British Somaliland
former British protectorate
British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate[2] (Somali: Dhulka Maxmiyada Soomaalida ee Biritishka), was a British protectorate in present-day Somaliland. The territory was bordered by Darawiish, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland and Abyssinia. From 1940 to 1941, it was occupied by the Italians and was part of Italian East Africa.
British Somaliland Protectorate Dhulka Soomaalida ee Biritishka | |||||||||||||||
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| 1884–1940 1941–1960 | |||||||||||||||
| Anthem: "God Save the Queen" | |||||||||||||||
 British Somaliland in 1922 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | British Protectorate (Subordinate to British India until 1 October 1898) | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Berbera (until 1941) Hargeisa (from 1941) | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Somali, Arabic, English | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||||
• 1884–1888 (first) | Frederick Mercer Hunter | ||||||||||||||
• 1959–1960 (last) | Douglas Hall | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• British control | 1884 | ||||||||||||||
• Protection treaties | 1886 | ||||||||||||||
• Somali Coast Protectorate | 20 July 1887 | ||||||||||||||
| 1900–1920 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 August 1940 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 April 1941 | |||||||||||||||
| 26 June 1960 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 July 1960 | |||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
| 1904[1] | 155,399 km2 (60,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1904[1] | 153,018 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Rupee (1884–1941) East African shilling (1941–1962) | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Somaliland | ||||||||||||||
References
change- ↑ "Census of the British empire. 1901". Openlibrary.org. 1906. p. 178. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ Kingdom, United. "Somaliland Protectorate, communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".