Outline of Somaliland

See also: Index of Somaliland-related articles

The flag of Somaliland

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]}

General reference

• Common English country name: Somaliland
• Official English country name: The Republic of Somaliland
• Common endonym(s):
  • Somali : Somaliland
  • Arabic : أرض الصومال
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Somali
• Demonym(s): Somalilander;
• ISO country codes: **
• ISO region codes: **
• Internet country code top-level domain: None

Geography of Somaliland

An enlargeable satellite image of Somaliland

See also: Geography of Somaliland

• Somaliland is: a country
• Location:
  • Eastern Hemisphere, on the Equator
  • Africa
    • East Africa
      • Horn of Africa
  • Time zone: East Africa Time (UTC+03)
  • Extreme points of Somaliland
    • High: Shimbiris 2,450 m (8,038 ft)
    • Low: Guban −100 m (−328 ft)
  • Land boundaries:

  Djibouti 60 km

  Ethiopia 766 km

  Somalia 402 km

• Coastline: 850,800 km

• Population of Somaliland: 5.7 million
• Area of Somaliland: 176,120  km²
• Atlas of Somaliland

Environment of Somaliland

An enlargeable Geographic map of Somaliland

• Climate of Somaliland
• Environmental issues in Somaliland
• Ecoregions in Somaliland
• Protected areas of Somaliland
  • National parks of Somaliland
• Wildlife of Somaliland
  • Flora of Somaliland
  • Fauna of Somaliland
    • Birds of Somaliland

Natural geographic features of Somaliland

• Glaciers in Somaliland: none
• Rivers of Somaliland

Ecoregions of Somaliland

List of ecoregions in Somaliland

Location of Somaliland

• Republic of Somaliland is situated within the following regions:
  • Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
  • Africa
    • • Horn of Africa
        • Republic of Somaliland is regarded internationally as a fully autonomous country claimed by Somalia, although it meets all criteria of Montevideo Convention. ^{[7] [8]}
  • Time zone: East Africa Time (UTC+03)

Administrative divisions of Somaliland

Administrative divisions of Somaliland

• Regions of Somaliland
  • Districts of Somaliland
    • Cities in Somaliland

Regions of Somaliland

Map of Somaliland regions

Regions of Somaliland

• Awdal
• Maroodi Jeeh
• Sahil
• Sool
• Togdheer
• Sanaag

Administrative districts of Somaliland

Map of Somaliland districts

The regions are divided into eighteen administrative districts.

• Sheikh
• Berbera
• Baki
• Borama
• Zeila
• Lughaya
• Aynabo
• Las Anod
• Taleh
• Hudun
• Odweyne
• Buhoodle
• Gabiley
• Hargeisa
• Burao
• El Afweyn
• Erigavo
• Lasqoray

Cities in Somaliland

The main cities and towns in Somaliland:

• Hargeisa (Hargeysa), capital
• Burco (Burao)
• Boorama (Borama)
• Berbera
• Ceerigaabo (Erigabo)
• Las Anod (Laascaanood)
• Gabiley (Gabileh)
• Baligubadle
• Zeila (Saylac)
• Odweyne
• Lasqoray

Demography of Somaliland

Demographics of Somaliland

Presidents of the Somaliland

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Presidents of Somaliland.

Main article: President of Somaliland

• Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur: 1991–1993
• Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal: 1993–2002
• Dahir Riyale Kahin: 2002–2010
• Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud: 2010–2017
• Muse Bihi Abdi: 2017–2024
• Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi: 2024–

Government and politics of Somaliland

Somaliland Presidential Palace - Qasriga Madaxtooyada JSL

Dispute updated as of December 2016

Politics of Somaliland

• Form of government:
• Capital of Somaliland: Hargeisa
• Elections in Somaliland
• Political parties in Somaliland

Branches of the government of Somaliland

Government of Somaliland

Executive branch of the government of Somaliland

• Head of state and head of government, 5th President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi
  • 6th Vice President of Somaliland, Abdirahman Saylici
• Cabinet of Somaliland

Legislative branch of the government of Somaliland

• Parliament of Somaliland (bicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Somaliland

Judiciary of Somaliland

Foreign relations of Somaliland

Foreign relations of Somaliland

• Diplomatic missions in Somaliland
• Diplomatic missions of Somaliland

International organization membership

• None ^[9]

Law and order in Somaliland

Judiciary of Somaliland

• Alcohol in Somaliland
• Cannabis in Somaliland
• Capital punishment in Somaliland
• Constitution of Somaliland
• Crime in Somaliland
  • Kidnapping and hostage taking in Somaliland
• Human rights in Somaliland
  • LGBT rights in Somaliland
• Law enforcement in Somaliland
• Marriage in Somaliland
  • Polygamy in Somaliland
• Xeer

Military of Somaliland

Military of Somaliland

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief: Nuh Ismail Tani
    • Ministry of Defence of Somaliland
• Forces
  • Army of Somaliland
  • Navy of Somaliland
  • National Intelligence Agency (Somaliland)

Local government in Somaliland

Local government in Somaliland

History of Somaliland

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

History of Somaliland

• Isaaq Sultanate

• State of Somaliland
• Somaliland Declaration of Independence
• 2001 Somaliland constitutional referendum
• Current events of Somaliland
• Puntland–Somaliland dispute

Culture of Somaliland

Culture of Somaliland

• Architecture of Somaliland
• Cuisine of Somaliland
• Languages of Somaliland
• Media in Somaliland
• National symbols of Somaliland
  • Coat of arms of Somaliland
  • Flag of Somaliland
  • National anthem of Somaliland
• Public holidays in Somaliland
• Religion in Somaliland
  • Islam in Somaliland
  • Christianity in Somaliland
    • Roman Catholicism in Somaliland

Art in Somaliland

• Somali art
• Cinema of Somaliland
  • Somaliwood
• Literature of Somaliland
• Music of Somaliland

Sports in Somaliland

Sports in Somaliland

• Somaliland national football team
• Somaliland League
• Somaliland Cup
• Somaliland Football
• Somaliland national basketball team

Economy and infrastructure of Somaliland

Economy of Somaliland

• Agriculture in Somalia
• Banking in Somaliland
  • Bank of Somaliland
• Communications in Somaliland
  • Internet in Somaliland
• Companies of Somaliland
• Currency of Somaliland: Shilling
  • ISO 4217: None
• Economic history of Somaliland
• Energy in Somaliland
• Health care in Somaliland
• Mining in Somaliland
• Somaliland Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Somaliland
• Telecommunications in Somaliland
• Transport in Somaliland
  • Airports in Somaliland

Education in Somaliland

Education in Somaliland

• National Library of Somaliland
• Universities in Somaliland

See also

• Somaliland portal
• Africa portal

Wikimedia Atlas of Somaliland

Somaliland

• Index of Somaliland-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Somaliland-related topics
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

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. "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. "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.
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.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Somaliland

• Somaliland official website
• Democracy Comes of Age in Somaliland Contemporary Review, 2005, Stefan Simanowitz
• Somaliland BBC Country Profile
• Somaliland - Interest free but not yet Shari’ah-compliant economy
• United Kingdom parliamentary debate on recognition of Somaliland, February 4, 2004 led by Tony Worthington
• Somaliland recognition finds enhanced support