Location of Nugaal in Somalia

The Horn of Africa as seen from the NASA Space Shuttle, in May of 1993. The Horn of Africa (alternatively Northeast Africa, and sometimes Somali Peninsula; shortened to HOA) is a Peninsula in East Africa The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States The Nugaal Valley is the lighter colour section to the western side of the photograph.

Nugaal (Somali: Nugaal) is one of the smaller administrative regions (gobol) of Somalia. Somali ( Af Soomaali, الصوماليه is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by ethnic Somalis Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known It is in the northeast of the country and its capital is Garoowe. ' Garoowe ( Garoowe) is the capital City of Puntland state in the Nugaal region of Somalia.

Nugaal is bordered by Ethiopia and the Somali regions of Sool to the west, Bari to the north, and Mudug to the south, with the Indian Ocean to the east. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Sool ( Somali: Sool) is a province located in the northeastern interior of the Horn of Africa. Mudug (Mudug is an administrative region ( gobolka) in central Somalia. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface

The region is central to the area claimed by the government of Puntland, which is seeking recognition as a federal government within a united Somalia. Puntland is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe ( Nugaal region whose leaders declared it to be an autonomous state in 1998

A major geographic feature of the Nugaal region is the Nugaal Valley, a large shallow drainage basin, fed by the Nugaal and Dheer seasonal rivers during the April-June rainy season. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River,

The main Somali clan family living in this region is the Majeerteen sub-clan of theDarood. See also Somali clan The Majeerteen, Majerteen or Macherten (Majerteen ماجرتين Muhammad Harti Amaleh Abdi Muhammad Abdirahman The region's population is estimated to be around 126,000 [[1]] but some publications give a much highier figure.

In December 2004, Nugaal was in the region affected by the tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake. A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea Earthquake that occurred at 005853 UTC on December 26 2004 with an Epicentre off the west coast of (See Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Somalia)

Nugaal consists of 5 districts:

• Eyl
• Burtinle
• Dangorayo
• qarxis
• Garoowe

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by . The effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Somalia was devastating Eyl is a town in the northern Puntland region of Somalia. The prominent clans in the Eyl district are the Majeerteen and Leelkase Burtinle ( Burtiinle) is one of the fast growing towns in Nugaal region of Somalia. ' Garoowe ( Garoowe) is the capital City of Puntland state in the Nugaal region of Somalia. A/rashid jama mohamed