The historical region of Somaliland, located in eastern Africa, includes what is now Somalia and Djibouti. The similarly named Republic of Somaliland, a self-declared independent country, is located in the northwestern part of Somalia and is bounded by the Gulf of Aden to the north, Somalia’s autonomous region of Puntland to the east, Ethiopia to the south and southwest, and Djibouti to the northwest.
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