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Location of the State of Somaliland. Capital Hargeisa Languages
Somali Religion Islam Political structure Independent state
Prime Minister Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal[1]  -  Independence
from the United Kingdom June 26, 1960  -  Unification with the
Trust Territory of Somaliland to form the Somali Republic July
1, 1960 Currency Somali shilling  The State of Somaliland was a
short-lived independent state in the territory of present-day
northwestern Somalia.[1] It was the name assumed by the former
British Somaliland protectorate in the five days between
independence from the United Kingdom on 26 June 1960 and union
with the Trust Territory of Somaliland which was under Italian
administration on 1 July 1960 to form the Somali Republic.   In
May 1960, the British government stated that it would be
prepared to grant independence to the then protectorate of
British Somaliland, with the inten