Woqooyi Galbeed

Woqooyi Galbeed is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. Its capital is Hargeysa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, the Somalian regions of Awdal, Sanaag and Togdheer and the Gulf of Aden. Woqooyi Galbeed is one of the five regions of the self-proclaimed but internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland (former British Somaliland).