Somaliland (New Union)

The Republic of Somaliland (: جمهورية أرض الصومال, Jumhūrīyat Arḍ aṣ-Ṣūmāl; : Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland), commonly known as Somaliland (أرض الصومال‎, Arḍ aṣ-Ṣūmāl; Soomaaliland), is a nation located in the. The republic considers itself as the successor state of the former (which was a former British colony in the Somali regions, that existed from 1884 until 1960). Somaliland declared their independence from in 1991, and was later recognized by the  and  in 2004.