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| Coordinates: 9°19′55″N43°40′13″E / 9.33194°N 43.67028°E | |
| Country |  Somaliland |
| Region | Maroodi Jeex |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Faraweyne (Somali : Faraweyne) is a town in the Maroodijeex region of Somaliland close to the border with Ethiopia. It is also close to the town of Allaybaday on the border. Farawaye is exclusively inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Sa'ad Musa subclan of the Habar Awal Isaaq dominating the town.
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The Puntland–Somaliland dispute is a territorial dispute over the provinces of Sool, Sanaag and the Buuhoodle district of Togdheer region between the self-declared Republic of Somaliland and the Puntland state of Somalia.
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Heis is a historic coastal town located in the Sanaag region of Somaliland. The town was important for trade and communication with the Somali interior and was used to export frankincense to Arabia.
Erigavo District is a district in the central Sanaag region of Somaliland. It is the largest and most populous district in Sanaag. Its capital lies at Erigavo.
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Events of 2015 in Somaliland.
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Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, internationally considered to be part of Somalia.
Somaliland is located in the East African sub-continent between the equator and the Gulf of Aden. The country occupies an area of approximately 176,120 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi). The climate is mostly hot and desertlike; it is largely arid with some semi-arid regions.
The Ethiopia–Somaliland border is almost as long as the one Ethiopia shares with Somalia, and Somaliland offers a buffer to Ethiopia against Al-Shabaab attack. Villages like Aleybedey are remote that lies to the border, and have semi-arid with a short rainy season, receiving about 650 millimeters of rain per year. Like Somalia, this border enjoyed vibrant economic interactions conducted by ethnically homogeneous Somalis.
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