State · 1969 – 1991
Somali Democratic Republic
A state of 1969 – 1991 — 22 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Somali Republic. It was replaced by Somalia. The atlas records 3 things within it — wars and battles 1 · unrest and atrocity 2. Its line of rulers holds 1 person.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 22 years
- 1969 – 1991
- Rulers
- 1
- the President
- Within it
- 3
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Somali Republic · replaces · 1960 – 1969
After it
- Somalia · replaced by · 1960 – present
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siad Barre | 1969 – 1991 | 22 years | ending not on record |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1969 – 1991. Only 22 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, from 1956Coat of arms of Somalia · Public domain 
flag, from 1960Flag of Somalia · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19993 rows · 1 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Isaaq genocide · atrocity · 1987 – 1989
- Somaliland War of Independence · war · 1981 – 1991
- 1978 Somali coup attempt · unrest · 1978
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood22 years
stood longer than 23% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per century1.0
had more wars on record per century than 94% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1959 – 2001, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1980, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1477220 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.