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The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with the five-day-old State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.
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Trust Territory of Somaliland
1949–1960 Italian-ruled UN trust territory in the Horn of Africa
The Trust Territory of Somaliland, officially the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration, was a United Nations Trust Territory from 1950 to 1960, following the dissolution of the former British Military Administration. It was administered by Italy before…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Italian Somaliland
1889–1936 protectorate in Africa
Italian Somaliland was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia. It was ruled in the 19th century by the Sultanate of Hobyo and the Majeerteen Sultanate in the north, and by the Hiraab Imamate and the Geledi Sultanate in the south, which all became Italian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
State of Somaliland
1960 short-lived state in the Horn of Africa
Somaliland, officially the State of Somaliland, was an independent sovereign state in the territory of the present-day unilaterally declared Republic of Somaliland, which regards itself as its legal successor. It existed on the territory of former British Somaliland for five…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
British Somaliland
British protectorate from 1888 to 1960
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Somali Republic
1960–1969 state in the Horn of Africa
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