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  2. Public holidays in Somalia - Wikipedia

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    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. [2] Islamic lunar calendar 12 Rabi'-ul-Awwal: Birthday of Muhammad: Mawlid Nabi ...

  3. Independence Day (Somalia) - Wikipedia

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    July 1, 2025. (2025-07-01) Frequency. Annual. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Somali Republic - Wikipedia

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    On October 15, 1969, while paying a visit to the northern town of Las Anod, Somalia's then President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards. His assassination was quickly followed by a military coup d'état on October 21, 1969 (the day after his funeral), in which the Somali Army seized power without encountering ...

  7. State of Somaliland - Wikipedia

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    Somaliland flying the Somali Flag at the Independence ceremony on 26 June 1960. The then Prime Minister of the State of Somaliland Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal salutes the flag. The Somaliland Protectorate Constitutional Conference, London, May 1960 in which it was decide that 26 June be the day of Independence, and so signed on 12 May 1960 ...

  8. Somali Democratic Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Somali Democratic Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed; Arabic: الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية, al-Jumhūrīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah aṣ-Ṣūmālīyah) was a socialist state that existed in Somalia from 1969 to 1991. The Somalia Democratic Republic was established in October 1969 as a ...

  9. Independence Day (State of Somaliland) - Wikipedia

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    26 June. Next time. 26 June 2025. (2025-06-26) Frequency. annual. 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]