Sahil, Somaliland

Sahil (Somali: Saaxil, Arabic: ساحل) is an administrative region (gobol) in northern Somaliland with the port city of Berbera as its capital.

Sahil borders Awdal to the northwest, Maroodi Jeex to the southwest, Togdheer to the south and Sanaag to the east.

Awdal was carved out of the western parts of Woqooyi Galbeed region in June 1984.

When the Somali Civil War broke out, the former British territory declared the revival of the pre-independent state of Somaliland.

The region is further divided into the following two districts:[5] According to the Somaliland Ministry of National Planning Sahil had a population of 149,244 in 1997.