Administrative divisions of Somalia

Regions of Somalia Gobollada Soomaaliya (Somali) مناطق الصومال (Arabic)
Category	Federal states
Location	Federal Republic of Somalia
Created	1860
Number	18 regions
Populations	362,921 (Middle Juba) — 1,650,227 (Banaadir) (2014 estimates)
Subdivisions	District

Politics of Somalia
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution Provisional Constitution
Executive President (List) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre Council of Ministers
Legislature Speaker Aden Madobe Members of the Federal Parliament
Judiciary Judiciary
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2017 2022 Parliamentary: 2016 2021–2022 Referendum: 1979 (latest)
Administrative divisions States and regions Galmudug Hirshabelle Jubaland Puntland South West Somalia Claimed territory Somaliland
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Abshir Omar Huruse Diplomatic missions of / in Somalia Somali nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
Other Political parties Human rights
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Somalia is officially divided into 18 administrative regions (gobollo, singular gobol).^[1] These are in turn subdivided into seventy-two districts (plural degmooyin; singular degmo)

On a de facto basis, northern Somalia is now divided up among the autonomous region of Puntland In central Somalia, Galmudug is another regional entity that emerged south of Puntland.^[1] For these civil war divisions, see States and regions of Somalia.