Italian Somaliland

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Italian colony former colony historical region

Italian Somaliland was a former Italian colonial territory in the Horn of Africa that later became part of modern-day Somalia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration 2
Italian colonial period in Somalia 1
Italian colonization of Somalia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administeredAs UN Trust Territory ⓘ
administeredBy Italy ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
borderedBy Somaliland ⓘ
surface form: British Somaliland

Ethiopia ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
capital Mogadishu ⓘ
coastlineOn Indian Ocean ⓘ
colonialGovernorTitle Governor of Italian Somaliland ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialStatus colony ⓘ
protectorate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
currency Italian East African lira ⓘ
surface form: Italian Somaliland lira

Somalo ⓘ
endPoint 1941 ⓘ
1949 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Somali people ⓘ
formed Somalia ⓘ
surface form: Somali Republic
formerColonialNameOf southern Somalia ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Imperialism ⓘ
Interwar period ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
incorporatedInto Italian East Africa ⓘ
largestCity Mogadishu ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ
majorPort Kismayo ⓘ
Mogadishu ⓘ
mergedWith Somaliland ⓘ
surface form: State of Somaliland
officialLanguage Italian ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
partOf Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Italian colonial empire
religion Islam ⓘ
startPoint 1880s ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
successorEntity Somalia ⓘ
surface form: Somali Republic

Italian Somaliland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration
successorState Somalia ⓘ
todayPartOf Somalia ⓘ
usedScript Arabic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Mogadishu Cathedral (ruins) → builtDuring → Italian Somaliland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian colonial period in Somalia
Italian Empire → colonialPowerOf → Italian Somaliland ⓘ
Italian East Africa → formedByUnionOf → Italian Somaliland ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy → hadColony → Italian Somaliland ⓘ
King Umberto I of Italy → involvedIn → Italian Somaliland ⓘ
subject surface form: Umberto I of Italy
this entity surface form: Italian colonization of Somalia
Italian Somaliland → successorEntity → Italian Somaliland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration
UNTC → supervised → Italian Somaliland ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration
Italian East Africa → territoryIncludes → Italian Somaliland ⓘ