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