Somaliland, officially de Republic of Somaliland, be country dem no recognise am insyd de Horn of Africa, dem recognise am internationally as de jure part of Somalia.[1][2][3] Edey locate insyd de southern coast of de Gulf of Aden den dey border Djibouti go de northwest, Ethiopia to de south den west, den Somalia to de east.[4][5][6][7] Ein territory e claim get area of 176,120 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi),[8] plus approximately 6.2 million residents as of 2024.[9][10] De capital den largest city be Hargeisa. De Government of Somaliland dey regard ein self as de successor state to British Somaliland, wich, as de briefly independent State of Somaliland, dem unite from 1960 to 1991 plus de Trust Territory of Somaliland (de former Italian Somaliland) make dem form de Somali Republic.[11]
History
Early modern sultanates
Isaaq Sultanate
Sultans of de Isaaq Sultanate
Name
Reign from
Reign till
Abdi Eisa (Traditional Chief)
Mid 1700s
Mid 1700s
SultanGuled Abdi (First Sultan)
1750
1808
SultanFarahSultan Guled
1808
1845
SultanHassanSultan Farah
1845
1870
SultanDeriaSultan Hassan
1870
1939 (Creation of British Somaliland insyd 1884)
SultanAbdillahiSultan Deria
1939
1967
SultanRashidSultan Abdillahi
1967
1969
SultanAbdiqadirSultan Abdillahi
1969
1975
SultanMohamedSultan Abdiqadir
1975
2021
SultanDaudSultan Mohamed
2021
Administrative divisions
Regions den districts
Regions
Area (km2)
Capital
Districts
Awdal
16,294
Borama
Baki, Borama, Zeila, Lughaya
Sahil
13,930
Berbera
Sheikh, Berbera
Maroodi Jeeh
17,429
Hargeisa
Gabiley, Hargeisa, Salahlay, Baligubadle
Togdheer
30,426
Burao
Oodweyne, Buhoodle, Burao
Sanaag
54,231
Erigavo
Garadag, El Afweyn, Erigavo, Lasqoray
Sool
39,240
Las Anod
Aynabo, Las Anod, Taleh, Hudun
Geography
Location den habitat
Landscapes of Somaliland
Lamadaya be waterfalls wey dey locate insyd de Cal Madow mountain range.
The Somaliland countryside
View of de Cal Madow Mountains, home to numerous endemic species
↑Stafford, J. H.; Collenette, C. L. (1931). "The Anglo-Italian Somaliland Boundary". The Geographical Journal. 78 (2): 102–121. Bibcode:1931GeogJ..78..102S. doi:10.2307/1784441. JSTOR 1784441.
↑Briggs, Philip Robarts (2019). Somaliland: with the overland route from Addis Ababa via eastern Ethiopia the Bradt Travel Guide (2nd ed.). Chalfont St Peter: Bradt. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-78477-605-3.
Bibliography
Hoehne, Markus V. 2009: Mimesis and mimicry in dynamics of state and identity formation in northern Somalia, Africa 79/2, pp. 252–281.
Michael Schoiswohl: Status and (Human Rights) Obligations of Non-Recognized De Facto Regimes in International Law: The Case of 'Somaliland' (Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden 2004), ISBN 90-04-13655-X