Sanaag
Sanag
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Overview of the Cal Madow mountains in Sanaag | |
Location in Somaliland | |
| Country | Somaliland Disputed with Puntland |
| Administrative centre | Erigavo |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Mahamed Elmi Hussein Ahmed |
| Area | |
• Total | 54,231 km2 (20,939 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 325,136 |
| IPC document listed number | |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.448 low · 3rd of 18 |
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 Somaliland and Puntland, a state of Somalia.
Its capital city is Erigavo. Sanaag is the largest region of Somaliland, accounting for 35% of Somaliland's total land area.
The region is partially controlled by Puntland and Somaliland. Puntland claims only the Harti-inhabited parts of region to be part of Somaliland, while the latter claims the entire region - a claim based on the British Somaliland boundaries.