Republic 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)
Capital and largest city	Hargeisa 9°33′N 44°03′E / 9.550°N 44.050°E / 9.550; 44.050
Official languages	Somali Arabic English
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
• Upper house	House of Elders
• Lower house	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)
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.