Sanaag

Sanag is an administrative region in north eastern Somaliland. Control is divided between in the center district, the eastern district and in the western district.
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Essential Destinations

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Erigabo, Ceerigaabo in Somali, is a several-century old city in the northern Sanaagh region of , an independent nation within . , one of the most visited national parks in Somaliland is just miles away from the city.

is a national park in the eastern Sanaag region of . It is a part of the Ogo Mountains. Daallo has historically been inhabited by the ancient ancestors of most of the original Somali tribes.

Sanaag

Latitude
10.3505° or 10° 21′ 2″ north
Longitude
47.5333° or 47° 32′ east
Population
544,000
Elevation
1,325 metres (4,347 feet)
Abbreviation
“SG”
Open location code
7H299G2M+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2208325472
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
52187
Wiki­data ID
Q751387
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sanaag” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سناج
  • Armenian: Սանագ
  • Basque: Sanaag
  • Bulgarian: Санааг
  • Catalan: Sanaag
  • Cebuano: Gobolka Sanaag
  • Chinese: 萨纳格
  • Chinese: 萨纳格州
  • Chinese: 薩納格
  • Chinese: 薩那格州
  • Czech: Sanaag
  • Danish: Sanaag
  • Dutch: Sanaag
  • Esperanto: Sanaag
  • Finnish: Sanaag
  • French: Sanaag
  • Galician: Sanaag
  • Georgian: სანაგის რეგიონი
  • German: Sanaag
  • Indonesian: Sanaag
  • Italian: Sanag
  • Japanese: サナーグ
  • Japanese: サナーグ州
  • Korean: 사나그
  • Korean: 사나그주
  • Persian: سناج (سومالی)
  • Persian: سناج
  • Polish: Sanaag
  • Portuguese: Sanaag
  • Russian: Санааг
  • Russian: Санаг
  • Sinhala: සනාග් කලාපය, සෝමාලිලන්තය
  • Slovenian: Sanaag
  • Somali: Sanaag
  • Spanish: Región de Sanaag
  • Spanish: Sanaag
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Sanaag
  • Swedish: Sanaag
  • Thai: แคว้นซานาก
  • Turkish: Sanag
  • Ukrainian: Санааг
  • Urdu: سناج
  • Yue Chinese: 薩納格
  • Zulu: Sanaag

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sanaag”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.