Nugal, Somalia
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Nugal Nugaal |
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A residential area in Garowe.
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Location in Somalia. |
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Country | Somalia |
Regional State | Puntland |
Capital | Garowe |
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• Governor | Abdiqani Hashi Ali |
Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Nugal (Somali: Nugaal, Arabic: نوغال) is an administrative region (gobol) in northeastern Somalia.[1]
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Overview
It is bordered by Ethiopia and the Somali regions of Sool to the west, Bari to the north, and Mudug to the south. The Indian Ocean flanks the province to the east.
Nugal is centered on Garowe, 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 Nugal and Dheer seasonal rivers during the April–June rainy season.
Districts
The Nugal region consists of three districts:[2]
Major towns
Notes
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