El Wak, Somalia
El Wak (Somali: Ceelwaaq; var. Ceel Waaq) is a divided city on the Somalia-Kenya border. The Somali portion is located in the southwestern Gedo region of Jubaland state, where it is the seat of one of the region's seven districts.
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| Region | Gedo |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Etymology
The place name "CeelWaaq" literally translates as "God's well". In the Afro-Asiatic Somali language, the word Ceel means "well" and the word Waaq comes from Waaq, an archaic Somali term for God.[1]
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.
Notes
- Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, Culture and Customs of Somalia, (Greenwood Publishing Group: 2001), p.65.
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