Awdal
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Template:Unreferenced Awdal is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. Its capital is Baki. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Djibouti, the Somalian region of Woqooyi Galbeed and the Gulf of Aden. Awdal is one of the six regions of the self-proclaimed, but internationally unrecognized, Republic of Somaliland (former British Somaliland).
Awdal region is relatively affluent, contrasting the perception of the Horn of Africa as being war-torn and famine-stricken. The chaos of the Somalian civil war and its aftermath has not ravaged this area quite so much as the rest of the country. For example, the residents of Awdal enjoy the region's most advanced telecommunications network, with fairly reliable cell phone service and internet access. Additionally, agriculture, mining and industry in the area are all profitable enough to allow a comfortable standard of living for the majority of residents, by Sub-Saharan standards. Awdal is also the home of Ammud University. The Somalis in Awdal are doing better in anarchy than they did under Siad Barre's socialism. Prior to mid 1980's it was part of Somalia's Northwest (Waqooyi Galbeed) region with Hargeisa being its capital.
Awdal region consists of four districts: