"Somaliland is located on the eastern Horn of Africa. Somaliland occupies the same land area controlled by The British Colonial Rulers before 1960. The country became independent on 26 June 1960. Seat of government was moved from Hargeisa to Mogadishu for the first time on 1 July 1960 after the union was announced, however Somaliland withdrew from that failed union on 18 May 1991 and the nation's capital is once again moved back to Hargeisa."

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