Somaliland

Somaliland (Somali Soomaaliland) is an unrecognized de facto sovereign state located in the Horn of Africa. On May 18, 1991, the people of Somaliland declared independence from Somalia. The Republic of Somaliland consists of five administrative regions with governor as highest ranking leader of each region. The area encompasses roughly the former British Somaliland protectorate, an area of about 137,600 square kilometres (53,128 sq mi), which was briefly an independent country for five days in 1960. It is bordered by Ethiopia on the south, Djibouti on the west, the Gulf of Aden on the north, and the autonomous region Puntland in Somalia on the east. Hargeisa (Somali: Hargeysa, Arabic: هرجيسا) is a city in northwestern Somalia and the second largest city in Somalia. It is also the capital of the Republic of Somaliland which was formed in 1991. It was also the colonial capital of British Somaliland from 1941 to 1960 when it united with the south to form the Somali Republic. Country Code: 252