El Buh

El Buh
Ceelbuh
Town

Overview of the town.
El Buh

Location in Somalia .

Coordinates: 10°13′N 48°17′E / 10.217°N 48.283°E / 10.217; 48.283
Country  Somalia
Region Sanaag
District El Buh
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

El Buh (Somali: Ceelbuh) is a town in the northwestern Sanaag region of Somalia.[1]

Overview

El Buh is located in the El Buh District.

In the late 2000s, the town was a part of the briefly-extant Maakhir state, before being officially incorporated into the autonomous Puntland region in 2009.[2]

Local control is disputed between Puntland, Somaliland, a self-declared independent republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.[3]

Notes

  1. "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. Worldstatesmen - Maakhir

References

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