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-AsiaticSomali language, the word ceel means 'well', and waaq is an archaic Somali term for 'God'. ==Location==