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Somaliland
Somaliland is a country in Eastern Africa with its capital in Hargeisa.
- Capital
- Hargeisa
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Population
- 5.7 million
- Languages
- Somali, Arabic, English
- Currency
- Somaliland shilling
- Area
- 176,120 km²
- Borders
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇸🇴 Somalia
💡 Self-declared independent from Somalia in 1991; not internationally recognized but stable.
About the flag
Flown by the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, it has the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith, written in white Arabic script across the top stripe.
How to spot it: Green-white-red horizontal stripes with white Arabic writing on the green and a black star on the white.