Ruguda, also known as Rakudah () is a historic coastal port town located in the Sanaag region of Somaliland, near Heis.
Ruguda is a coastal town approximately 38km away from the larger Heis town nearby. Other nearby cities and towns include Erigavo (134km), Burao (389km), and Xagal (108km).
Ruguda was a well known landmark to navigators and legendary Arab explorer Ahmad ibn MÃÂjid wrote of Ruguda and a few other notable landmarks and ports of the northern Somali coast, including Berbera, the Sa'ad ad-Din islands aka the Zeila Archipelago near Zeila, Siyara, Maydh, Alula, El-Sheikh, Heis and El-Darad.
John Hanning Speke, an English explorer who made an exploratory expedition to the area in an attempt to reach the Nugaal Valley, described the port town:
Ruguda is populated by the Sanbuur sub-division of the Habr Je'lo Isaaq.