Outline of Somaliland

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

Contents

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]

General reference

Geography of Somaliland

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Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 60 km
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 766 km
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 402 km
  • Coastline: 850,800 km

Environment of Somaliland

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Natural geographic features of Somaliland

Ecoregions of Somaliland

List of ecoregions in Somaliland

Location of Somaliland

Administrative divisions of Somaliland

Administrative divisions of Somaliland

Regions of Somaliland
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Regions of Somaliland

Administrative districts of Somaliland
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The regions are divided into eighteen administrative districts.

Cities in Somaliland

The main cities and towns in Somaliland:

Demography of Somaliland

Demographics of Somaliland

Presidents of the Somaliland

Government and politics of Somaliland

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Somaliland Presidential Palace - Qasriga Madaxtooyada JSL
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Dispute updated as of December 2016

Politics of Somaliland

Branches of the government of Somaliland

Government of Somaliland

Executive branch of the government of Somaliland

Legislative branch of the government of Somaliland

Judicial branch of the government of Somaliland

Judiciary of Somaliland

Foreign relations of Somaliland

Foreign relations of Somaliland

International organization membership

Law and order in Somaliland

Judiciary of Somaliland

Military of Somaliland

Military of Somaliland

Local government in Somaliland

Local government in Somaliland

History of Somaliland

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History of Somaliland

Culture of Somaliland

Culture of Somaliland

Art in Somaliland

Sports in Somaliland

Sports in Somaliland

Economy and infrastructure of Somaliland

Economy of Somaliland

Education in Somaliland

Education in Somaliland

See also

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References

  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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  7. "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."
  8. Gettleman, Jeffrey (2009-06-02). "No Winner Seen in Somalia's Battle With Chaos". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  9. CIA - The World Factbook - Somalia
  10. "Agreements and Exchanges of Letters between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Somaliland in connexion with the Attainment of Independence by Somaliland" (PDF). 1960-06-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-23.

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