Khatumo
SSC–Khatumo is a region centred around the Darawiish community in northwestern Somalia. It declared itself an autonomous state in 2012. It grew out of the SSC State, which stands for Sool, Sanaag and Cayn. It was renamed Waqooyi Bari on 30 July 2025.
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Khatumo
- Type: administrative territorial entity with 2,500,000 residents
- Description: federal state in Somalia consisting of Sool, Sanaag & Cayn regions
- Also known as: “Država Hatumo”, “État de Khatumo”, “Khatumo State”, “North East State of Somalia”, “SSC Hatumo”, “SSC-Maakhir”, “Государство Хатумо”, “Сомалийское Государство Хатумо”, “Хаатумо”, “ソマリア・チャツモ国”, and “克哈圖莫”
- Neighbors: Puntland
- Categories: border city, historical country, and federal member state of Somalia
- Location: Somalia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
9.1333° or 9° 8′ north
Longitude of center
48° east
Population
2,500,000
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Khatumo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ولاية خاتمة”
- Asturian: “Waqooyi-Bari”
- Bashkir: “Төньяҡ-көнсығыш (Сомали)”
- Basque: “Waqooyi-Bari”
- Catalan: “Estat de Khaatumo”
- Cebuano: “SSC-Khatumo”
- Chinese: “卡图莫”
- Croatian: “SSC-Khatumo”
- Dutch: “Khatumo”
- Dutch: “Waqooyi Bari State”
- Esperanto: “SSC-Khatumo”
- Finnish: “SSC-Khatumo”
- French: “SSC-Khatumo”
- French: “Waqooyi Bari”
- Galician: “Administración SSC-Khatumo de Somalia”
- German: “Khatumo”
- German: “Waqooyi Bari”
- Greek: “ΣΣΚ Κάτω”
- Hebrew: “מדינת חתומו”
- Indonesian: “Negara Bagian Khatumo”
- Italian: “Khatumo”
- Italian: “Waqooyi Bari”
- Japanese: “チャツモ国”
- Kikuyu: “Katumũ”
- Kirghiz: “Хатумо”
- Korean: “카투모주”
- Lithuanian: “Chatumas”
- Persian: “استان خاتمه”
- Polish: “Khaatumo”
- Polish: “SSC-Khatumo”
- Polish: “Waqooyi Bari”
- Portuguese: “Estado do Nordeste da Somália”
- Portuguese: “Waqooyi Bari”
- Romanian: “Khatumo”
- Russian: “Хатумо”
- Serbian: “Hatumo”
- Serbian: “Хатумо”
- Slovenian: “Hatumo”
- Somali: “Waqooyi Bari”
- Somali: “Waqooyibari”
- Spanish: “Estado del Noroeste de Somalia”
- Spanish: “Khatumo”
- Swahili: “Khatumo”
- Swedish: “SSC-Khatumo”
- Tatar: “Хатумо”
- Turkish: “Khaatumo”
- Turkish: “Waqooyi Bari”
- Ukrainian: “ССК Хатумо”
- Ukrainian: “Хатумо”
- Urdu: “ریاست خاتمہ”
- Vietnamese: “SSC Khatumo”
- Zulu: “SSC-Khatumo”
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