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Administrative divisions of Somaliland

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issued the "Presidential Press Statement", announcing the establishment of 6 new administrative districts and 16 sub-districts from the original administrative divisions. On May 15 of the same year, the President announced the establishment of the 13th administrative district. In June 2014,
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announced the establishment of a 14th administrative district and 4 sub-districts. The new administrative district called Haysimo is composed of Sur and Sanaq in the east. However, the administrative divisions established by the two presidents were not approved by the Parliament.
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has its own law (capital law) that is different from the law that defines administrative divisions. The administrative-territorial division of the country is established by the Law of Somaliland No. 23/2002
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at the time of unification: Awdal, Waqooyi Gelbeed, Sanaag, Sool, Togdheer, Sahil. On March 22 of the same year,
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According to the 2019 Local Government Act, Somaliland is divided into six regions (
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showing Administrative divisions of Somaliland and their capitals.
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are organized into three hierarchical levels. consists of 6
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continued to use the six administrative regions covered by
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Index

Administrative divisions of Somalia
Administrative map of Somaliland
Republic of Somaliland
Republic of Somaliland
Constitution of Somaliland
Region
District
Village
Politics of Somaliland

Constitution
Government
Government
President
List
Muse Bihi Abdi
Vice President
Abdirahman Saylici
Council of Ministers
Legislative
Parliament
House of Elders
Chairman
Suleiman Mohamoud Adan
House of Representatives
Speaker
Yasin Haji Mohamoud
Judiciary of Somaliland
Ministry of Justice
Chief Justice of Somaliland

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