Awdal

Awdal ( Somali Awdal, Arabic أودال, Audāl DMG ) is a region ( Gobolka ) in the north of Somalia, with about 401,000 inhabitants and part of the space occupied by the internationally unrecognized Somaliland region. Its capital is Baki.

The name of Awdal is related to the Sultanate of Adal.

More cities will be Boorama - the largest city in the region - and Zeila ( Saylac ). Awdal consists of the districts Baki, Boorama, Lughaya and Saylac. The region is located between the Gulf of Aden, Djibouti, the Ethiopian Somali region and the adjacent region within Somalia Woqooyi Galbeed (or Saaxil ). Formerly part of Awdal Woqooyi Galbeed.

The people of Awdal mainly belong to the Somali clan of Issa on, a Subclan the Dir

Some clans, which refused to recognize the authority of the majority inhabited by Isaaq Somaliland, called 1995 the " Republic of Awdal ", whose independence was not recognized by any state and de facto does not seem to exist. In 2011, local leaders declared the region with the Saylac - and - Lughaya state with Zeila as the capital for re- independent, which is also not recognized by the international community.

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