Awdal

Awdal
Awdal (Somali)
أودَل (Arabic)
Ruins of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal in Zeila
Motto(s): 
Location in Somaliland
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 centreBorama
Government
 • TypeRegional
 • GovernorHassan Dahir Haddi[1]
Area
 • Total21,374 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])
 • Total576,543
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Area code+252
ISO 3166 codeSO-AW
HDI (2021)0.401[3]
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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.

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  2. ^ International Population Conference (IPC). "IPC Population Estimates: Projection (Apr-Jun 2023)" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency.
  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
  7. ^ "Population Estimation Survey 2014". Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2017.