1949–1960 Italian-ruled UN trust territory in the Horn of Africa
Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration
Amministrazione fiduciaria italiana della Somalia (Italian) Dhulka Soomaaliyeed oo hoos yimaada Maamulka Talyaaniga (Somali) إقليم صوماليلاند تحت الوصاية للإدارة الإيطالية (Arabic) 'Iiqlim sumaliland taht al-wisayat lil'iidarat al'iitalia
1950–1960
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Location of the Trust Territory of Somaliland.
Status
United Nations Trust Territory
Capital
Mogadishu
Common languages
Italian (official) · Somali · Arabic
Religion
Islam
Demonym(s)
Somali
Administrator
• 1950–1953
Giovanni Fornari
• 1953–1957
Enrico Martino
• 1957–1958
Enrico Anzillotti
• 1958–1960
Mario di Stefano
Prime Minister
• 1949–1960
Abdullahi Issa
Historical era
Cold War
• Established
1 April 1950
• Independence
1 July 1960
Currency
somalo
Preceded by
Succeeded by
British Military Administration (Somali)
Somali Republic
Today part of
Somalia
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Prehistory
Laas Geel (3,500-2,500 BCE )
Land of Punt (2,500–1,500 BCE)
Ancient
Macrobians
Ancient Somali City-States (c. 1st century)
Azania city-states
(c. 1st century)
Middle Ages
Sultanate of Ifat (940–1415)
Adal Sultanate (1415–1577)
Ajuran Sultanate (13th–17th c.)
Sultanate of Mogadishu (13th–16th c.)
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Sultanate of the Geledi (17th–1911)
Isaaq Sultanate (1750–1884)
Habr Yunis Sultanate (1769–1907)
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Khedivate's Somali Coast (1874–1884)
Majeerteen Sultanate (18th–1924)
Sultanate of Hobyo (1876–1926)
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Italian Somaliland (1889–1941)
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Dervish State (1895–1920)
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The Trust Territory of Somaliland, officially the "Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration"[1] (Italian: Amministrazione fiduciaria italiana della Somalia), was a United Nations Trust Territory situated in present-day Somalia. Its capital was Mogadishu[2] and was administered by Italy from 1950 to 1960, following the dissolution of the former British Military Administration.
It gained independence in 1960.
^"(IX). Question of the frontier between the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration and Ethiopia" (PDF). UN General Assembly. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^"Italian Mogadiscio". Dadfeatured. May 19, 2018.
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