Trust Territory of Somaliland

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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History of Somalia
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.)
Early modern Sultanate of the Geledi (17th–1911) Isaaq Sultanate (1750–1884) Habr Yunis Sultanate (1769–1907) Hiraab Imamate (17th–1890) Khedivate's Somali Coast (1874–1884) Majeerteen Sultanate (18th–1924) Sultanate of Hobyo (1876–1926)
Colonial period (1884–1960) Italian Somaliland (1889–1941) British Somaliland (1888–1960) Dervish State (1895–1920) Trust Territory (1941–1960)
Modern Somalia (since 1960) Somali Republic (1960-1969) Mohamed Siad Barre regime (1969–1991) Somaliland independence (1981–1991) Interim Government (1991–1997) Transitional National Government (2000–2004) Transitional Federal Government (2004–2012) Federal Government (2012–)
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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.