Zeila & Lughaya State
Zeila & Lughaya State of Somaliland
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Anthem: Qolobaa Calankeed
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| Capital and largest city |
Zeila 10°48′N 43°10′E / 10.800°N 43.167°E |
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• President
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Tarxiil Mahad Abib Maxamuud |
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2011 |
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8,639 km2 (3,336 sq mi) |
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• 2015 estimate
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270,858 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
| Calling code | +252 (Somalia) |
Zeila & Lughaya State, or Saylac & Lughaya State, officially the Zeila & Lughaya State of Somalia, (Somali: Maamul Goboleedka Saylac & Lughaya ee Soomaaliya), is a region in northwestern Somalia. Saylac and Lughaya State was formed in 2011, claiming to be a federal state of Somalia. Zeila State was proclaimed first. It later united with Lugayhe to form the State of Sayla and Lugayhe. The territory has a total area of 8,639 km. Its main city is Zeila, which is situated on the coast. Lughaya, Asha Addo, Harirad, Jidhi and Lawyacado are the other principal cities in the region. Most residents of the region belong to the Somali ethnic group, with the Issa especially well-represented.
Local control of the regions has been disputed between the autonomous Awdalland region in northern Somalia. Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized only as an autonomous region of Somalia and local unionist authorities
Together with northern Somalia, Eritrea and the Red Sea coast of Sudan, Djibouti is considered the most likely location of the land known to the ancient Egyptians as Punt (or "Ta Netjeru", meaning "God's Land"), whose first mention dates to the 25th century BC. The Puntites were a nation of people that had close relations with Ancient Egypt during the times of Pharaoh Sahure and Queen Hatshepsut. They "traded not only in their own produce of incense, ebony and short-horned cattle, but also in goods from other neighbouring regions, including gold, ivory and animal skins." According to the temple reliefs at Deir el-Bahari, the Land of Punt was ruled at that time by King Parahu and Queen Ati.
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