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Sheikh is the capital of the Sheikh district in the region/province Sahil. It lies at an altitude of some 1430 m in the Golis Mountains, roughly halfway between the larger cities of Berbera (on the coast of the Gulf of Aden, at a distance of about 71 km) and Burao (further inland, around 60 km from Sheikh).
Map of Somaliland. The following are cities and towns in Somaliland , listed alphabetically. Somaliland is currently disputed with Somalia and city statuses may be disputed.
Sheikh District (Somali: Degmada Sheekh) is a district in the Sahil region of Somaliland. Its capital lies at Sheikh . [ 3 ] The district was part of Togdheer region until 1998, when the Sheikh District was incorporated into the Sahil region.
In June 2014, Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Ex-president) announced the creation of Somaliland's 14th region, consisting of 4 new districts. The new region, dubbed Haysimo was formed out of the eastern Sool and Sanaag regional districts. It contains the cities of Taleh, Sarmanyo, Godaalo, Halin, and Aroley. The presidential ...
The government of Somaliland regards the territory as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of Somaliland, [2] [3] before voluntarily uniting with the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) later the same week to form the Somali Republic.
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In December 1989, the Somaliland government established Sahil region. In 1998, the Sheikh District was incorporated from Togdheer. Under the Local Autonomy Act of 2002, it was positioned as one of the six regions that make up Somaliland. [3] The Somaliland was reorganized on 22 March 2008, and the territory of Sahil was changed. However, a new ...