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British Somaliland Protectorate
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Somaliland_Protectorate
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
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
gptkbp:dissolved
1960
gptkbp:established
1884
gptkbp:event
gptkb:Anglo-Somali_treaties
gptkb:Italian_occupation_(1940–1941)
gptkbp:flag
gptkb:Flag_of_British_Somaliland
gptkbp:governor
gptkb:Sir_Douglas_Hall
gptkb:Sir_Geoffrey_Francis_Archer
gptkb:Sir_Gerald_Reece
gptkbp:historicalPeriod
gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British Somaliland Protectorate
gptkbp:joinedBy
gptkb:Trust_Territory_of_Somaliland_(1960)
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Horn_of_Africa
gptkbp:mergedInto
gptkb:Somali_Republic
gptkb:Trust_Territory_of_Somaliland
gptkbp:officialLanguage
English
Somali
gptkbp:population
about 650,000 (1950s)
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Sultanate_of_Hobyo
Ottoman Empire (nominally)
Isaaq Sultanate
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:restored
British military (1941)
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Somalia
gptkb:State_of_Somaliland
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Invasion_of_British_Somaliland
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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