MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Somaliland
ONE LAND · 3 ATLASES
Somaliland, on the map of history
What was Somaliland before it was Somaliland? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History collection — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.
Somaliland · The Great War, 1914–1918
| NOV 1914 | Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
Somaliland · The Cold War, 1945–1991
| AUG 1945 | NATO & core Western allies — the opening position |
| DEC 1979 | Non-aligned & neutral |
OPEN THE COLD WAR ON THE LIVING MAP →
British Somaliland · The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
| 1945 | British-ruled — the opening position |
| 1960 | Independent Africa |
OPEN THE DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA ON THE LIVING MAP →
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