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Formerly the British Somaliland Protectorate, shortly after gaining independence British Somaliland in 26 June 1960 merged with Italian Somaliland in 1960 to form Somalia. In 1991, after the collapse of the central government in Somalia, the territory asserted its independence as the Republic of Somaliland, although it has received little if any international recognition. The economic infrastructure left behind by British, Russian, and American military assistance programs may have been largely destroyed by war. The people of Somaliland had rebelled against Siad Barre dictatorship in Mogadishu which prompted a massive reaction by the government. Egal was elected president in 1993, re-elected in 1998 and remained in power until his death on May 3, 2002. The vice president Dahir Riyale Kahin was declared the new president shortly afterwards. |
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1. Dependency status: five of the eighteen administrative regions of Somalia 2. Government type: republic 3. Location: region located in northwest Somalia in the Horn of Africa 4. Border Countries: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia 5. Climate: principally desert; December to February - northeast monsoon, moderate temperatures in north and very hot in south; May to October - southwest monsoon, torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons6. Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north 7. Area: 137,600 km2 8. Capital: Hargeisa 9. Administrative divisions: Six of the eighteen administrative regions of Somalia: Awdal, Hargeysa, Togdheer, Saaxil, Sanaag, Sool 10. Population: 3.5 million inhabitians (2005) 11. Languages: Somali 12. Religions: Sunni Muslim 13. Currency: Somaliland shilling |
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