Outline of Somaliland

See also: Index of Somaliland-related articles
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The flag of Somaliland
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The national emblem of Somaliland
Map of Somaliland
An enlargeable map of Somaliland
An enlargeable map of Somaliland
Blank map of Somaliland

The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to Somaliland:

Somaliland – is an internationally unrecognised country.[1] The government of Somaliland regards the territory as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of Somaliland,[2][3] before voluntarily uniting with the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) later the same week to form the Somali Republic.[2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "The Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic" (PDF). University of Pretoria. 2004-02-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2010-02-02. "The Somali Republic shall have the following boundaries. (a) North; Gulf of Aden. (b) North West; Djibouti. (c) West; Ethiopia. (d) South south-west; Kenya. (e) East; Indian Ocean."
  2. ^ a b "Somaliland Marks Independence After 73 Years of British Rule" (fee required). The New York Times. 1960-06-26. p. 6. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  3. ^ a b "How Britain said farewell to its Empire". BBC News. 2010-07-23.
  4. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica, (Encyclopædia Britannica: 2002), p.835
  5. ^ "The dawn of the Somali nation-state in 1960". Buluugleey.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  6. ^ "The making of a Somalia state". Strategypage.com. 2006-08-09. Retrieved 2009-02-25.