Central Regions State
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Central Regions State of Somalia |
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Anthem: Qolobaa Calankeed
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| Capital and largest city |
Dhusamareb |
| Official languages | Somali |
| Autonomy Part of Federated Somalia | |
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• Declared
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2008 |
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• Recognition
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Not recognized |
| Currency | Somali shilling (SOS) |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
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• Summer (DST)
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not observed (UTC+3) |
| Calling code | 252 (Somalia) |
| Internet TLD | .so |
Central Regions State is a prospective autonomous region in the Federal Republic of Somalia. Inaugurated in 2015, its capital is the central town of Dhusamareb.
On 30 July 2014, the Federal Government of Somalia officially endorsed a new Central Regions State, following a signed agreement in Mogadishu between representatives from the Galmudug and Himan and Heeb regional administrations, as well as Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a. The formalization ceremony for the new federal state was held at the Villa Somalia presidential compound and was presided over by President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, with UN, EU, AU, IGAD and AMISOM envoys also in attendance. According to the Prime Minister's office, the Federal Government appointed a ministerial committee to guide the formation of the new state. It also organized a number of consultative meetings with the regional representatives, with each party eventually agreeing to establish a new administration in the Mudug and Galguduud regions. Additionally, the Central Regions State will be subject to the Provisional Federal Constitution.
On 9 August 2014, the UN, EU and IGAD envoys for Somalia reiterated that federal government representatives and signatories had indicated prior to the signing of the central state agreement that the pact would only apply to Galguduud and Galmudug. North Mudug would remain an integral part of Puntland state. On 24 August 2014, Federal Parliament Speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari announced that Federal MPs hailing from Puntland had begun brokering negotiations between the federal government and the Puntland regional administration.
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