Nugaal
Encyclopedia
Nugal is an administrative region (gobol
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...

) in northeastern 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...

.

Overview

It is bordered by Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

 and the Somalian regions of Sool
Sool
Sool is an administrative region in northern Somalia.-Overview:With its capital at Las Anod, Sool is historically known for being the seat of the anti-colonial Dervish movement....

 to the west, Bari to the north, and Mudug
Mudug
Mudug is an administrative region in north-central Somalia. Bordered by the Ogaden, the Somalian regions of Nugaal and Galguduud, and the Indian Ocean, its capital is the city of Galkacyo.-Districts:...

 to the south, with the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

 to the east.

Nugaal is centered on Garowe, the capital of the autonomous 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....

 macro-region.

A major geographic feature of the region is the Nugaal Valley, a large shallow drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

 fed by the Nugal and Dheer seasonal rivers during the April-June rainy season.

Districts

The Nugaal region consists of four districts:
  • Burtinle District
    Burtinle District
    Burtinle District is a district in the northeastern Nugaal region of Somalia. It has its capital at Burtinle....

  • Dangoroyo District
  • Eyl District
    Eyl District
    Eyl District is a district in the northeastern Nugaal region of Somalia. Its capital lies at Eyl....

  • Garoowe District
    Garoowe District
    Garowe District is a district in the northeastern Nugaal region of Somalia. Its capital lies at Garowe....

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