Somaliland is an autonomous region in northern Somalia, which broke away and declared independence from Somalia in 1991.
No foreign power recognises Somaliland's sovereignty, the UN has failed to recognize it's independence,but it is self-governing with an independent government, democratic elections and a distinct history,customs,Tax collection and an organized society.With a population of slightly over 4 million peoples the state was under British protectorate same with Aden from across the channel, unlike the real Somali Mogadishu,The desert country is one of the richest in oil and uranium unexpoited under the sands in it's deserts. Somaliland hergaisa is also slightly peaceful and business minded society although tensions rise here and there and are sorted out by the snouts of AK47s.
Somaliland has been a distinct region from Somalia since the late 1800s. It was a British protectorate until 1960 (meaning a dependent territory, over which the British government exercised limited jurisdiction).
It then became independent for just five days.
At this point it merged with present-day Somalia, which was then under Italian rule, beginning a long and often violent struggle.
A rebel group, the Somali National Movement (SNM), emerged in Somaliland in the 1980s. In 1991 they declared Somaliland’s independence following the ousting of the military dictator Siad Barre, whose forces had killed tens of thousands of people during civil war along ethnic, clan-based lines.
The SNM declared the city of Hargeisa as the capital of Somaliland, although it remains internationally unrecognised to this day.
Over the next ten years the SNM created a new constitution for Somaliland, which was agreed with a public referendum in 2001.
Below is the hargeisa market in 1947
No foreign power recognises Somaliland's sovereignty, the UN has failed to recognize it's independence,but it is self-governing with an independent government, democratic elections and a distinct history,customs,Tax collection and an organized society.With a population of slightly over 4 million peoples the state was under British protectorate same with Aden from across the channel, unlike the real Somali Mogadishu,The desert country is one of the richest in oil and uranium unexpoited under the sands in it's deserts. Somaliland hergaisa is also slightly peaceful and business minded society although tensions rise here and there and are sorted out by the snouts of AK47s.
Somaliland has been a distinct region from Somalia since the late 1800s. It was a British protectorate until 1960 (meaning a dependent territory, over which the British government exercised limited jurisdiction).
It then became independent for just five days.
At this point it merged with present-day Somalia, which was then under Italian rule, beginning a long and often violent struggle.
A rebel group, the Somali National Movement (SNM), emerged in Somaliland in the 1980s. In 1991 they declared Somaliland’s independence following the ousting of the military dictator Siad Barre, whose forces had killed tens of thousands of people during civil war along ethnic, clan-based lines.
The SNM declared the city of Hargeisa as the capital of Somaliland, although it remains internationally unrecognised to this day.
Over the next ten years the SNM created a new constitution for Somaliland, which was agreed with a public referendum in 2001.
Below is the hargeisa market in 1947
