Editing Somaliland (section)

=== Regions and districts ===
{{See also|Regions of Somaliland|Districts of Somaliland}}

The following regions are taken from ''Michael Walls: State Formation in Somaliland: Bringing Deliberation to Institutionalism'' from 2011, ''Somaliland: The Strains of Success'' from 2015 and ActionAID, a humanitarian organisation currently active in Somaliland.<ref name="Y5tyh">{{cite web|title=Somaliland: Where we Work|url=http://www.actionaid.org/somaliland/where-we-work|website=Action Aid|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110090938/http://www.actionaid.org/somaliland/where-we-work |archive-date=10 January 2017|quote=ActionAid International Somaliland (AAIS) supports poor and marginalised communities in three of six Somaliland administrative regions...}}</ref><ref name="R9lv5">[http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1302550/1/1302550.pdf State Formation in Somaliland: Bringing Deliberation to Institutionalism. Michael Walls, Planning Unit, UCL February 2011]</ref><ref name="vS8VA">{{Cite web|url=https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/b113-somaliland-the-strains-of-success.pdf|title=Somaliland: The Strains of Success Crisis Group Africa Briefing N°113 Nairobi/Brussels, 5 October 2015|access-date=9 January 2017|archive-date=21 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121043635/https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/b113-somaliland-the-strains-of-success.pdf}}</ref>

In 2019, the local government law passed in 2019 (Lr. 23/2019, hereinafter referred to as the 2019 local government law), regions that "Somaliland is divided into six regions (Article 9 of the same law)".{{clarify|date=January 2025}}<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|title=Local Government Law|url=http://www.somalilandlaw.com/Xeerka__wkb__Gobolada_iyo_Degmooyinka_2019SLLaw.pdf|access-date=24 August 2021|language=somali}}</ref> The 2019 Local Government Act came into force on 4 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.somalilandlaw.com/local_government_law.htm|title = Local Government Law}}</ref>

Under Article 11, Section 1 of the Act, the regional boundaries are supposed to correspond to the boundaries of the six districts under the [[British Somaliland|Somaliland protectorate]]; however, the [[Siad Barre]] era boundaries subsist as the de facto boundaries.<ref name="auto4"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Map ||Regions !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) !! Capital !! Districts
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[File:Regions of Somaliland labelled EN.svg|280px]]
|-
| [[Awdal]] || 16,294 || [[Borama]] || [[Baki District|Baki]], [[Borama District|Borama]], [[Zeila District|Zeila]], [[Lughaya District|Lughaya]]
|-
| [[Sahil, Somaliland|Sahil]] || 13,930 || [[Berbera]] || [[Sheikh District|Sheikh]], [[Berbera District|Berbera]]
|-
| [[Maroodi Jeex|Maroodi Jeeh]] || 17,429 || [[Hargeisa]] || [[Gabiley District|Gabiley]], [[Hargeisa District|Hargeisa]], [[Salahlay District|Salahlay]], [[Baligubadle District|Baligubadle]]
|-
| [[Togdheer]] || 30,426 || [[Burao]] ||[[Oodweyne District|Oodweyne]], [[Buhoodle District|Buhoodle]], [[Burao District|Burao]]
|-
| [[Sanaag]] || 54,231 || [[Erigavo]] || [[Garadag District|Garadag]], [[El Afweyn District|El Afweyn]], [[Erigavo District|Erigavo]], [[Las Khorey District|Lasqoray]]
|-
| [[Sool]] || 39,240 || [[Las Anod]] || [[Aynabo District|Aynabo]], [[Las Anod District|Las Anod]], [[Taleh District|Taleh]], [[Xudun District|Hudun]]
|}