle District *

Eyl District Eyl District ( so, Degmada Eyl) is a district in the northeastern Nugal region of Somalia. Its capital is Eyl Eyl ( it, Eil) is an ancient port town in the northeastern Nugal region of Somalia in the autonomous Puntland region, also serving as ...

* Garowe District * Dangorayo District * Xarxar District

Major towns

* Burtinle * Dangorayo *

Eyl Eyl ( it, Eil) is an ancient port town in the northeastern Nugal region of Somalia in the autonomous Puntland region, also serving as the capital of the Eyl District. Eyl, also called Illig, was the capital of the Dervishes from 1905 onwards, unt ...

Garowe Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ,

* Godobjiraan

References

External links

Administrative map of Nugal
Puntland Regions of Somalia {{Somalia-geo-stub