View source for Nugal, Somalia

{{Short description|Region of Somalia}}
{{Other uses|Nugal (disambiguation)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = [[Nugaal]]
| native_name        = [[Nugaal]]
| other_name         = 
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| settlement_type    = [[Administrative divisions of Somalia|Region]]
| image_skyline      = Nugaal in Somalia.svg
| imagesize          = 
| image_flag         = Flag of Puntland.svg
| image_seal         = 
| image_shield       = Coat of Arms of Puntland.svg
| image_map          = File:Nugaal relief location map.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Nugaal relief location map
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Somalia}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and regions of Somalia|Regional State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Puntland}}
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Garowe]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Governor
| leader_name        = Abdirahman Abshir Farah (<small>24 June 2023</small>)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mustaqbalmedia.net/en/president-deni-appoints-new-administration-for-nugal-region-amid-political-disputes-in-puntland/ | title=President Deni appoints new administration for Nugal Region amid political disputes in Puntland - Mustaqbal Media | date=25 June 2023 }}</ref>
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 26,180
| population_note    = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[East Africa Time|EAT]]
| utc_offset         = +3
| coordinates        = {{coord|8|45|34|N|48|53|21|E|region:SO|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m        = 1,650
| elevation_ft       = 
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:SO|SO-NU]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:SO | title = ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions | publisher = International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | access-date = 3 February 2025}}</ref>
| population_total   = 473,900
| population_as_of   = 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somalia: Subdivision and cities |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/somalia/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de |archive-date=2024-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425194524/https://citypopulation.de/en/somalia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| postal_code_type   = 
| postal_code        = 
| area_code          = +252
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.378<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13|archive-date=2018-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|url-status=live}}</ref><br/>{{color|#500|low}} · [[List of regions of Somalia by Human Development Index|6th of 18]]
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'''Nugal''' ({{langx|so|Nugaal}}, {{langx|ar|نوغال}}, {{langx|it|Nogal}}), traditionally known as '''Nugaaleed-Bari''' or '''Bari-Nugaal''' meaning eastern Nugaal, or '''Nugaal xaggeeda hoose''' meaning ''lower Nugaal'', is an administrative region (''[[Regions of Somalia|gobol]]'') in northern [[Somalia]].<ref name="Cwfsom2">{{cite web|title=Somalia|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/|access-date=6 December 2013|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|location=Langley, Virginia|archive-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701070127/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Overview==
[[File:Nugaal in the 1970s (colored white) was merged with Sool province.png|thumb|Nugaal in the 1970s (colored white) was merged with Sool province]]

It is bordered by [[Sool]] and the [[Somali Region]] of [[Ethiopia]] to the west, [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]] to the north, and [[Mudug]] to the south. The Somali Sea flanks the province to the east. During the 1970s, Nugaal was merged with Sool province as a single province called Nugaal.<ref>page 154 of the book Somalia, a country study by American University and editor Harold Nelson, 1981</ref> According to Jaamac Cumar Ciise, the eastern parts of the Nugaal are called ''Nugaal xaggeeda hoose'' or ''Nugaal xeebeheeda hoose'', meaning ''lower Nugaal'' and ''lower coastal Nugaal'' respectively.<ref>Diiwaanka Gabayadii, 1999, "la mariyay guyaashii ay Daraawiishi deggenayd Nugaal xeebeheeda hoose - xeebaha Ayl iyo Ilig- ... 1904tii ayay Daraawiish udubka dhidbatay xeebaha Ayl, Ilig, Gabbac, Hawd-Bari iyo Nugaal xaggeeda hoose" (translation) "... it was produced when the Darawiish lived at the '''Lower coastal Nugal''', on the coast of Eyl and Illi ... 1904 was when the stalwarts of the Darawiish verged upon the coasts of Illig, Gabbac, Hawd, Bari, the parts of the '''Lower-side Nugal'''"</ref> Nugal is centered on [[Garowe]], which serves as the capital of the autonomous [[Puntland]] macro-region. The segments of the Nugaal valley from Garowe eastwards is traditionally referred to as Bari-Nugaaleed or Bari-Nugaal, whilst segments of the valley which converge into the Iyah plains are called ''Jednugaal''. Nonetheless, ''Nugaal proper'' traditionally refers to segments of the valley west of Garowe.<ref>Ismaaciil Mire, A. F. Cali ("Idaajaa.") · 1974</ref>

== Garowe ==
{{Main|Garoowe}}
Nugal is centered on [[Garowe]], which serves as the capital of the autonomous [[Puntland]] macro-region. A major geographic feature of the region is the ''[[Nugaal Valley]]'', a large shallow [[drainage basin]] fed by the [[Nugaal|Nugal]] and [[Togdheer River|Dheer]] seasonal rivers during the April–June rainy season. The region was established on 8 February 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bollettino ufficiale della Repubblica democratica Somala |url=http://ddsnext.crl.edu/services/download/pdf/437695?from=001&to=032}}</ref>

== Kobo ==
Towards the east, Nugaal Valley is separated from [[Nugaaleed-Bari]] via the region known as Kobo. Kobo was described in colonial sources ruminating about Dervish strength as follows:<ref>Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04 Britain. War Office. General Staff · 1907, PAGE 230</ref>

{{Blockquote
|text=During all this time the Mullah and the majority of his karias (tribal encampments) had remained in the Eastern Nogal, in the area known as Kobo, roughly comprised in the triangle Halin, Gerrowei, Kallis. His strategical position here was a very strong one. It was secure from any possible danger of surprise, and he commanded the main routes to the south
|author=Colonel Kenna
}}

==Districts==
{{Main|Category:Populated places in Nugal, Somalia}}
The Nugal region consists of five districts:<ref name="Nulr">{{cite web|title=Nugaal Region|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Nugaal_A4.pdf|access-date=30 January 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002118/http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Nugaal_A4.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

*[[Burtinle District]]
*[[Dangorayo District]]
*[[Eyl District]]
*[[Garowe District]] (''Administrative capital'')
*[[Godobjiran District]]

==Major towns==
{{Location map+|Nugaal|width=300|float=right| relief = 1
|caption=City, Town, Village in Nugaal.<br/>Ta=[[Taleex]], Bu=[[Burtinle]], Bu=[[Budunbuuto]], Da=[[Dangorayo]], Ey=[[Eyl]], Ga=[[Garoowe]], Go=[[Godobjiran]], Go=[[Gori Rit]], Ha=[[Hamur, Somalia|Hamur]], Ja=[[Jallam]], Ra=[[Rabaable]], Qa=[[Qarxis]]
|places=
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=7.643010|lon_deg=47.831419|position=bottom|label=[[Burtinle|Bur]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=8.517274|lon_deg=49.420538|position=bottom|label=[[Budunbuuto|Bud]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=8.727778|lon_deg=49.341667|position=bottom|label=[[Dangorayo|Da]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=7.966667|lon_deg=49.850000|position=bottom|label=[[Eyl|Ey]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=8.4|lon_deg=48.466667|position=bottom|label=[[Garoowe|Ga]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=8.584444|lon_deg=50.328889|position=bottom|label=[[Garmaal|Ga]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=7.5|lon_deg=49.416667|position=top|label=[[Godobjiran|Go]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=7.987401|lon_deg=48.105689|position=bottom|label=[[Gori Rit|Go]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=8.2833|lon_deg=48.3|position=bottom|label=[[Rabaable|Ra]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=8.719444|lon_deg=48.749722|position=bottom|label=[[Hamur, Somalia|Ha]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=7.871485|lon_deg=48.041629|position=bottom|label=[[Jallam|Ja]]}}
  {{Location map~|Nugaal|lat_deg=8.496378|lon_deg=49.576929|position=top|label=[[Qarxis|Qa]]}}
}}
*[[Burtinle]]
*[[Dangorayo]]
*[[Eyl]]
*[[Garowe]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Nugaal_A4.pdf Administrative map of Nugal]

{{Commons category|Nugaal Region}}

{{Somalia Regions}}

{{Provinces of Puntland |state=expanded}}

{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|8.4534|48.5321}}

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[[Category:Regions of Puntland]]
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