Erigavo (Somali: Ceerigaabo, Arabic: عيرجابو), also spelled as Erigabo, is the capital and largest city of the Sanaag region of Somaliland.

[3] The name Ceerigaabo is made up of two parts: Ceeri which describes a place water collects, and gaabo (gaaban), meaning short or low.

[5] Modern Erigavo was founded by the Musa Ismail sub-clan of the Habr Yunis as a home well for passing nomads and caravans.

The group also attacked the house of the district commissioner of Burao District, Major Chambers, resulting in the death of Major Chamber's police guard before escaping to Bur Dhab, a strategic mountain south-east of Burao, where Sheikh Bashir's small unit occupied a fort and took up a defensive position in anticipation of a British counterattack.

The government came to a conclusion that another expedition against him would be useless; that they must build a railway, make roads and effectively occupy the whole of the protectorate, or else abandon the interior completely.

The latter course was decided upon, and during the first months of 1945, the advance posts were withdrawn and the British administration confined to the coast town of Berbera.

[12] The British administration recruited Indian and South African troops, led by police general James David, to fight against Sheikh Bashir and had intelligence plans to capture him alive.

The British authorities mobilized a police force, and eventually on 7 July found Sheikh Bashir and his unit in defensive positions behind their fortifications in the mountains of Bur Dhab.

Sanaag Regional Governor Ahmed Abdi Muse warned that the arrested youths would be brought to justice, but that their parents should not complain.

[14][15][16] 10 kilometres or 6.2 miles to the north of the town are the remains of a juniper forest,[17] running along the edge of the escarpment overlooking the Gulf of Aden.

Queen of Sheba University offers women in Sanaag free degree courses and a limited number of places worldwide in distance mode.

Formed in 2005 by the local Sanaag administration, the Scouts partake in various activities, including a 2006 training program on governance, peace and leadership.