Togdheer

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Togdheer (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is an administrative region (gobol) in central Somaliland. Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex to the west, Saaxil to the north, Sanaag to the northeast, Sool to the east and Ethiopia to the south. Its capital is Burao.<ref name="Staros">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Cwfsom">Template:Cite web</ref>

Overview

Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex from the west, Sahil to the north, Ethiopia to the south, and Sanaag & Sool to the east. With its capital at Burao (Burco), the region's name is derived from the Togdheer River, which means "Long River" in Somali. The region has an approximate population of 350,000 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Under British Somaliland, the Togdheer region was formerly the Burao district which was one of three districts that comprised the Burao region. The other two regions were Las Anod and Erigavo districts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Sanaag was carved out of Togdheer region and was established as a separate region on June 23, 1973, comprising the three districts of Erigavo, Las Qorey and Garadag.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

As with much of Somaliland, most local residents in the Togdheer region are nomadic pastoralists.<ref name="Bradm">Template:Cite book</ref>