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Maakhir State of Somalia ولاية ماخر الصومال | |||||||
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2004–2005 | |||||||
Anthem: Soomaaliyeey toosoo | |||||||
Capital | Dhahar | ||||||
Common languages | Somali | ||||||
President | |||||||
History | |||||||
• Declared | 1 July 2004 | ||||||
• Dissolved | 11 January 2005 | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• Total | 75,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi) | ||||||
Currency | Somalishilling | ||||||
Calling code | 252 | ||||||
Internet TLD | .so | ||||||
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Today part of | Somalia |
Maakhir ( Somali: Goboleedka Maakhir, Arabic: ماخر Mākhir), officially the Maakhir State of Somalia ( Somali: Maamul Goboleedka Maakhir; Arabic: ولاية ماخر الصومال Wilāyah Mākhir al-Ṣūmāl) was a short-lived quasi-state in the Sanaag region of eastern Somalia. [1] [2]
Maakhir is the only Somali territory a foreign flag had never been hoisted while the rest of Somalia’s fast regions were cut into small pieces by other foreign powers. In general Somali territories were divided into five territories. Present day Djibouti was called French Somaliland until 1977. Until 1949, the Northern section of Somalia in which Maakhir was part of it but fully autonomous Sultanate was known to Western Powers as British Somaliland [1].
On 25–26 February 2008, a Somaliland-aligned, well armed force laid siege to Hadaftimo, causing a brief state of emergency before the force withdrew back to western Erigavo. Maakhir authority responded with a military buildup in the Maakhir-controlled part of Erigavo. [3]
Hostilities re-emerged on 9 July 2008, when Somaliland invaded and occupied Laas Qoray port for few hours, under the pretext of a rescue mission (German citizens were allegedly being held hostage in Laas Qoray by pirates). [4]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (June 2021) |
Maakhir State of Somalia ولاية ماخر الصومال | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004–2005 | |||||||
Anthem: Soomaaliyeey toosoo | |||||||
Capital | Dhahar | ||||||
Common languages | Somali | ||||||
President | |||||||
History | |||||||
• Declared | 1 July 2004 | ||||||
• Dissolved | 11 January 2005 | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• Total | 75,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi) | ||||||
Currency | Somalishilling | ||||||
Calling code | 252 | ||||||
Internet TLD | .so | ||||||
| |||||||
Today part of | Somalia |
Maakhir ( Somali: Goboleedka Maakhir, Arabic: ماخر Mākhir), officially the Maakhir State of Somalia ( Somali: Maamul Goboleedka Maakhir; Arabic: ولاية ماخر الصومال Wilāyah Mākhir al-Ṣūmāl) was a short-lived quasi-state in the Sanaag region of eastern Somalia. [1] [2]
Maakhir is the only Somali territory a foreign flag had never been hoisted while the rest of Somalia’s fast regions were cut into small pieces by other foreign powers. In general Somali territories were divided into five territories. Present day Djibouti was called French Somaliland until 1977. Until 1949, the Northern section of Somalia in which Maakhir was part of it but fully autonomous Sultanate was known to Western Powers as British Somaliland [1].
On 25–26 February 2008, a Somaliland-aligned, well armed force laid siege to Hadaftimo, causing a brief state of emergency before the force withdrew back to western Erigavo. Maakhir authority responded with a military buildup in the Maakhir-controlled part of Erigavo. [3]
Hostilities re-emerged on 9 July 2008, when Somaliland invaded and occupied Laas Qoray port for few hours, under the pretext of a rescue mission (German citizens were allegedly being held hostage in Laas Qoray by pirates). [4]