British Somaliland
British protectorate from 1888 to 1960British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate, was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in modern Somaliland. It was bordered by Italian Somalia, French Somali Coast and Abyssinia. From 1940 to 1941, it was part of Italian East Africa.
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AI Generated- 1898The British transitioned administration of the protectorate from their British India colony until 1898.
- 1899The Dervish movement began a decades-long resistance against the British.
- 1905Administration of British Somaliland was transferred from the Foreign Office to the Colonial Office.
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Hargeisa
Capital and most populous city of Somaliland
Bank of Somaliland
Somaliland's central bank
Italian invasion of British Somaliland
1940 World War II campaign in East Africa
Hargeisa War Memorial
Monument commemorating the independence day of Hargeisa in Somaliland
Radio Hargeysa
Radio station in Somaliland
Ali Matan Mosque
Mosque in Hargeisa, Somaliland
Presidential Palace, Somaliland
Building in Hargeisa, Somaliland
Gobonimo Market
Major Market in Somaliland