# Somaliland — national dossier Somaliland — country profile: capital, population, area, languages and currency, with an honest account of which statistical series exist and which do not. Canonical: https://terralore.co/country/SOL Updated: — (latest domain refresh; each figure carries its own observation year) ## Overview - Official name: Republic of Somaliland - Capital: — - Region: Eastern Africa, Africa - Population: 3.5 m - Area: — - Languages: — - Currency: — Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's. History: "A self-declared republic on the Gulf of Aden — heir to an ancient trading coast and a former British protectorate — that has governed itself in peace since 1991 while the question of its international recognition remains unresolved." — the sourced chronicle is at https://terralore.co/country/SOL/chronicle.md (6 eras, 21 events). Citation template: Terralore, "Somaliland — national dossier", terralore.co/country/SOL, retrieved .