Karkaar is the name of series of mountains in Northeast portion of Somalia.
It is also the name of an administrative region defined by the self-declared autonomous state of Puntland. This territory occupies the south of what has traditionally been the Bari region of Somalia and generally lies south of the Karkaar mountain range.[1]
The region has a population of almost 350,000 and is economically dependent on livestock and seasonal fishing (for its coastal districts).