State · 1991 – present
Somaliland
A state of 1991 – present — 35 years, still standing in sub-Saharan Africa. It followed State of Somaliland. The atlas records 7 things within it — famine and plague 1 · people 6. Its line of rulers holds 6 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 35 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 6
- the President of Somaliland
- Within it
- 7
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 3
- 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
- State of Somaliland · follows · 1960
Rulers
The line of President of Somaliland - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdirahman Tuur | 1991 – 1993 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal | 1993 – 2002 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Dahir Riyale Kahin | 2002 – 2010 | 8 years | ending not on record | |
| Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud | 2010 – 2017 | 7 years | lost an election, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Muse Bihi Abdi | 2017 – 2024 | 7 years | lost an election, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi | 2024 – in office | in office since 2024 | still in office |
6 rulers, 6 with terms dated as terms, covering 1991 – 2024. Only 33 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 5 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). 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.
flag, 1991 – 1993Flag of Somaliland until 1996 · Public domain 
flag, from 1993Flag of Somaliland · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1996Emblem of Somaliland · 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 – 19996 rows
- Muse Bihi Abdi · ruler · 1948 – present
- Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud · ruler · 1938 – 2024
- Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal · ruler · 1928 – 2002
- Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi · ruler · 1956 – present
- Dahir Riyale Kahin · ruler · 1952 – present
- Abdirahman Tuur · ruler · 1931 – 2003
2000 – 20991 row
- COVID-19 pandemic in Somaliland · plague · 2020
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 stood35 years
stood longer than 28% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record6
has more rulers on record than 69% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 0 results, 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, 1981 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 2009, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q34754 (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.