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Jubaland

Federal State of Somalia (since 2013)
Separation from Somalia from 1998 to 2007
own names:
Somali: Dawlad Jubbaland
Arabic: Wilayat Joba
other names:
Italian: Oltre Giuba
Latin: Trans Juba

• Flag

• Historical Flags

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Coat of Arms

• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

• History

• Origin of the Country's Name

Flag

since 2013,
Flag of Jubaland,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)

Historical Flags

1998–1999, SPM,
Flag of Jubaland,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Wikipedia (DE)

Flagge Fahne flag National flag national flag Somalia Galmudug

2001–2006, JVA,
Flag of Somalia,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flags of the World

2011–2013,
Flag of Azania,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)

Flag of Jubaland,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: springtimeofnations.blogspot.com

Of importance - at least from 1998 onwards - was the flag of the SPM (Somali Patriotic Movement), a militia made up of Ogadeni from the Darod clan. The Western Somali Liberation Front (also Ogadeni from the Darod clan) in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia uses the same flag. In 1999, the Juba Valley Alliance (JVA) brought Jubaland under its control, loyal to the central government in Mogadishu. Jubaland now even used the Somali flags. The JVA was driven out in 2006 by the "Union of Islamic Courts" (later Al-Shabab militia), which in turn was driven out in 2011, also by troops from Kenya. In the liberated areas, Jubaland now called itself Azania and used a white-light blue-red flag. From 2012, the country was again called Jubaland and on 28 August 2013 became a state of the newly proclaimed Federal Republic of Somalia and adopted a new flag. It features three horizontal stripes in green, light blue and white and a light blue triangle on the mast with a star in it. Under a yellow-red-green flag with a light blue triangle on the pole with a star in it, Somali exiles from the USA and Canada are trying to gain influence in Jubaland.

Source: Volker Preuß

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Jubaland,
Source: Corel Draw 4

Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

Jubaland used – at least temporarily – the coat of arms of Somalia.

Source: Volker Preuß

Map

The Horn of Africa, 2012:
Landkarte Somalia, Map Somalia

Map: Freeware, University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuß

The Horn of Africa, 2023:
Landkarte Somalia, Map Somalia

Map: Freeware, University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuß

Numbers and Facts

Area: 42.584 square miles

Inhabitants: ca. 1.360.600 (2014), mostly Somali, some Bantu

Density of Population: 32 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Kismayo (Kismayu, Chisimaio), 358.000 inh. (2014)

official Languages: Somali, Arabic

other Languages: Italian

Currency: 1 Somalia Shilling (SOS, SoSh) = 100 Centesimi

Time Zone: GMT + 3 h

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

History

16th century · conquer of the eastern coast of Somalia by the Portugese

17th century · the Sultan of Mascat (Oman) conquers the eastern coast and banishes the Portugese

1856 · death of Sultan Seyyid Said of Oman, division of the country (split of the dynasty in two lines) in the Sultanate of Oman and the Sultanate of Zanzibar (with the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, Lamu, Manda, Patta including the whole African eastern coast between Cape Delgado and Mogadishu)

1887 · the Sultan of Zansibar hands the administration of the coast to the Imperial British East Africa Cooperation, United Kingdom begins with the colonization

1891 · frontier treaty with Italy, the frontier between the British possessions in East Africa and Italian-Somaliland becomes fixed at the Juba River, Jubaland becomes British

1924 · Graeat Britain cedes Jubaland to Italy

1926 · Jubaland becomes affiliated to Italian Somaliland

01.07.1960 · unification of the former Italian Somaliland with the former British Somaliland to the Republic of Somalia

1988 · outbreak of the Somali civil war

3rd of September 1998 · General Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan from the SPM militia (Somali Patriotic Movement) proclaims the Republic of Jubaland

June 1999 · the JVA militia (Juba Valley Alliance) seizes the control in Jubaland and cooperates – in difference to the SPM – with the Somali central government

2002 · the State of Southwest Somalia (separation from Somalia on the 1st of April 2002) exalts claims in Jubaland

2000, 2004, 2005 · elections for president in Jubaland

August 2006 · conquest of Jubaland by troops of the radical-islamic "Union of Islamic Courts"

2011 · Conquest of Jubaland with the help of troops from Kenya

2011 · Foundation of the state of Azania

2012 · Renaming of Azania to Jubaland

28.08.2013 · Jubaland becomes a federal state of the newly proclaimed Federal Republic of Somalia

look also: History of Somalia (← click here)

Source: Atlas zur Geschichte, Wikipedia (EN), World Statesmen, Volker Preuß

Origin of the Country's Name

The name "Jubaland" has its roots in the name of the River Juba, which is historically the eastern border of the country.

Source: Volker Preuß