El Wak, Somalia
El Wak Ceelwaaq | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  El Wak Location in Somalia | |
| Coordinates: 02°47′35″N 41°0′42″E / 2.79306°N 41.01167°E | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| Regional State |  Jubaland |
| Region | Gedo |
| District | El Wak |
| Population | |
• Total | 55,439 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
El Wak (Somali: Ceelwaaq) is a town located in the southwestern Gedo region of Jubaland.[1] Situated by the Somalia-Kenya border, it is 9 km away from El Wak, Kenya and just 4 km away from the international border.[2][3][4]
Etymology
The place name "Ceelwaaq" translates as the “Well of God" in the Somali language, the word Ceel means "well" and the word Waaq comes from an archaic Somali term for God.[5][6]
Location
El Wak is situated in the El Wak District. It is bordered by the Bardera and Garbaharey districts on the east, and the Somali-inhabited North Eastern Province to the west.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Ceel Waaq". Ceel Waaq.
- ^ "Location of El Wak, Mandera County, Kenya" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia: "God's Wells" - where rain hasn't washed the crisis away - Kenya | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2006-06-29.
- ^ "OpenStreetMap". Ceelwaaq.
- ^ Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, Culture and Customs of Somalia, (Greenwood Publishing Group: 2001), p.65.
- ^ paukwastories (2023-03-28). "5 Iconic North-Eastern Towns and their Profound Names". Paukwa.
- ^ Conflict Dynamics International/CEWERU (September 2013). ""From the Bottom Up: Southern Regions: Perspectives through Conflict Analysis and Key Political Actors' Mapping"" (PDF). p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ "How Peace Was Won in El Wak : Strengthening community resilience through peacebuilding initiatives · DAI Publications". dai-global-developments.com. 2024-02-29.