El Wak, Somalia


El Wak is a town located in the southwestern Gedo region of Jubaland. Situated by the Somalia-Kenya border, it is 9 km away from El Wak, Kenya and just 4 km away from the international border. It is the seat of one of the region's seven districts.

Etymology

The place name Ceelwaaq literally translates as 'God's well'. In the Afro-Asiatic Somali language, the word ceel means 'well', and waaq is an archaic Somali term for 'God'.

Location

El Wak is situated in the El Wak District. It is bordered by the Bardera and Garbaharey districts on the east, and the Somali-inhabited North Eastern Province to the west.