Puntland

Garowe is the administrative capital of the Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. Ruled in the 19th century by the Majeerteen Sultanate, it would later be incorporated into Italian Somaliland. Garowe is located in the Nugaal province, and is the seat of the regional parliament, the presidential palace and government ministries. A fast-growing city, it has also evolved into a local media and cultural hub. During the 19th century, Garowe and... much of northeastern Somalia were an integral part of the Majeerteen Sultanate, ruled by Boqor Osman Mahamud, cousin of Sultan Yusuf Ali Kenadid of the Sultanate of Hobyo. The city would later be incorporated into Italian Somaliland during the colonial period. Following independence, Garowe was made a district center of Bosaso. The city would subsequently be re-assigned in the early 1970s as the regional capital of an area consisting of Las Anod and Eyl. Straddling the Nugaal valley, this new administrative division would be named Nugaal. Following the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, a homegrown constitutional conference was held in Garowe in 1998 over a period of three months.
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