Zeila, also known as Zaila or Zayla, is a historical port town in the western Awdal region of Somaliland.
Image: Zeila, Somaliland
Image: Saylac Somaliland
Image: Saylac, Somaliland
Image: Zeila g.place
Awdal is an administrative region (gobol) in western Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984 and is the most northwesterly province of Somaliland. To the east it borders Maroodi Jeex and Sahil; to its north-west it borders Djibouti; to its south and south-west lies Ethiopia; and the Gulf of Aden to its north. The province has an estimated population of 1,010,566. The region comprises the four districts of Borama, the regional capital, Baki, Lughaya, and Zeila.
Ruins of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal in Zeila
Ruins of the Adal Sultanate in Zeila, Somaliland.