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Province of Sanaag (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 10 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 10.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 048 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 48.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Belonged to former British Somaliland Protectorate until 1960; established from the N area of the former Burao region; inhabited mainly by the semi-nomadic Ishaak & Darod peoples; rock paintings found in the Kalsheikh caves. |
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| Sanaag (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Sanaag (Somali)
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| Sanaag (French)
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| Gobolka Sanaag (C,U,O,Somali-P)
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| Province of Sanaag (C,U,English-P)
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| Sanaag Region (C,U,English)
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| Sinad (C,U)
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| Snaq (C,U)
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| SO12 (C,U,FIPS)
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| سناج (C,U,Arabic)
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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established 1973 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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