Awdalland

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Awdal State

Dowlad Goboleedka AwdalState ee Soomaaliya somalia

ولاية أودال ل الصومال Arabic

AwdalState Of Somalia
أرض أودال ولاية
Flag of AwdalState
Flag
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"
Location of AwdalState in Somalia
Location of AwdalState in Somalia
Statusrecognised by the United Nations as de jure part of Somalia
CapitalBorama
9°55′N 43°10′E / 9.917°N 43.167°E / 9.917; 43.167
Largest cityCapital
Official languages
Religion
Islam
GovernmentAutonomous 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
CurrencySomali shilling (SOS)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (not observed)
ISO 3166 codeSO-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]

  1. 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.