Government of Somaliland

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The Government of Somaliland is the self-declared governing authority of the autonomous region of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa, administering its political, economic, and security affairs despite lacking broad international recognition.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government ⓘ
self-declared state authority ⓘ
branch executive ⓘ
judicial ⓘ
legislative ⓘ
capital Hargeisa ⓘ
claimsSuccessorOf independent State of Somaliland (1960) ⓘ
constitution Constitution of Somaliland ⓘ
constitutionalForm republic ⓘ
constitutionApprovedByReferendum 2001 ⓘ
controlsCapital Hargeisa ⓘ
country Somaliland ⓘ
declarationOfIndependenceDate 1991-05-18 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom Somalia ⓘ
engagesIn diplomatic outreach for international recognition ⓘ
executiveBranch Cabinet of Somaliland ⓘ
formerColonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentType multi-party system ⓘ
presidential system ⓘ
governsTerritory Somaliland ⓘ
headOfGovernment President of Somaliland ⓘ
headOfState President of Somaliland ⓘ
historicalPrecursor State of Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Somaliland
internationalRecognitionStatus largely unrecognized ⓘ
judicialBranch Judiciary of Somaliland ⓘ
legalSystem mixed legal system of civil law, Sharia, and customary law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Somaliland ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Somaliland ⓘ
notMemberOf African Union ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
politicalStatus self-declared independent state ⓘ
recognizedBy no United Nations member state as a sovereign country (as of 2024) ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
responsibleFor defence and security forces of Somaliland ⓘ
economic policy in Somaliland ⓘ
foreign relations of Somaliland ⓘ
internal security in Somaliland ⓘ
public administration in Somaliland ⓘ
taxation in Somaliland ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Hargeisa ⓘ
securityApparatus Somaliland Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Somaliland forces

Somaliland Coast Guard ⓘ
Somaliland Police Force ⓘ
sovereigntyClaimedFrom Somalia ⓘ
upperHouse Guurti ⓘ
usesCurrency Somaliland shilling ⓘ
workingLanguage English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Port of Berbera → hasOwner → Government of Somaliland ⓘ
Somali National Movement → successorOrganization → Somaliland government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Somaliland
Somaliland forces → commandStructure → Ministry of Defence of Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Government of Somaliland
Somaliland Port Authority → associatedWith → Somaliland government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Somaliland
Government of Somaliland → executiveBranch → Cabinet of Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Government of Somaliland
Berbera Airport → usedBy → Somaliland authorities ⓘ
linked to: Government of Somaliland
Parliament of Somaliland → partOf → Government of Somaliland ⓘ
House of Elders → cooperatesWith → executive branch of Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Government of Somaliland
Somaliland shilling → usedBy → Somaliland government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Somaliland
Sool region → governanceClaimedBy → Somaliland government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Somaliland
Cayn region → hasDeFactoAuthority → Somaliland administration ⓘ
linked to: Government of Somaliland
House of Representatives (Somaliland) → oversees → Government of Somaliland ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Representatives