Galguduud

{{Short description|Region of Somalia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

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| name = Galguduud
غالغدود

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| other_name = Galgudud, Ghelgudud

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| settlement_type = Region

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| subdivision_type1 = Regional State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Galmudug}}

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Dusmareb

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| leader_title = Governor

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| area_total_km2 = 46126

| population_as_of = 2019{{Cite web |title=Somalia: Subdivision and cities |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/somalia/|access-date=14 February 2024 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

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| population_total = 634,300

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = EAT

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| iso_code = SO-GA{{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}}

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| blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2021)

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Galguduud ({{langx|so|Galgaduud}}, {{langx|ar|جلجدود}}, {{langx|it|Galgudud}} or Ghelgudud) is an administrative region (gobol) of Galmudug state in 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}} Its administrative capital is Dusmareb. The largest town in the region is El Buur, which lies at the centre of the region.

Galguduud is bordered by Ethiopia, the Somali regions of Mudug; Hiran, Middle Shebelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe), and the Indian Ocean.

The largest clan in this region is The Hawiye specially the Murusade subclan. With the Abgaal, and Habar Gidir subclans also being prominent.

The region of Galgaduud and Mudug formed the Galmudug State by 2016, which considers itself an autonomous state within the larger Federal Republic of Somalia, as defined by the Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic 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}}