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Republic of Somaliland

Republic of Somaliland
Jamhuriyadda Somaliland  (Somali)
جمهورية أرض الصومال (Arabic)

Jumhūrīyat Arḍ aṣ-Ṣūmāl
Somaliland
Flag of Somaliland
National emblem of Somaliland
Flag National emblem
Anthem: 
Samo ku waar
Long life with peace
Somaliland (dark green), disputed territory (light green)
Somaliland (dark green), disputed territory (light green)
Capital
and largest city
Hargeisa
9°33′N 44°03′E / 9.550°N 44.050°E / 9.550; 44.050
Official languages
Demonym

Somali;
Somalian


Somalilander
Government Presidential constitutional republic
• President
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
• Vice-President
Abdirahman Saylici
• Speaker of the House
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
Legislature Parliament
House of Elders
House of Representatives
Independence from Somalia
• Proclaimed
18 May 1991
• Recognition
Unrecognized
Area
• Total
137,600 km2 (53,100 sq mi)
Population
• 2013 estimate
4,500,000
• Density
25/km2 (64.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP) 2012 estimate
• Total
$1.4 billion
• Per capita
$577
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)
  1. Currency only valid for regional use. It may not be considered valid tender in Sanaag, Sool, Awdal, or Ayn; which are claimed by Somaliland

Somali;
Somalian

Somaliland (Somali: Somaliland, Arabic: صوماليلاند‎‎ Ṣūmālīlānd or 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 Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the former British Somaliland protectorate, which as the 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 (Somalia).

Somaliland lies in northwestern Somalia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden. It is bordered by the autonomous region of the Puntland State of Somalia to the east, Djibouti to the northwest, and Ethiopia to the south and west. Its claimed territory has an area of 137,600 square kilometres (53,100 sq mi), with approximately 4 million residents. The capital and the largest city is Hargeisa, with the population of around 1,200,000 residents.


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