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Sanaag Region

Region of Waqooyibari state
Administrative Area Region Of Somalia Q751387

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
region of Somalia, Region of Waqooyibari[4]
Inception
1980[8]
Native label
Sanaag[10]

Location

Country
Somalia, Waqooyibari State Condominium[1][2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 10.779°, 48.186°
Located in or next to body of water
Gulf of Aden[3]
Shares border with
Bari[6]

Population and size

Area
+54231[11]
Population
+531145[9]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 531,145 GeoNames 544,000 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Located in time zone
East Africa Time[7]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata East Africa Time GeoNames Africa/Mogadishu edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +1
Capital
Erigavo[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sanaag Region en Sanaag, Waqooyibari ar سناج cs Sanaag fa سناج (سومالی) it Sanag ja サナーグ ja サナーグ州 ko 사나그주 ru Санааг th แคว้นซานาก zh 萨纳格州 zh-hant 薩那格州
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
151399712
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
SO12
Freebase ID
/m/01990g
GNS Unique Feature ID
-3228906
GeoNames ID
52187
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1001743
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
sanaag
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0058484
HASC
SO.SA
INaturalist place ID
11925
ISO 3166-2 code
SO-SA
J9U entity ID
987007567540605171
Show all 14 identifiers +2
KBpedia ID
Sanaag
Topic's main category
Category:Sanaag

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 15
Erigavo, Heis, Maydh, El Afweyn District, Badhan District, Erigavo District, Hingalol, Daallo Mountain +7 more
Located in this place 4
Isaaq Genocide, Puntland–Somaliland dispute, 2023 Las Anod conflict, Daallo Mountain
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Somaliland, North East State of Somalia
Capital 1
Erigavo
Country 1
Somalia
Instance of 1
region of Somalia
Located in or next to body of water 1
Gulf of Aden
Located in time zone 1
East Africa Time
People born here 1
Fatima Jibrell
Shares border with 1
Bari
Topic's main category 1
Category:Sanaag
← Capital of 1
Erigavo
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Populated places in Sanaag
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Sanaag
← Depicts 1
Module:Location map/data/Sanaag
← FactGrid item ID 1
Louis Gallavardin
← Shares border with 1
Bari
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Related Entities

Erigavo Somalia Somaliland

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISO 3166-2 code → SO-SA
    "Changed claim: ISO 3166-2 code: SO-SA"
  2. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions) → SO12
    "Changed claim: FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions): SO12"
  3. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HASC → SO.SA
    "Created claim: HASC: SO.SA"
  4. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Sanaag
    Country → Somalia, Waqooyibari State Condominium
    Inception → 1980s
    Instance of → region of Somalia, Region of Waqooyibari
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs (Difool/WikidataCleanup)"
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