Independence Day (Somalia)

Independence Day
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Observed by	Somalia North Eastern Province, Kenya Djibouti Somalia Somali Region
Type	National
Significance	Establishment of the Somali Republic
Celebrations	Parades and concerts
Date	July 1st
Next time	1 July 2020
Frequency	Annual

The samatar ce Day of Somalia is a national holiday observed annually in Somalia on July 1. The date celebrates the unification of the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somalia) and the State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) on July 1, 1960, which formed the Somali Republic. A government was subsequently formed by Abdullahi Issa and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal and other members of the trusteeship and protectorate governments, with speaker of the SOMALIA ACT OF UNION Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf as President of the Somali National Assembly, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as President of the Somali Republic, On 20 July 1961 and through a popular referendum, the people of Somalia ratified a new constitution, which was first drafted in 1960.[1]

Notes

The Illustrated Library of The World and Its Peoples: Africa, North and East, Greystone Press: 1967, p. 338

References

Central Intelligence Agency (2013). "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2013-07-01.

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[1] The Illustrated Library of The World and Its Peoples: Africa, North and East, Greystone Press: 1967, p. 338