United Nations Trust Territory of Somaliland

E1000765

The United Nations Trust Territory of Somaliland was a former UN-administered trust territory in the Horn of Africa, governed by Italy under UN supervision after World War II until its independence and unification with British Somaliland to form the Somali Republic in 1960.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations trust territory
former Italian-administered territory
former dependency
administeredBy Italy NERFINISHED
administeringAuthorityType UN trusteeship NERFINISHED
administeringCountryGovernmentType Italian Republic NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Italian Somaliland (UN Trust Territory) NERFINISHED
Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration NERFINISHED
borderedBy British Somaliland NERFINISHED
Ethiopia NERFINISHED
French Somaliland NERFINISHED
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED
capital Mogadishu NERFINISHED
category Former Italian colonies in Africa
Former United Nations trust territories
continent Africa
currency Somalo (Italian Somaliland currency) NERFINISHED
decolonizationProcess UN-supervised transition to independence
endCause independence
unification with British Somaliland
endPoint 1960
followedBy Somali Republic NERFINISHED
formerAdminCenter Mogadishu NERFINISHED
formerColonialPower Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
formerMetropole Italy NERFINISHED
historicalEra Cold War era NERFINISHED
decolonization period
legalStatus UN trust territory
locatedIn Horn of Africa NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Somalia NERFINISHED
mandatedBy United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Italian
Somali
partOf United Nations Trust Territory system NERFINISHED
partOfPresentDayState Federal Republic of Somalia NERFINISHED
politicalStatus non-self-governing territory
politicalSystem UN-supervised trusteeship administration
predecessor Italian Somaliland NERFINISHED
purposeOfTrusteeship preparation for independence
region East Africa
sovereigntyTransferredTo Somali Republic NERFINISHED
startPoint 1950
post-World War II period
successorState Somali Republic NERFINISHED
underSupervisionOf United Nations NERFINISHED
unionFormed Somali Republic NERFINISHED
unitedWith British Somaliland NERFINISHED

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British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland followedBy United Nations Trust Territory of Somaliland
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar colonialPredecessorStates United Nations Trust Territory of Somaliland
this entity surface form: Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration