| Official Name: | El Wak |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Somalia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somalia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Somalia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Regional State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gedo |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 2.7931°N 41.0117°W |
| Native Name: | Ceelwaaq |
| Population Total: | 55,439 |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | El Wak |
El Wak is a town located in the southwestern Gedo region of Jubaland.[1] Situated by the Somalia-Kenya border, it is 9 km away from El Wak, Kenya and just 4 km away from the international border.[2] [3]
The place name "Ceelwaaq" translates as the “Well of God" in the Somali language, the word Ceel means "well" and the word Waaq comes from an archaic Somali term for God.[4] [5]
El Wak is situated in the El Wak District. It is bordered by the Bardera and Garbaharey districts on the east, and the Somali-inhabited North Eastern Province to the west.[6] [7]