The
Somali Region is the easternmost of the nine
ethnic divisions (
kililoch) of
Ethiopia. It is often called
Soomaali Galbeed ("Western Somalia") on account of its geographical position within the
Greater Somalia matrix. The state borders the Ethiopian regions of
Oromia,
Afar and
Dire Dawa (Diridhawa) to the west, as well as
Djibouti to the north,
Somalia to the north, east and south, and
Kenya to the south-west.