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 7