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Awdal
Awdal (Somali: Awdal, Arabic: أودَل) is the westernmost region of Somaliland, capital Borama, four districts (Zeylac, Lughaye, Baki, Borama), population about 661,373, under Somaliland administration with Gadabursi-led separatist currents.
Banadir
Banadir (Benadir, Benaadir) is a coastal region of southern Somalia: historically the Indian Ocean coast from Cadale to Kismayo with ports Mogadishu, Merka, and Brava, and administratively the Mogadishu-area region under direct federal government administration.
Bari (district)
Bari is a region of Somalia at the country's northeastern tip, capital Bossaso, part of Puntland since 1998; economy of frankincense, goats, and fishing; population estimates 723,755 to 1,232,231; ISS insurgency in Al Miskaad mountains.
Galguduud
Galguduud (Somali: Gobolka Galguduud), also spelled Galgaduud, is a pastoral region of central Somalia with capital Dhuusamarreeb, part of the Galmudug federal state and bordered by Ethiopia and the Indian Ocean.
Hiiraan
Hiiraan (هيران), also spelled Hiran, is a river-agricultural region of central Somalia with its capital at Beledweyne on the Wabi Shabelle River, prone to flooding.
Hirshabelle
Hirshabelle is a federal member state of Somalia, formed in 2016 by the merger of Hiran and Middle Shabelle under the provisional constitution, with its capital at Jowhar.
Khatumo State
Khatumo State, also spelled Khaatumo, is a federal member state of Somalia declared in 2012 by the Dhulbahante clan in the disputed Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn regions.
Mudug
Mudug (Mudug) is a north-central Somali region of 72,933 km2 between the Indian Ocean and Ethiopia, split between Puntland (north) and Galmudug (south), population about 1.53 million, marked by clan conflict, Al-Shabaab insurgency, and drought-driven displacement.