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In 1892, the Italian explorer Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti for the first time labeled as Somalia the region in the Horn of Africa referred to as Benadir.The area was at the time under the joint control of the Somali Geledi Sultanate (who, also holding sway over the Shebelle region in the interior, was at the height of its power) and the Omani Sultan of Zanzibar.
Italian Somaliland (Italian: Somalia Italiana; Arabic: الصومال الإيطالي, romanized: Al-Sumal Al-Italiy; Somali: Dhulka Soomaalida ee Talyaaniga) was a protectorate and later colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia, which was ruled in the 19th century by the Sultanate of Hobyo and Majeerteen in the north, and in the south by the political entities; Hiraab Imamate ...
Upon independence in 1960, the Somali Republic maintained the 12 districts of the former Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland that merged to form the new country. [4] In 1964, a new Northeastern (Burao) Province was established by merging Burao, Erigavo, and Las Anod and a Northwestern (Hargeisa) Province was formed from Berbera, Borama ...
Banaadir (Somali: Banaadir, Arabic: بنادر, Italian: Benadir) is an administrative region in southeastern Somalia. [5] It covers the same area as the city of Mogadishu, which serves as the capital. It is the only region in the country not belonging to any of the six states.
Somalia, [a] officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, [b] is the easternmost country in continental Africa.The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti [14] to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east.
Khatumo State in the north central region was recognized in 2023. The Federal Parliament is tasked with selecting the ultimate number and boundaries of autonomous regional states within the Federal Republic of Somalia. [5] [6] To this end, the legislature in December 2014 passed a law establishing the Boundary and Federalization Commission. [7]
The six districts that made up the former Italian territory have been transferred to the state as they are. Burao region (North East region): Erigavo, Burao and Las Anod merged. It has a population of 330,000 (estimated in 1961) and an area of 128,000 square kilometers. Hargeisa region (North West region): Berbera, Borama and Hargeisa districts ...
Other roads were started in 1939, from Mogadishu to the northern Somali coast and to the British Kenya Colony to the south. [ 3 ] Additionally, there was a project to connect Mogadishu with the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway , and another to start the construction of an airport on the outskirts of the city.