Awdal (, ) is an administrative region in Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984. It is the north-western most province of Somalia. To the east it borders Maroodi Jeex and to its north-west it borders Djibouti, to its south and south-west lies Ethiopia and the Gulf of Aden to its north. According to the regional health authority, the population of the region is estimated in between 570,000 to 673,263. The region comprises the 4 districts of Borama, the regional capital, Baki, Lughaya, and Zeila (now the regional capital of newly established but not legally approved)