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  2. Public holidays in Somalia - Wikipedia

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    Labour Day. 26 June. Independence Day. Marks the independence of British Somaliland on June 26, 1960. Five days later it joined Italian Somaliiland as the Somali Republic. [1] 1 July. Republic Day. Marks the unification of the former Italian and British Somalilands as the Somali Republic on July 1, 1960.

  3. Independence Day (Somalia) - Wikipedia

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    Independence Day is a national holiday observed annually in Somalia on July 1. The date celebrates the unification of the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the State of Somaliland into the Somali Republic on July 1, 1960. A government was subsequently formed by Abdullahi Issa, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, and other members of the trusteeship and ...

  4. Independence Day (State of Somaliland) - Wikipedia

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    Independence Day of Somaliland is an annual celebration and a public holiday in Somaliland and neighbouring Somalia that commemorates the proclamation of independence of the short-lived independent State of Somaliland on 26 June 1960. [1] In the late 19th century, the territories of what is now Somalia and Somaliland was divided between Britain ...

  5. Tourism in Somalia - Wikipedia

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    Somalia's ecological parks, coral reefs and protected areas Following Somalia's independence in 1960, the Ministry of Tourism was established in order to regulate the national tourist industry. [ 1 ] In 1969, the Law on Fauna (Hunting) and Forest Conservation was passed, which defined and provided for the establishment of controlled areas, game ...

  6. 1970 in Somalia - Wikipedia

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    On 10 September, the government enacted National Security Law No. 54, allowing the NSS to punish critics of the regime with indefinite detention without trial [2] On 21 October, Barre declared Somalia a Socialist state run according to the principles of Scientific socialism, and banned diyya blood money [3] Nuruddin Farah published From a ...

  7. Public holidays in Somaliland - Wikipedia

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    Ku dhawaaqida Gooni isu taaga Somaliland. 26 June. Independence Day State of Somaliland. Islamic lunar calendar. 12 Rabi'-ul-Awwal. Birthday of Muhammad. Mawlid Nabi. 27 Rajab. Muhammad's Ascension to Heaven.

  8. Culture of Somalia - Wikipedia

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    Somalis have a rich musical heritage centered on traditional Somali folklore. Most Somali songs are pentatonic; that is, they only use five pitches per octave in contrast to a heptatonic (seven note) scale such as the major scale. Somali art is the artistic culture of the Somali people, both historic and contemporary.

  9. List of presidents of Somaliland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of presidents of the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, considered internationally to be part of Somalia.The Republic of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of Somaliland.