Karkaar

Karkaar is a mountain range which ranges from Somalia's northwestern border with Ethiopia, until Cape Guardafui.[1] It is also an administrative region defined by the autonomous Puntland state. The territory occupies the south of what has traditionally been the Bari region of Somalia, and generally lies south of the Karkaar mountain range.[2] Qardho was place of empire.

This article is about the low mountain range. For the mountain in far northern Somalia, see Karkoor.

Since the Somali Civil War, the Karkaar mountains are often referred to as the Golis Mountains. According to the CULTURAL ORIENTATION SOMALI published by the Defense Language Institute in 2020, the Golis Mountains is another name for the Galgala Hills, part of the Karkaar mountain range. and the Ogo Highlands are south of the Karkaar mountain range.[3]

References
  1. The State of the Environment in Somalia: A Desk Study, page 10, 2005
  2. "Puntland State". Puntland State Government. Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
  3. DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION (2020). "CULTURAL ORIENTATION SOMALI" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-05-02.

9°55′N 49°24′E

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