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El Wak, Somalia
Town in Jubaland, Somalia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. It is the seat of one of the region's seven districts.[2][3][4]
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Etymology
The place name Ceelwaaq literally translates as 'God's well'. In the Afro-Asiatic Somali language, the word ceel means 'well', and waaq is an archaic Somali term for 'God'.[5]
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.[6][7]
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