Editing Sool (section)

{{Short description|Region of Somalia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Sool
| official_name      = 
| native_name        = {{native name|so|italics=no|Sool, (Osmanya Script): 𐒈𐒝𐒐}} <br /> {{native name|ar|italics=no|صول}}
| other_name         = 
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| settlement_type    = Region
| image_skyline      = The National Archives UK - CO 1069-8-36.jpg
| image_caption      = [[Dervish State|Dervish]] fort in [[Taleh]]
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = 
| image_shield       = 
| image_map          = Sool in Somalia.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location in Somalia
| image_map1          = Sool in Somaliland.svg
| mapsize1            = 250px
| map_caption1        = Location in Somaliland
| pushpin_map        = Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
| pushpin_relief     = 1
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Somaliland}} (partially controlled)<ref name=":CrisisGroup">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=On the Horizon: October 2023-March 2024 Crisis Group |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/horizon-october-2023-march-2024 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=www.crisisgroup.org |language=en |archive-date=19 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119065144/https://www.crisisgroup.org/horizon-october-2023-march-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref><br>{{flag|Somalia}} (partially controlled)<ref name=":CrisisGroup" />
| seat_type          = [[Administrative centre]]
| seat               = [[Las Anod]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Governor of Sool|Governor]] (disputed since January 2023)
| leader_name        = [[Abdikarim Adan Haji Diriye]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sool Governor Abdikarim Adan Haji Diriye in yagoori conference.|date=28 January 2022|url=https://somalilandstandard.com/yagoori-peace-conference-for-the-fraternal-communities-concludes-successfully/|access-date=21 October 2022|archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012162704/https://somalilandstandard.com/yagoori-peace-conference-for-the-fraternal-communities-concludes-successfully/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gudomiyaha Gobalka sool Abdikarin Haji Diiriye koormeray taliska sool.|date=24 February 2022|url=https://wargeyskadawan.com/2022/02/24/gudoomiyaha-gobolka-sool-oo-kormeeray-taliska-booliska/|access-date=21 October 2022|archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012162319/https://wargeyskadawan.com/2022/02/24/gudoomiyaha-gobolka-sool-oo-kormeeray-taliska-booliska/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| area_total_km2     = 39240
| population_as_of   = 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somalia: Subdivision and cities |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/somalia/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de |archive-date=25 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425194524/https://citypopulation.de/en/somalia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_note    = 
| population_total   = 618,600
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[East Africa Time|EAT]]
| utc_offset         = +3
| coordinates        = 
| latm               = 
| elevation_m        = 
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:SO|SO-SO]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:SO | title = ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions | publisher = International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | access-date = 3 February 2025}}</ref>
| postal_code_type   = 
| postal_code        = 
| area_code          = 
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.338<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{color|#500|low}} · [[List of regions of Somalia by Human Development Index|8th of 18]]
| website            = 
}}

'''Sool''' ({{langx|so|Sool}}, {{langx|ar|صول}}) is a disputed administrative region (gobol).<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2022 |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/catching-human-rights-needs-sool-and-sanaag-after-four-years |title=Catching up on human rights needs in Sool and Sanaag after four years |accessdate=2023-01-09 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630153721/https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/catching-human-rights-needs-sool-and-sanaag-after-four-years |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Detailed Site Assessment (DSA): Sool region, Somaliland (March 2022) |newspaper=reliefweb.int |date=2022-04-20 |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/detailed-site-assessment-dsa-sool-region-somalia-march-2022 |accessdate=2022-12-07 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) Sool |url=https://euaa.europa.eu/country-guidance-somalia-2022/sool |access-date=25 December 2023 |archive-date=25 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225044318/https://euaa.europa.eu/country-guidance-somalia-2022/sool |url-status=live }}</ref> It borders [[Togdheer]] to the west, [[Sanaag]] to the north, [[Ethiopia]] to the south and [[Nugal, Somalia|Nugal]], [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]] to the east. Its capital city is [[Las Anod]]. The region is disputed by the self-declared Republic of [[Somaliland]] and [[SSC-Khatumo]]. The region is partially controlled by both polities.<ref name=":CrisisGroup" />