Somaliland

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Map showing Somaliland in the northwest region of Somalia, with solid lines marking international boundaries and dashed lines indicating disputed boundaries with Puntland and Somalia. Major cities such as Hargeysa, Berbera, Boosaaso, Garoowe, and Mogadishu are labeled, along with neighboring countries Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya.

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Somaliland: Media

historical region, Africa

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Map showing Somaliland in the northwest region of Somalia, with solid lines marking international boundaries and dashed lines indicating disputed boundaries with Puntland and Somalia. Major cities such as Hargeysa, Berbera, Boosaaso, Garoowe, and Mogadishu are labeled, along with neighboring countries Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya.

Somalia, Somaliland, and Puntland

The Republic of Somalia experienced fragmentation in the 1990s: The self-proclaimed...

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Hargeisa

Hargeisa

A view of Hargeisa (also spelled Hargeysa), the capital of the self-proclaimed Republic...

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Colonization of Africa: Maps, Timeline, Decolonization, & Independence

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