 The Horn of Africa as seen from the NASA Space Shuttle, in May of 1993. The Nugaaleed Valley is the lighter colour section to the western side of the photograph. Nugaal is one of the smallest regions (gobolka) of Somalia. It is in the north east of the country, and its capital is Garoowe. Image File history File links Horn of Africa - May 1993 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Nations of the Horn of Africa. ...
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Garōwe, also spelled Garoowe and Garowe, is the capital city of Puntland, Somalia. ...
Nugaal is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, the Somalian regions of Sool to the west, Bari to the north and Mudug to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Sool is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia, and was part of the British Somaliland protectorate. ...
Bari is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. ...
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The region is central to the area claimed by the government of Puntland, which is seeking recognition as a federal government within a united Somalia. Motto: None Anthem: Somalian National Anthem Capital Garowe Largest city Official languages Somali Government • President • Vice-President • Mohamud Muse Hersi • Hasan Dahir Independence - Declared - Recognition From Somalia 1998 none Area • Total • Water (%) ~250,000 km² (not ranked) Negl. ...
A major geographic feature of the Nugaal region is the Nugaaleed Valley, a large shallow drainage basin, fed by the Nugaaleed and Dheere rivers during the April-June rainy season. For the term related to television programmes, see watershed (television). ...
The main Somali clan family living in this region belongs to the Majeerteen (Darood). Its population is estimated to be 800,000. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...
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In December 2004, Nugaal was within the region affected by the tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake. (See Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Somalia) The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ...
The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ...
Map of Somalia with Puntland roughly highlighted in blue. ...
Nugaal consists of 4 districts:
Garōwe, also spelled Garoowe and Garowe, is the capital city of Puntland, Somalia. ...
Burtinle is one of the fast growing cities in Nugaal, it has a population of about 40,000. ...
External links
- Nugaal Valley online (in Somali).
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