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Somaliland

Eastern AfricaCapital HargeisaTerritory

Somaliland is a territory with disputed status, in Eastern Africa, Africa. Its main town is Hargeisa.

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A strip along the Gulf of Aden coast on the northern side of the Horn of Africa, with Ethiopia inland and Djibouti to the west.

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It declared independence from Somalia in 1991, but Somalia regards it as part of its own territory and it is not widely recognised.

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