Administrative divisions of Somaliland

Administrative divisions of Somaliland
Map of the Republic of Somaliland showing Administrative divisions of Somaliland and their capitals.
Location	Republic of Somaliland
Created by	Constitution of Somaliland
Subdivisions	Type Number Region 6 District 22 Village Unknown

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The administrative division of Somaliland are organized into three hierarchical levels. consists of 6 regions and 22 districts. Districts in turn contain villages. In addition, the capital Hargeisa has its own law (capital law) that is different from the law that defines administrative divisions.^[1][2] The administrative-territorial division of the country is established by the Law of Somaliland No. 23/2002 (Somali: Xeerka Ismaamulka Gobolada iyo Degmooyinka), which was finally approved in 2007.

Somaliland is a self-declared unrecognized sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, internationally considered^[3][4] to be part of Somalia.

History

Before March 21, 2008, the Somaliland government continued to use the six administrative regions covered by Somalia at the time of unification: Awdal, Waqooyi Gelbeed, Sanaag, Sool, Togdheer, Sahil. On March 22 of the same year, President Dahir Riyale Kahin issued the "Presidential Press Statement", announcing the establishment of 6 new administrative districts and 16 sub-districts from the original administrative divisions.^[5] On May 15 of the same year, the President announced the establishment of the 13th administrative district. In June 2014, Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud announced the establishment of a 14th administrative district and 4 sub-districts. The new administrative district called Haysimo is composed of Sur and Sanaq in the east. However, the administrative divisions established by the two presidents were not approved by the Parliament.

First-level divisions

According to the 2019 Local Government Act, Somaliland is divided into six regions (Somali: Gobolo; Arabic: مناطق‎). The territory of the region is based on British Somaliland and State of Somaliland administrative divisions, not Union-era.

Map	Region	Population (2014 estimate)[6]	Area (km2)	Location
Awdal Marodi Jeh Togdheer Sanaag Sahil Sool
	Awdal Region	673,263	16,294	Western
	Sanaag Region	544,123	54,231	North Eastern
	Sool Region	327,428	39,240	South Eastern
	Togdheer Region	721,363	30,426	Eastern
	Marodi Jeh Region	1,242,003	17,429	Central
	Sahil Region	251,384	13,930	Northern

Second-level divisions

There are 22 districts (Somali: Degmo; Arabic: مقاطعة). under the state. Each district is rated A, B, C, and D according to population, budget, and economic scale. The highest is A grade. The district where the state capital is located is always Class A (Article 9 of the Local Government Law). The region with the most districts is Awdal, Sool and conversely the region with the fewest is Sahil.

See also

• Regions of Somaliland
• Districts of Somaliland
• Somalia–Somaliland border

References

This page was last edited on 22 November 2023, at 15:27