Sanaag
Sanag (Somali: Sanaag, Arabic: سَنَاج) is an administrative region (gobol) in north eastern Somaliland. Sanaag has a long coastline facing the Gulf of Aden to the north, and is bordered by the region of Sahil to the west, Sool to the south and Somalia to the east. The region is disputed by the self-declared Republic of Somaliland and Puntland, a Federal Member State of Somalia. Its capital city is Erigavo. Sanaag is the largest region of Somaliland, accounting for 35% of Somaliland's total land area.
Sanag
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Overview of the Cal Madow mountains in Sanaag | |
Location in Somaliland | |
| Coordinates: 10°46′45″N 48°11′9″E | |
| Country | Somaliland with Disputed Puntland |
| Administrative centre | Erigavo |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Mahamed Elmi Hussein Ahmed |
| Area | |
| • Total | 54,231 km2 (20,939 sq mi) |
| Population (2022: 172 ) | |
| • Total | 325,136 |
| IPC document listed number | |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.448 low · 3rd of 18 |
The region is partially controlled by Puntland and Somaliland. Puntland disputes the Harti inhabited parts of region as being part of Somaliland while the latter claims the entire region based on the British Somaliland boundaries.
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