Galmudug

Galmudug (Arabic: جلمدج; Italian: Galmudugh), officially Galmudug State of Somalia (Somali: Dowlad Goboleedka Galmudug ee Soomaaliya), is a Federal Member State in central Somalia, with its capital at Dhusamareb. It is bordered to the north by the Puntland state of Somalia, to the west by the Somali Region in Ethiopia, to the east by the Indian Ocean and to the south by the Hirshabelle state of Somalia.

Galmudug State of Somalia
  • Dowlad Goboleedka Galmudug ee Soomaaliya (Somali)
  • ولاية جلمدج الصومالية  (Arabic)
  • Wilayat Gālmuḍug aṣ-Ṣūmāl
Motto: "Qolobaa Calankeed"
Anthem: Qolobaa Calankeed
Location of the Galmudug State within Somalia[1][2][3][4]
Location of the Galmudug State within Somalia[1][2][3][4]
Capital
and largest city
Dusmareb
5°32′06″N 46°23′10″E / 5.53500°N 46.38611°E / 5.53500; 46.38611
Official languages
Demonym(s)Somali
GovernmentFederated state under a presidential democracy
• President
Ahmed Abdi Karie
Cali Ciid
• Speaker of Parliament
Mohamed Nur Gacal
Federal Member State 
within Somalia
Area
• Total
100,370[5] km2 (38,750 sq mi) (205,390 sqKM2)
Population
• Estimate
1.5 million (2022)[citation needed]
CurrencySomali shilling (SOS)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (not observed)
Drives onright
Calling code+252 (Somalia)
ISO 3166 codeSO
Internet TLD.so
Website
galmudug.gov.so

Consisting of the Galgaduud region and Mudug region, Galmudug's name is derived from a conflation of the names of the two regions.[6][7][8][9][10] Galmudug is a federal state within the larger Federal Republic of Somalia, as defined by the provisional constitution of Somalia.[7]

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