According to the geological surveys carried out, there is a large deposit of petroleum and other mineral resources in Puntland, but remain unexpolited. It is located in the center of the country and southernmost urban center of Puntland. Galkaacyo is the only city in the region that took the brunt of the destructive civil war. Its inhabitants were once caught in cross-fire. The city was destroyed and abandoned.
Human remains and rocket heads and shells still litter in the surroundings of the city.
Normalcy returned to it as the factions at the loggerheads declared a cease-fire which still holds. The city is regaining its commercial and strategic importance since then and luring far more than its pre-civil war population. It has already become the second most populous city in Puntland. Three elementary schools have so far re-opened. These schools have no organized curriculum to follow or even qualified teachers.