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Egypt dominated the area in the 1870s , but withdrew in 1884 , upon which the British established a Protectorate and garrisoned it from Aden . The protectorate was administered from British India until 1898 , then by the Foreign Office , and after 1905 the Colonial Office . During the East African Campaign , the protectorate was "occupied By Italy" in August 1940 , but recaptured by the British in March 1941 . A referendum indicated support for unification with Italian Somaliland to form the nation of Somalia , which occurred 1 July 1960 . After the breakdown of Somalia's central government in 1991, the former British Somaliland declared independence in May 1991 as the Republic Of Somaliland . SEE ALSO |
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