:Mudug

{{short description|Region of Somalia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Mudug

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| settlement_type = Region

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| image_caption = Galkayo

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| image_map = Mudug in Somalia.svg

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| map_caption = Location in Somalia

| coordinates = {{coord|6|08|N|48|00|E|type:adm2nd_region:SO_dim:300000|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Regional State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Puntland}}
{{flag|Galmudug}}

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Galkayo

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| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Abdirashid Hashi Artan{{cite web|url=http://goobjoog.com/english/galmudug-president-appoints-new-governor-for-mudug-province/|title=Galmudug President appoints new governor for Mudug Province|date=9 November 2015|access-date=30 October 2017|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227230809/http://goobjoog.com/english/galmudug-president-appoints-new-governor-for-mudug-province/|url-status=live}} and Xasan Maxamed Khaliif Abgaalow{{cite web|url=http://www.puntlandes.com/?p=28955|title=Daawo Video-SAWIRRO: Bursaalax oo ay Wasaarada Waxbarasha Puntland ay ka Dhagax Dhigtay Kuleej Gabdho - Puntlandes.com|website=www.puntlandes.com|access-date=30 October 2017|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227230422/http://www.puntlandes.com/?p=28955|url-status=live}}

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| area_total_km2 = 72,933

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| iso_code = SO-MU{{cite web | url = https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:SO | title = ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions | publisher = International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | access-date = 3 February 2025}}

| population_total = 864,700

| population_as_of = 2019{{Cite web |title=Somalia: Subdivision and cities |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/somalia/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de |archive-date=2024-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425194524/https://citypopulation.de/en/somalia/ |url-status=live }}

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| blank_info_sec2 = 0.374{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=25 October 2021|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|url-status=live}}
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Mudug ({{langx|so|Mudug}}) is an administrative region (gobol) in north-central Somalia.{{cite web|title=Somalia|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|location=Langley, Virginia|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/|access-date=6 December 2013|archive-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701070127/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html|url-status=live}} The population of Mudug is 131,455 as of 2005.{{Cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/mudug-region-%E2%80%93-situation-analysis-october-2012|title=Mudug Region – Situation Analysis October 2012 - Somalia|access-date=2019-12-11|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804040713/https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/mudug-region-%E2%80%93-situation-analysis-october-2012|url-status=live}}

Overview

Physiographically, Mudug is bordered to the west by Ethiopia,Országismertető - Szomália - Dr. Földesi Ferenc, Kis-Álmos Péter, Besenyő János · 2010 , PAGE 16 to the north and south by the Somali regions of Nugal and Galguduud respectively, and to the east by the Indian Ocean. The provincial capital is Galkayo.

The northern half of Mudug is part of Puntland whilst the southern half including the region of Galgaduud have formed the Galmudug State, which considers itself an autonomous state within the larger Federal Republic of Somalia, as defined by the provisional constitution of Somalia.{{cite web|title=Somalia's Federal Govt Endorses Central State|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201407310912.html|website=All Africa|access-date=18 June 2016|archive-date=31 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331150139/https://allafrica.com/stories/201407310912.html|url-status=live}}

Districts

Mudug Region consists of five districts.{{cite web|title=Mudug Region|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Mudug_A4.pdf|access-date=30 January 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093129/http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Mudug_A4.pdf|url-status=live}} Those followed by an asterisk are part of Galmudug:

Villages

  • Dajimale
  • Qansahle{{Cite web |title=Mudug {{!}} European Union Agency for Asylum |url=https://euaa.europa.eu/country-guidance-somalia-2023/mudug |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=euaa.europa.eu |language=en}}
  • Isqambus
  • Bursalah
  • wisil
  • Caad
  • camaara
  • Docol
  • Xero-dhaxaley
  • bud-bud
  • Gawaan
  • Ceel-dibir
  • Bajeela
  • wargalo
  • towfiiq
  • Dagaari
  • Ceel-aqwaan
  • Dhuure
  • saxqurun
  • Agaran
  • El Dinouda Digdighei
  • Galbarwaaqo
  • Halabokhad{{cite web |title=Tuk-tuk project drives Somali IDPs in search of self-sufficiency |url=https://www.unhcr.org/news/tuk-tuk-project-drives-somali-idps-search-self-sufficiency |website=UNHCR |access-date=26 July 2024 |language=en}}
  • Dalsan
  • Ba'adwayn
  • Nugal gibin
  • Roox
  • War Galoh{{Cite web |url=https://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4575975&fid=5786&c=somalia |title=War Galoh |website=Geographic.org |access-date=2023-07-27 |archive-date=2023-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727104717/https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4575975&fid=5786&c=somalia |url-status=live }}

See also

Notes

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