Nugal (, , ), 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, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
.
Overview
It is bordered by
Sool to the west,
Bari
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to the north, and
Mudug
Mudug () 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, to the north and south by the Somali regions of Nu ...
to the south and the
Somali Region
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of
Ethiopia
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. The Somali Sea flanks the province to the east. During the 1970s, Nugaal was 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, which serves as the capital of the autonomous
Puntland
Puntland is an autonomous state that considers itself to be part of Somalia, despite not accepting the legitimacy of Somalia's current governing administration. It was formed in 1998, and was a federal member state of Somalia from its fou ...
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, which serves as the capital of the autonomous
Puntland
Puntland is an autonomous state that considers itself to be part of Somalia, despite not accepting the legitimacy of Somalia's current governing administration. It was formed in 1998, and was a federal member state of Somalia from its fou ...
macro-region. A major geographic feature of the region is the ''
Nugaal Valley'', a large shallow
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which 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 8 February 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:
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Burtinle District
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Dangorayo District
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Eyl District
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Garowe District (''Administrative capital'')
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Godobjiran District
Major towns
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Burtinle
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Dangorayo
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Eyl
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Garowe
References
External links
Administrative map of Nugal
{{Coord, 8.4534, 48.5321
Puntland
Regions of Puntland
Geography of Somalia