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Italian Somaliland

1889 – 1960
ColonyAfrica

Italian colony of southern Somalia, later a UN trust territory that joined British Somaliland at independence.

Transformed into a UN Trust Territory administered by Italy in 1950; gained independence on 1 July 1960 and immediately united with the former British Somaliland (independent 26 June 1960) to form the Somali Republic.

Borders in 1934 · drawn from 4 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for Italian Somaliland — the shape you scrub through changes in 1889 · 1917 · 1925 · 1934.

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