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Nugaal

Nugal
Nugaal
Region
Location in Eastern Somalia.
Location in Eastern Somalia.
Coordinates: 6°6′47″N 47°59′17″E / 6.11306°N 47.98806°E / 6.11306; 47.98806Coordinates: 6°6′47″N 47°59′17″E / 6.11306°N 47.98806°E / 6.11306; 47.98806
Country  Somalia
Regional State  Puntland
Capital Garowe
Government
 • Governor Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

Nugal (Somali: Nugaal, Arabic: نوغال‎‎) is an administrative region (gobol) in northeastern Somalia.

It is bordered by Somali provinces of Sool to the west, Bari to the north, and Mudug to the south and Somali region of Ethiopia. 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.

The Nugal region consists of four districts:



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