Armale () is a town in
Sanaag
Sanag (, ) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in north eastern Somaliland.[Regions of Somalia](_blank)
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region of
Somaliland
Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an List of states with limited recognition, unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, E ...
History
In July 2007, the district became part of the
Maakhir
Maakhir (, ), officially the Maakhir State of Somalia (; ) was a short-lived quasi-state in the Sanaag region of eastern Somalia formed in 2007. It rejoined Puntland in 2009. From February 23 to March 11, 2025, a consultative conference on the ...
province of Somaliland, which was later incorporated into the autonomous
Puntland
Puntland is an autonomous state that considers itself to be part of Somalia, despite not accepting the legitimacy of Somalia's current governing administration. It was formed in 1998, and was a federal member state of Somalia from its fou ...
region in January 2009.
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Geography
The town is located in the Hadeed Plateau, a tract of land that covers the middle section of a large area of the Sool Plateau. With the exception of the Riafonleh mountain, this plateau is largely flat.[ Gobolka Sanaagat Geonames.org ]
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References
Carmaale, Somalia
Populated places in Sanaag
Archaeological sites in Somaliland