Awdalland
Awdal State
Dowlad Goboleedka AwdalState ee Soomaaliya somalia ولاية أودال ل الصومال Arabic AwdalState Of Somaliaأرض أودال ولاية | |
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Motto: لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله
Lā ilāhā illā-llāhu; muḥammadun rasūlu-llāh "There is no God but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of God" | |
Anthem: Qolobaa Calankeed علم أي امة "Every nation has its own flag" | |
Status | recognised by the United Nations as de jure part of Somalia |
Capital | Borama 9°55′N 43°10′E / 9.917°N 43.167°E |
Largest city | Capital |
Official languages | |
Religion | Islam |
Government | Autonomous presidential democracy |
• President | Dr Ali IbrahimBahar |
• Vice President | Mohamed Abdilahi Obsiiye |
Establishment | |
• Proclaimed | 2009 |
• Recognition | unrecognized |
Area | |
• Total | 21,374 km2 (8,253 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Estimate | 2019 (1,010,566) |
HDI (2021) | 0.401 low |
Currency | Somali shilling (SOS) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (not observed) |
ISO 3166 code | SO-AW |
Internet TLD | .so |
Rankings may not be available because of AwdalState unrecognized de facto state. |
AwdalState (Somali: AwdalState, Arabic: أرض أودال, Italian: Terra di Punt or Paese di Punt), officially the AwdalState of Somalia (Somali: Dowlad Goboleedka AwdalState ee Soomaaliya, Arabic: ولاية أرض أودال الصومالية), is a Federal Member State in northwest Somalia. The capital city is the city of Borama in the Awdal region, and its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 2009. Geographically to the west, AwdalState lays claim To the east it borders Maroodi Jeex 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] [1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Hoehne, Markus Virgil. "The rupture of territoriality and the diminishing relevance of cross‐cutting ties in Somalia after 1990." Development and Change 47.6 (2016): 1379-1411.