Geography of Somaliland

Republic of Somaliland Jamhuriyadda Somaliland  (Somali) جمهورية أرض الصومال (Arabic) Jumhūrīyat Arḍ aṣ-Ṣūmāl Somaliland
Flag National emblem
Motto:  لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله (Arabic) Lā ilāhā illā-llāhu; muhammadun rasūlu-llāhi "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God"
Anthem:  Samo ku waar Long life with peace
Somaliland (dark green), disputed territory (light green)
Status	Unrecognised state Recognised by the United Nations as de jure part of Somalia as an autonomous territory
Capital and largest city	Hargeisa 9°33′N 44°03′E / 9.550°N 44.050°E / 9.550; 44.050
Official languages	Somali
Second Language	Arabic
Demonym	Somali; Somalilander
Government	Presidential constitutional republic
• President	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
• Vice-President	Abdirahman Saylici
• Speaker of the House	Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	House of Elders
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Formation
• Somali city-states	c. 200 BCE
• Adal Sultanate	10th century
• British Somaliland	1884
• Union, Independence and Original Constitution	20th century
• De jure State of Somaliland	26 June 1960
• State of Somaliland united with Italian Somaliland	1 July 1960
• De facto Republic of Somaliland (internationally unrecognised)	18 May 1991
Area
• Total	176,120 km2 (68,000 sq mi)
Population
• 2017 estimate	5,200,000
• Density	25/km2 (64.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2015 estimate
• Total	$1.9 billion
• Per capita	$347
Currency	Somaliland shillinga (SLSH)
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)
• Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC+3)
Date format	d/m/yy (AD)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+252  Somalia

Coordinates: 9°45′N 45°58′E / 9.750°N 45.967°E / 9.750; 45.967

Somali;

Somaliland (Somali: Somaliland; Arabic: صوماليلاند‎‎ Ṣūmālīlānd, أرض الصومال Arḍ aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Republic of Somaliland (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland, Arabic: جمهورية صوماليلاند‎‎ Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd), is a self-declared state internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia.

The government of the de facto state of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the former British Somaliland protectorate, which, in the form of the briefly independent State of Somaliland, united as scheduled on 1 July 1960 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.