Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the south and west, and Somalia to the east. Its claimed territory has an area of 176,120 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi), with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which, as the briefly independent State of Somaliland, united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland to form the Somali Republic.
Sanag is an administrative region (gobol) in north eastern Somaliland. Sanaag has a long coastline facing the Gulf of Aden to the north, and is bordered by the region of Sahil to the west, Sool to the south and Somalia to the east. The region is disputed by the self-declared Republic of Somaliland and Puntland, a Federal Member State of Somalia. Its capital city is Erigavo. Sanaag is the largest region of Somaliland, accounting for 35% of Somaliland's total land area.
Puntland, officially the Puntland State of Somalia, is a Federal Member State in northeastern Somalia. The capital city is the city of Garoowe in the Nugal region, and its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Geographically to the west, Puntland lays claim to the intra-46th meridian territories that were outside European colonial rule during parts of the Scramble for Africa period.
Erigavo, also spelled as Erigabo, is the capital and largest city of the Sanaag region of Somaliland.
Badhan, also known as Baran is a city in the Sanaag region of Puntland state of Somalia.
Jibrell Ali Salaad is a Somali general and politician. He was president of the Maakhir proto-state formed in 2007.
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.
Yubbe is a town in the Sanaag of Somaliland. There is a Somaliland military base.
Education in Somalia refers to the academic system within Somalia. The Ministry of Education is officially responsible for education in Somalia, with about 15% of the nation's budget allocated to scholastic instruction. The breakaway republic of Somaliland maintains its own advanced Ministry of Education.
Mindigale is a town in the Sanaag region of Somaliland/Somalia.
Haylan, is a town in the eastern Sanaag region of Somaliland.
Dhahar is a town in the eastern Sanaag region, and the capital of the Dhahar District. Puntland is in effective control, but Somaliland also has territorial claims.
El Ayo, also known as El Ayum, is a coastal town in the eastern Sanaag region of Somalia. There is a base of the Puntland Maritime Police Force, which is effectively controlled by Puntland.
Buraan, also known as Hiil Buraan or Hiil Borraan, is a town in the eastern Sanaag region of Somalia's Puntland state. It is effectively controlled by Puntland.
Qombo'ul is a very old and historical town in the eastern Sanaag region of Somaliland.
Maakhir University is a university supported by the Puntland government in the eastern Sanaag region. Sanaag region is also claimed by the government of Somaliland.
The Golis Mountains are a mountain range in Somaliland. Also known as Qar Golis, they cut through the Togdheer region, and end near the Gan Libah.
The Surre, is a Somali clan, a sub clan of the major Somali Dir clan, The Surre inhabit in central and southern Somalia. And also can be found in Somaliland, Ethiopia and Kenya.
Bali busle is a town in the Eastern Sanaag region of Puntland (Somalia). Somaliland also has a claim to the territory, and Dhahar District in the administrative division of Somaliland.
Waqdariya is a coastal village in the Sanaag region of Somaliland.
