Karkaar is the name of series of mountains in Northeast portion of Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

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It is also the name of an administrative region defined by the self-declared autonomous state of Puntland

Puntland

Puntland , officially the Puntland State of Somalia , is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998....

. This territory occupies the south of what has traditionally been the Bari region of Somalia

Regions of Somalia

Somalia is officially divided into eighteen administrative regions , which in turn are subdivided into districts. On a de facto basis, northern Somalia is now divided up among the autonomous states of Puntland and Somaliland...

and generally lies south of the Karkaar mountain range.

The region has a population of almost 350,000 and is economically dependent on livestock and seasonal fishing (for its coastal districts).