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British Protectorate of Somaliland
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Protectorate_of_Somaliland
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
British colony
gptkbp:area
137,600 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:French_Somaliland
gptkb:Italian_Somaliland
gptkbp:capital
gptkb:Hargeisa
gptkbp:currency
gptkb:East_African_shilling
Somaliland rupee
gptkbp:demonym
Somalilander
gptkbp:disbanded
1960
gptkbp:established
1884
gptkbp:ethnicGroup
Somali
gptkbp:firstGovernor
gptkb:Frederick_Mercer_Hunter
gptkbp:flag
gptkb:Flag_of_British_Somaliland
gptkbp:governmentType
gptkb:province
gptkbp:hasCoastline
gptkb:Gulf_of_Aden
gptkbp:historicalPeriod
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:homeport
gptkb:Berbera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British Protectorate of Somaliland
gptkbp:independenceDate
26 June 1960
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code
SO
gptkbp:lastRuler
gptkb:Douglas_Hall
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Horn_of_Africa
present-day Somalia
present-day Somaliland
gptkbp:mainExports
gptkb:livestock
frankincense
hides
gums
gptkbp:majorCity
gptkb:Erigavo
gptkb:Burao
gptkb:Berbera
gptkb:Borama
gptkbp:mergedInto
gptkb:Somali_Republic
gptkb:Trust_Territory_of_Somaliland
gptkbp:monarch
gptkb:King_Edward_VII
gptkb:King_George_V
gptkb:King_George_VI
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Italian_occupation_(1940–1941)
gptkbp:officialLanguage
English
gptkbp:population
about 650,000 (1950s)
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:purpose
protect British trade route to India
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:restoredToUK
1941
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Somali_Republic
gptkb:State_of_Somaliland
gptkbp:treaty
Anglo-Somali treaties (1884-1886)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Protectorate_government
gptkb:British_Protectorate
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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