Somaliland

Partially recognised state in the Horn of Africa

On December 27, 2025, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was Dhurandhar, with 369,800 views. It and the next three articles were all WikiPop's picks within 30 days of this one, and we don't repeat an article that soon. So WikiPop's pick is #5, Somaliland, with 259,792 views.

Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is a partially recognised state in the Horn of Africa. It is located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the south and west, and Somalia to the east. Its claimed territory has an area of 176,120 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi), with approximately 6.2 million people as of 2024. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa.

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