Nugal (, , ), traditionally known as Nugaaleed-Bari or Bari-Nugaal meaning eastern Nugaal, or Nugaal xaggeeda hoose meaning lower Nugaal, is an administrative region (gobol) in northern Somalia.
Overview
It is bordered by Sool and the Somali Region of Ethiopia to the west, Bari to the north, and Mudug to the south. The Somali Sea flanks the province to the east. During the 1970s, Nugaal was merged with Sool province as a single province called Nugaal.page 154 of the book Somalia, a country study by American University and editor Harold Nelson, 1981 According to Jaamac Cumar Ciise, the eastern parts of the Nugaal are called Nugaal xaggeeda hoose or Nugaal xeebeheeda hoose, meaning lower Nugaal and lower coastal Nugaal respectively.Diiwaanka Gabayadii, 1999, "la mariyay guyaashii ay Daraawiishi deggenayd Nugaal xeebeheeda hoose - xeebaha Ayl iyo Ilig- ... 1904tii ayay Daraawiish udubka dhidbatay xeebaha Ayl, Ilig, Gabbac, Hawd-Bari iyo Nugaal xaggeeda hoose" (translation) "... it was produced when the Darawiish lived at the Lower coastal Nugal, on the coast of Eyl and Illi ... 1904 was when the stalwarts of the Darawiish verged upon the coasts of Illig, Gabbac, Hawd, Bari, the parts of the Lower-side Nugal" Segments of the Nugaal wadi's estuary and its hinterlands that coalesce with the modern Nugaal province were also historically called Nugaal xeebeheeda and Afaafka Nugaal.
Nugal is centered on Garowe, which serves as the capital of the autonomous Puntland macro-region. The segments of the Nugaal valley from Garowe eastwards is traditionally referred to as Bari-Nugaaleed or Bari-Nugaal, whilst segments of the valley which converge into the Iyah plains are called Jednugaal. Nonetheless, Nugaal proper traditionally refers to segments of the valley west of Garowe.Ismaaciil Mire, A. F. Cali ("Idaajaa.") · 1974
Garowe
Nugal is centered on Garowe, which serves as 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 region was established on 8 February 1973.
Kobo Towards the east, Nugaal Valley is separated from Nugaaleed-Bari via the region known as Kobo. Kobo was described in colonial sources ruminating about Dervish strength as follows:Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04 Britain. War Office. General Staff · 1907, PAGE 230
Districts
The Nugal region consists of five districts:
Burtinle District Dangorayo District Eyl District Garowe District (Administrative capital) Godobjiran District
Major towns
Burtinle Dangorayo Eyl Garowe
References
External links Administrative map of Nugal