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Key facts
- 1904
- 137,270 km (53,000 sq mi)
- Status
- Protectorate under United Kingdom (1884–1920); Crown colony administration (1920–1960)
- Capital
- Berbera (until 1941) Hargeisa (from 1941)
- Common languages
- Somali Arabic English
- Religion
- Islam
- 1884 1888 first
- Frederick Mercer Hunter
- 1959 1960 last
- Sir Douglas Hall
- Dervish rebellion somaliland campaign
- 1900–1920
- Italian invasion wwii
- 3 August 1940
- British recapture
- 8 April 1941
- Independence as state of somaliland
- 26 June 1960
- Currency
- Rupee (1884–1941) East African shilling (1941–1960)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- protectorate
- Religion
- Islam
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Berbera
- Official language
- Somali
- Currency
- rupee
- Shares border with
- Darawiish
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- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- British Somaliland
- topic's main category
- Category:British Somaliland
- inception
- 1884-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1960-06-26
- replaced by
- State of Somaliland
- language used
- Somali
- native label
- British Somaliland
- P12749
- Anna Hackl
- replaces
- Italian East Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part of Somaliland (de facto)
British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate (Somali: Maxmiyadda Dhulka Soomaalida), was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in the territory of modern Somaliland. It was bordered by Italian Somalia, French Somali Coast, and the Ethiopian Empire (later part of Italian East Africa from 1936 to 1941).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “British Somaliland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.