Sanaag is a region (
gobolka) in northern
Somalia. Its capital is
Erigavo[?]. It is bordered by the Somalian regions of
Woqooyi Galbeed,
Togdheer,
Sool and
Bari and the
Gulf of Aden. Sanaag is one of the five regions of the self-proclaimed but internationally unrecognized Republic of
Somaliland (former
British Somaliland).