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  2. Flag of Somaliland - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Somaliland (Somali: Calanka Soomaaliland; Arabic: علم صوماليلاند) was adopted on 14 October 1996. It consists of a tricolour of green, white, and red, with a black star located in the centre. On the green stripe, there is the Shahada in white calligraphic script.

  3. Flag of Somalia - Wikipedia

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    A single white five-pointed star centered on a cyan field. Designed by. Mohammed Awale Liban. The national flag of Somalia was adopted on October 12, 1954, and was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban. The flag was initially used within the Trust Territory of Somaliland [1] before being adopted by the short-lived State of Somaliland and the Somali ...

  4. National symbols of Somalia - Wikipedia

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    During its modern history, various national symbols have come to represent Somalia. Due to the country's instability, many of these are only used in areas under the Federal Government of Somalia, and may not apply to breakaway regions such as Somaliland. The Constitution of Somalia mentions three symbols: the flag, the coat of arms and the ...

  5. Somali people - Wikipedia

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    The Somali flag is an ethnic flag conceived to represent ethnic Somalis. [186] It was created in 1954 by the Somali scholar Mohammed Awale Liban, after he had been selected by the labour trade union of the Trust Territory of Somalia to come up with a design. [187] Upon independence in 1960, the flag was adopted as the national flag of the ...

  6. History of Somalia - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Somali (Somali: Soomaaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. The country was an important centre for commerce with the rest ...

  7. National emblem of Somaliland - Wikipedia

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    The first emblem of British Somaliland. When the British annexed and occupied the area that encompasses Somaliland in 1903, they established a protectorate and made it part of the British Empire. The British developed a flag for the region and also an emblem. The emblem featured a white disc with an image of a Kudu, one of the main antelopes in ...

  8. Does Minnesota’s New State Flag Resemble That of an ... - AOL

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    The inaccurate posts claim the new flag closely resembled that of Puntland state, a region of northeastern Somalia that was declared autonomous in 1998. Minnesota is home to the largest Somali ...

  9. History of Somaliland - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The history of Somaliland, a country in the eastern Horn of Africa bordered by the Gulf of Aden, and the East African land mass, begins with human habitation tens of thousands of years ago. It includes the civilizations of Punt, the Ottomans, and colonial influences from Europe and the Middle East. Islam was introduced to the area early ...