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Sool, Somalia

Coordinates: 8°23′46″N 47°41′29″E / 8.39611°N 47.69139°E / 8.39611; 47.69139
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Sool
Location of Sool Somaliland
Location of Sool Somaliland
Coordinates: 8°23′46″N 47°41′29″E / 8.39611°N 47.69139°E / 8.39611; 47.69139
Country Somaliland
CapitalLas Anod
Government
 • Typegaraadship
Population
 (2014)
 • Total327,428 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2017)0.327[2]
low · 8th

Sool (Somali: Sool, Arabic: سول) is an administrative region in the east part of Somaliland. Sool is mostly settled by the reer darawiish tribe.[3] It lies between Nugal to the east, and Togdheer in the west.

References

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  1. https://somalia.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Population-Estimation-Survey-of-Somalia-PESS-2013-2014.pdf
  2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. Hoehne, Markus Virgil. "„People and Politics along and across the Somaliland-Puntland Border “." Borders and borderlands as resources in the Horn of Africa. London: James Currey (2010): 97-121.