REGIONS OF SOMALIA

The 'regions (gobolka) of Somalia' are (capitals in parentheses):
# Awdal (
★ ) (Baki)
# Bakool (Xuddur)
# Banaadir (Mogadishu)
# Bari (Bosaso)
# Bay (Baidoa)
# Galguduud (Dhuusamarreeb)
# Gedo (Garbahaarreey)
# Hiiraan (Beledweyne)
# Jubbada Dhexe (Bu'aale)
# Jubbada Hoose (Kismayo)
# Mudug (Gaalkacyo)
# Nugaal (Garoowe)
# Sanaag (
★ ) (Ceerigaabo)
# Shabeellaha Dhexe (Jowhar)
# Shabeellaha Hoose (Merca)
# Sool (
★ ) (Laascaanood)
# Togdheer (
★ ) (Burco)
# Woqooyi Galbeed (
★ ) (Hargeysa)

★ Saaxil (
★ ) (Berbera) (NOT PICTURED)
''Note:'' regions marked (
★ ) are part of the self-proclaimed but internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland.
Four quasi-independent but not internationally recognised states have formed on the territory of Somalia since the 1990s. These entities and their capitals are:
# Galmudug (Gaalkacyo)
# Puntland (Garoowe)
# Somaliland (Hargeisa)
# Southwestern Somalia (Baidoa)

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See also

★ Districts of Somalia