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British Somaliland

polity · 1914 AD–1959 AD

British Somaliland, a polity recorded 1914 AD–1959 AD: 3 mapped boundaries, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1914 AD–1919 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1914 ADSubject to United Kingdom.
1920 AD–1944 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1920 ADSubject to United Kingdom.
1945 AD–1959 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 ADSubject to United Kingdom.

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