State of Somaliland | |||||||||
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| Status | Independent state | ||||||||
| Capital | Hargeisa | ||||||||
| Common languages | Somali English Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | ||||||||
• Prime Minister | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal[1] | ||||||||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Independence from the United Kingdom | 26 June 1960 | ||||||||
• Unification with the Trust Territory of Somaliland to form the Somali Republic | 1 July 1960 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 176,120[2] km2 (68,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1960 estimate | 650,000[3] | ||||||||
| Currency | East African shilling | ||||||||
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Somaliland, officially the State of Somaliland,[4][5] (Somali: Qaranka Soomaaliland, Arabic: دولة صوماليلاند, romanized: Dawlat Ṣūmālīlānd) was a short-lived independent country in the territory of the present-day unilaterally declared Republic of Somaliland, which regards itself as its legal successor.[1] It existed on the territory of former British Somaliland for five days between 26 June 1960 and 1 July 1960, when it merged with the formerly Italian administered Trust Territory of Somaliland to form the Somali Republic.[6][7]
- ^ a b "Somalia". www.worldstatesmen.org.
- ^ a b Lansford, Tom (2015-03-24). Political Handbook of the World 2015. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-4833-7155-9.
- ^ "SOMALILAND: DEMOCRATISATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS 28 July 2003" (PDF). International Crisis Group: 2. 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ http://www.somalilandlaw.com/Treaties_between_the_UK_and_the_State_of_Somaliland_1960.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Statutory Instruments. H.M. Stationery Office. 1960.
- ^ Somalia
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