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British Somaliland
British Somaliland
(, ) was a
British
protectorate
in present-day Somaliland. For much of its existence, the territory was bordered by
Italian Somaliland
,
French Somaliland
and
Ethiopia
. From 1940 to 1941, it was occupied by the
Italians
and was part of
Italian East Africa
. On 1 July 1960, the British Somaliland protectorate united as scheduled with the
Trust Territory of Somaliland
(the former Italian Somaliland) to form the
Somali Republic
(Somalia). The government of
Somaliland
, a self-declared sovereign state that is internationally
recognised
as an
autonomous region
of Somalia, regards itself as the
successor state
to British Somaliland.
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