Somaliland is a self-declared unrecognized sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, internationally considered[3][4] to be part of Somalia.

Before March 21, 2008, the Somaliland government continued to use the six administrative regions covered by Somalia at the time of unification: Awdal, Waqooyi Gelbeed, Sanaag, Sool, Togdheer, Sahil.

In June 2014, Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud announced the establishment of a 14th administrative district and 4 sub-districts.

According to the 2019 Local Government Act, Somaliland is divided into six regions (Somali: Gobolo; Arabic: مناطق).

The district where the state capital is located is always Class A (Article 9 of the Local Government Law).