Sanaag (Somali: Sanaag) is an administrative region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. Its capital city is Erigavo.
Sanaag has a long coastline facing the Gulf of Aden to the north, and is bordered by the Somali regions of Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sool and Bari.
The most important towns in the region are Ceerigaabo, Badhan, Las Khorey, Dhahar, Laako, Ceel Afweyn, Buraan, Huluul, Kulmiye, Yufle, Dayaha, Hadaaftimo, Mindigale, Xingalool, Jiidali, Xiis, Yubbe, Ceelbuh, Damala Xagare, Maydh, Elaayo and Gar Adag.
Local control of Sanaag is disputed between Somaliland, the autonomous Puntland region, and HBM-SSC (Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC), a local unionist group whose goal is the creation of its own regional administration (Sool, Sanaag and Cayn or SSC).
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