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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 border city on the Somalia-Kenya border. 9 km away from El Wak, Kenya and 4 km from Somali-Kenyan 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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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.
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