El Buh () is a town in the northeastern

Sanaag Sanag (, ) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in north eastern Somaliland.Regions of Somalia
Sa ...

region of

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

. El Buh is located in the Badhan District. The town was briefly a 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 ...

administration in the late 2000s which mainly covered Badhan District area's, until it was officially incorporated into the

authority since 1960. In May 2019, The Somalia Justice Minister visits El Buh. Residents welcome him. In February 2020, Puntland's military procurement and medical teams has been deployed to the El Buh military base. In January 2025, Suldan Said Suldan Abdisalan of

Warsangali The Warsangali (, ), alternatively the Mohamoud Harti, are a major Somali sub clan, part of the larger Harti branch, which belongs to the Darod clan, one of the largest Somali tribe families. In the Somali language, the name Warsangali means "b ...

held a Warsangali clan meeting in El Buh.

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Minister of Women and Family Affairs of Puntland visited Elbuh
{{Somalia-geo-stub Populated places in Sanaag Cities in Somaliland Archaeological sites in Somaliland