Saaxil (Sahel) is a region (gobolka) in northern Somaliland. Its capital is Berbera. It is bordered by Gulf of Aden and the Somaliland regions of Woqooyi Galbeed, Sanaag, Togdheer and Awdal. Saaxil is one of the six regions of the self-proclaimed but internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland (former British Somaliland).
