El Afweyn (Somali: Ceelafweyn, Arabic: عيل أفوين) is a town in the Sanaag region of Somaliland.
El Afweyn
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Town | |
  El Afweyn Location in Somaliland .svg) El Afweyn El Afweyn (Somaliland) | |
| Coordinates: 9°55′45″N 47°13′2″E / 9.92917°N 47.21722°E | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| Region | Sanaag |
| District | El Afweyn District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mahamed Aden Digale |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Total | 60,000 |
| • Rank | 9th |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
El Afweyn is a major historical town in western Sanaag region and sits at the major road connecting the cities of Burao and Erigavo. By road, the town is approximately 283 km east of Burao and 88 km southwest of Erigavo.[2][3]
The town is also the administrative seat of the El Afweyn District.
- ^ Briggs, Philip Robarts (2019). Somaliland: with the overland route from Addis Ababa via eastern Ethiopia the Bradt Travel Guide (2nd ed.). Chalfont St Peter: Bradt. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-78477-605-3.
- ^ "Distance between Ceel Afweyn, Sanaag Somalia SO and Erigavo, Sanaag Somalia SO (Sanaag,Somalia)". distancecalculator.globefeed.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "283 Km – Distance from burco to El Afweyn". distancesfrom.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.