Puntland Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Federal Member State in northeastern Somalia
About Puntland
Puntland (Somali: Buntlaand, Arabic: أرض البنط ), officially the Puntland State of Somalia (Somali: Maamul Goboleedka Buntlaand ee Soomaaliya), is a region in northeastern Somalia, centred on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland is bordered by the SSC-Khatumostate to its west, the Gulf of Aden in the north, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, the central Galmudug region in the south, and Ethiopia in the southwest. A third of Somalia's population lives in the territory, which contains about a third of the nation's geographical area. Unlike Somaliland, Puntland, as with all other regions in the country, does not seek outright independence from Somalia. The name "Puntland" is derived from the Land of Punt mentioned by ancient
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