The Somaliland Republic, comprising the former British Somaliland Protectorate, is located on the coast of the northeastern projection of the African continent commonly referred to as the ?Horn? on the southwestern end of the Gulf of Aden. ,Bordered by Eritrea to the west, Ethiopia to west and south, and Somalia to the east, it has an area of 68,000 sq. mi. (176,000 sq. km.). Capital: Hargeysa. It is mostly arid and mountainous except for the gulf shoreline.,, ,The Protectorate of British Somaliland was established in 1888 and from 1905 the territory was administered by a commissioner under the British Colonial Office. Italian Somaliland was administered as a colony from 1893 to 1941, when the territory was occupied by British forces. In 1950 the United Nations allowed Italy to resume control of Italian Somaliland under trusteeship. In 1960 British and Italian Somaliland were united as Somalia, an independent republic outside the Commonwealth.,, ,Civil War erupted in the late 1970?s and continued until the capital of Somalia was taken in 1990. The United Nations provided aid and peacekeepers. A UN sponsored truce was signed in March 1992 and a peace plan and pact was signed January 15, 1993. The northern Somali National Movement (SNM) declared a secession of the Somaliland Republic on May 17, 1991 which is not recognized by the Somali Democratic Republic.,, ,The currency issued by the East African Currency Board was used in British Somaliland from 1945 to 1961. Somali currency was then used until 1995.,, Monetary System:,,, ,1 Somaliland Shilling = 1 Shilin,,