Somaliland This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Somaliland Constitution President Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo Vice-President Abdirahman Saylici Parliament House of Elders House of Representatives Cabinet Political parties Politicians Elections President: 2003, 2010 Parliament: 2005, 2010 Regions Foreign relations Military See also: Politics of Somalia Other countries · Atlas Politics portal view · talk · Development of Regions of Somaliland Sequence Region States Capitals Area (km2) Population density (km2) Regional flag 1 Salal Zeila n/a n/a 2 Awdal Borama n/a n/a 3 Gabiley Gabiley n/a n/a 4 Maroodi Jeex Hargeisa n/a n/a 5 Saaxil Berbera n/a n/a 6 Odweyne Odweyne n/a n/a 7 Togdheer Burao n/a n/a 8 Cayn Buuhoodle n/a n/a 9 Sarar Caynaba n/a n/a 10 Sool Las Anod n/a n/a 11 Sanaag Erigavo n/a n/a 12 Maakhir Badhan n/a n/a 13 Hawd Baligubadle n/a n/a Between March 22 and May 15, 2008 the Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin with a presidential press statement announced the creation of six new regions and 16 new Districts.1 On May 15,2008 the President Dahir Riyale Kahin with a second presidential press statement ([1]) declared the thirteenth state of Somaliland, state of Hawd. New State Capital Annexed Gabiley Gabiley Maroodi Jeex Maakhir Badhan Sanaag Cayn Buhoodle Togdheer Salal Zeila Awdal Sarar Caynaba Sool Odweyne Odweyne Togdheer Hawd Baligubadle Maroodi Jeex References ^ "President Riyale Names 6 New Regions + 16 New Districts". Somaliland Times. http://www.somalilandtimes.net/sl/2008/322/080.shtml. Retrieved 27 December 2010. 

Satellite Television Network banned from operating inside Somaliland
Habsade accused Universal of broadcasting video footage showing 12 bodies that the network said were killed by Somaliland military forces in Kalshale village in Buuhoodle district in the disputed Sool region during clashes between Somaliland forces and ...
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Proud Somalilanders on the streets of Allaybaday after they successfully completed the districts voters registration
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Microsoft Word - Article on the new districts & regions 060408

In the 1960s Somali Republic, the territory of Somaliland consisted of two ... Somaliland Protectorate districts, making the total number of districts 21. The 15 new ...


Somalia : World Food Programme Steps Up Response to Drought in Mogadishu
Since January to the end of March, WFP targets 170,000 displaced people in three districts in central Somalia with food on top of 250,000 receiving monthly general food distributions. • In Somaliland in the Northwest, WFP trebled in the last three months ...
http://allafrica.com/stories/201103090217.html

Picture of the city of Djibouti The Republic of Djibouti gained its independence on June 27 1977 It is the successor to French Somaliland later called the French Territory of the Afars and Issas which was created in the first half of the 19th century as a result of French interest in the Horn of Africa However the history of Djibouti recorded in poetry and songs of its nomadic peoples goes back thousands of years to a time when Djiboutians traded hides and skins for the perfumes and spices of ancient Egypt India and China Through close contacts with the Arabian peninsula for more than 1 000 years the Somali and Afar tribes in this region became the first on the African continent to adopt Islam It was Rochet d Hericourt s exploration into Shoa 1839 42 that marked the beginning of French interest in the African shores of the Red Sea Further exploration by Henri Lambert French Consular Agent at Aden and Captain Fleuriot de Langle led to a treaty of friendship and assistance between France and the sultans of Raheita Tadjoura and Gobaad from whom the French purchased the anchorage of Obock 1862 Growing French interest in the area took place against a backdrop of British activity in Egypt and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 In 1884 85 France expanded its protectorate to include the shores of the Gulf of Tadjoura and the Somaliland Boundaries of the protectorate marked out in 1897 by France and Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia were affirmed further by agreements with Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1945 and 1954 The administrative capital was moved from Obock to Djibouti in 1896 Djibouti which has a good natural harbor and ready access to the Ethiopian highlands attracted trade caravans crossing East Africa as well as Somali settlers from the south The Franco Ethiopian railway linking Djibouti to the heart of Ethiopia was begun in 1897 and reached Addis Ababa in June 1917 further facilitating the increase of trade During the Italian invasion and occupation of
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Regions of Somaliland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Development of Regions of Somaliland. Sequence. Region States. Capitals ... statement announced the creation of six new regions and 16 new Districts.[1] On May 15, ...


Somalia : Calm Returns to Kalshale Village in North of the Country After One Day
Buuhoodle — After one day of heavy clashes between Somaliland military forces and fighters loyal to SCC group on Tuesday, calm is reported to have returned to the village. Reports emanating from Buuhoodle district of Sool region in northern Somalia ...
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voter registration exercise in Sahil region for about two weeks now Over 100 NEC registration out posts and registration teams numbering 1 400 were deployed throughout Sahil s districts The registration teams are provided with an array of equipment and high tech gear for registering the adult voting population in Sahil who will cast their votes in the next general election
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Somaliland Times - Issue 284

Kosar is home to thousands of Somaliland returnees from Ethiopia. ... Committees from eleven districts of Somaliland's regions, local governments, officials ...


Somaliland clashes leave 123 dead
At least 123 people have been killed after troops from the self-declared republic of Somaliland attacked and opened fire on local clan militia in the Buhodle district. The conflict erupted late Wednesday as Somaliland forces based in the village of ...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/168052.html

also collects annual property taxes from every semi constructed hut or dwelling stone building farms enclosures or plots land acreages in Hargeysa and its surrounding districts
http://www.somalilandtimes.net/sl/2007/293/1.shtml

The Stigma Somaliland Falls Over

Day by day, moment by moment, situation in Somaliland worsens, as opposition party Kulmiye declared that it will not recognize dictator Riyale after deadline of May ...


Africa: Faces in Words
... 123 people have been killed after troops from the self-declared republic of Somaliland attacked and opened fire on local clan militia in the Buhodle district. The conflict erupted late Wednesday as Somaliland forces based in the village of Kalshale in ...
http://salem-news.com/articles/march062011/faces-words-aa.php

Hargeysa HOL The President of Somaliland Dahir Riyale Kahin has issued Presidential degrees creating six new regions and fourteen districts The names of the new regions are Gabiley
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HORN OF AFRICA INITIATIVE

Somaliland has borders with Djibouti and the Somali Region of Ethiopia. ... Somaliland – Djibouti at Awdal Region with the 2 districts of Zeila and Borama ...


Chief Engineer
DRC implements longer-term interventions targeted to the development of the economic and institutional capacities of selected communities in rural and semi-urban districts affected ... Somalia (alternatively Hargeisa, Somaliland when insecurity prevents ...
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The Ministry of Interior has said that the level of conflict within city councils has decreased as they move towards improving services and infrastructure in their districts following a recent
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Talk:Sanaag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

User:L33ter, why do you consistently remove the information about the 1991 district definitions of Somalia and leave only the present districts of Somaliland? ...



SomaliNet Somalia Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi has attended an occasion of nominating court judges and commissioners of Banadir districts who were sworn at the regional headquarter in
http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/6446

Acute Watery Diarrhoea Update Somaliland

WHO is funding a massive clean up campaign of all districts of Somaliland. ... The first report of an increase in AWD cases was received form Burao district in Toghheer ...



Microsoft Word - Final Report Somaliland Local Council elections

Project Title: Phase 1 of support to Local Democratic Practices ... visiting nine districts to the east of Somaliland and the other visiting twenty-two towns ...



Somaliland 2nd Democratic Presidential Election in Sight: 26 ...

... of June, 2010, and the recent process of the Voter List Display and Replacement of cards conducted in all regions and districts of Somaliland. ...