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British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate (Somali: Maxmiyadda Dhulka Soomaalida), was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in modern Somaliland. [2] During its existence, the territory was bordered by Italian Somalia , French Somali Coast and Abyssinia (temporarily Italian Ethiopia ).
Somaliland–Somalia border in 1948. In May 1894, the border between Somaliland and Somalia was demarcated by the Anglo-Italian. [6] [7] [1] Officially implemented in 1929, it extends along longitude 49 (49E), from the Gulf of Aden to 9°N latitude, and then diagonally across the intersection of longitude 48 (48E) and 8N latitude.
Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, [b] is an unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa.It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the south and west, and Somalia to the east.
Map of the border. The Ethiopia–Somalia border stretches 1,500 kilometers. In the 19th century, both Britain and Italy contributed to shaping the modern border, on behalf of their colonies of British and Italian Somaliland. The Somali people were thus under British, French, Italian and Ethiopian rule.
British Somaliland Borders. Somaliland has claimed this entire area. Clan distribution in Northeastern Africa. Puntland has claimed the Darod inhabited area within the former northeastern Somalia. Sool is a free region, claimed as sovereign territory by both the Somaliland and Puntland State of Somalia.
Somaliland: British Somaliland Protectorate: 26 June: 1960: The British Somaliland Protectorate gained independence on 26 June 1960 and united with the Trust Territory of Somalia on 1 July 1960 to form the Somali Republic, but later broke away and unilaterally declared independence in 1991. It is internationally unrecognised.
Somaliland with bordering countries. To the north of Somaliland is the Gulf of Aden, which borders Somaliland along its only coastline. In its north-western corner, Somaliland shares a border with Djibouti. Ethiopia borders the country to the west and to the south. Somalia, which claims sovereignty over the territory of Somaliland, lies to the ...
Somalia–Somaliland border This page was last edited on 17 April 2021, at 15:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...