No, Somalia and Somaliland are not the same entities. Somalia, the shortened name of the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country of Africa. The country, which was formed in 1960, comprises the former territories of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. The name Somaliland can be used to refer to the historical region of that name in the area now comprising Somalia and Djibouti, or to the self-declared country of the Republic of Somaliland, which proclaimed its independence from Somalia in 1991 and occupies the northwestern portion of Somalia.
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