Editing Togdheer (section)

==Overview==
Togdheer is bordered by [[Maroodi Jeex]] from the west, [[Sahil, Somaliland|Sahil]] to the north, [[Ethiopia]] to the south, and [[Sanaag]] & [[Sool, Somaliland|Sool]] to the east. With its capital at [[Burao]] (Burco), the region's name is derived from the [[Togdheer River]], which means "Long River" in [[Somali language|Somali]]. The region has an approximate population of 350,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Togdheer regional development plan (2014-2016)|url=https://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/TogdherRegion.pdf|website=Republic of Somaliland Ministry of Planning and Development|access-date=2020-09-04|archive-date=2020-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013201239/https://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/TogdherRegion.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Under [[British Somaliland]], the Togdheer region was formerly the Burao district which was one of three districts that comprised the Burao region. The other two regions were Las Anod and Erigavo districts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Development map, roads, 1944 |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g8352bm.gct00214/?sp=16 |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> Sanaag was carved out of Togdheer region and was established as a separate region on June 23, 1973, comprising the three districts of [[Erigavo District|Erigavo]], [[Badhan District|Las Qorey]] and [[El Afweyn District|Garadag]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faafin rasmi ah ee Jumhuriyadda Dimuqradika Somaliya {{!}} CRL Digital Delivery System |url=http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/15816?terms&item_id=442828#?c=1&m=13&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=-1538,-1,5156,3299 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=ddsnext.crl.edu}}</ref>

As with much of Somaliland, most local residents in the Togdheer region are nomadic pastoralists.<ref name="Bradm">{{cite book |last=Bradbury |first=Mark |title=Becoming Somaliland |year=2008 |publisher=[[Progressio (organization)|Progressio]] |isbn=978-0-2533-5178-4 |page=201}}</ref>