Awdal

Awdal

Awdal (Somali)
أودَل (Arabic)
Awdal Awdal (Somali) ; أودَل (Arabic)
Region of Somaliland
	Ruins of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal in Zeila
	Motto(s): Education, Peace and Prosperity.
	Location in Somaliland
	Coordinates: 10°48′3″N 43°21′7″E / 10.80083°N 43.35194°E
Country	Somaliland
Administrative centre	Borama
Government
• Type	Regional
• Governor	Hassan Dahir Haddi
Area
• Total	21,374 km2 (8,253 sq mi)
Elevation	2,136 m (7,008 ft)
Highest elevation	2,632 m (8,635 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	576,543
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Area code	+252
ISO 3166 code	SO-AW
HDI (2021)	0.401; low · 3rd

Awdal (Somali: Awdal, Arabic: أودَل) is an administrative region (gobol)^[4]^[5] 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 Maroodi Jeex and Sahil; to its north-west it borders Djibouti; to its south and south-west lies Ethiopia; and the Gulf of Aden to its north.^[6] The province has an estimated population of 1,010,566.^[7] The region comprises the four districts of Borama, the regional capital, Baki, Lughaya, and Zeila.

^ "President Muse Bihi names new positions". 23 June 2023.
^ International Population Conference (IPC). "IPC Population Estimates: Projection (Apr-Jun 2023)" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency.
^ "Awdal Region" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
^ E. H. M. Clifford, "The British Somaliland-Ethiopia Boundary", Geographical Journal Archived 28 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Vol. 87, No. 4 (Apr. 1936), p. 296
^ "Population Estimation Survey 2014". Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2017.

[1] "President Muse Bihi names new positions". 23 June 2023.

[2] International Population Conference (IPC). "IPC Population Estimates: Projection (Apr-Jun 2023)" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[GlobalDataLab-3] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[Cwfsom-4] "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency.

[Awr-5] "Awdal Region" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.

[6] E. H. M. Clifford, "The British Somaliland-Ethiopia Boundary", Geographical Journal Archived 28 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Vol. 87, No. 4 (Apr. 1936), p. 296

[unfpa2013-7] "Population Estimation Survey 2014". Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2017.

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Awdal Awdal (Somali) أودَل (Arabic)
Region of Somaliland
Ruins of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal in Zeila
Motto(s): Education, Peace and Prosperity.
Location in Somaliland
Coordinates: 10°48′3″N 43°21′7″E / 10.80083°N 43.35194°E / 10.80083; 43.35194
Country	Somaliland
Administrative centre	Borama
Government
• Type	Regional
• Governor	Hassan Dahir Haddi^[1]
Area
• Total	21,374 km² (8,253 sq mi)
Elevation	2,136 m (7,008 ft)
Highest elevation	2,632 m (8,635 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2022^[2])
• Total	576,543
• Density	27/km² (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Area code	+252
ISO 3166 code	SO-AW
HDI (2021)	0.401^[3] low · 3rd