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Maakhir

2007 bis 2009 separation from Somaliland
internationally not recognized
in 2009 annexed to Puntland

• Flags

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Coat of Arms

• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

• History

Flags

Flagge Fahne flag National flag national flag Maakhir

Flag of Maakhir, Variant,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Wikipedia (DE)

The flag of Maakhir showed two horizontal stripes in white and pale blue which symbolize the ocean and the heaven. On the water a boat in front of a rising sun. The lower part of the flag (the water) remembers in its designing the flag of Somalia and emphasized the pretensions of the country to be a "State of Somalia".

Source: Volker Preuß

Coat of Arms

Coat of arms of Maakhir,
Source, by: Wikipedia (DE)

Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of Maakhir showed the image of the flag surrounded by green twigs. Remarkable was that the white five-pointed star from the flag is not appearing in the coat of arms anymore. Instead it is green and dominates the upper part of the coat of arms. Maybe that it stands for the Islam and its "five columns". The lower part of the coat of arms with the spears and the ribbon descends from 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

Numbers and Facts

Area: ca. 29.000 square miles

Inhabitants: ca. 400.000

Capital: Dhahar

official Languages: Somali, Arabic

other Languages: English

Time Zone: GMT + 3 h

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

History

The Maakhir-State was declared as autonomous on 1st of July in 2007 by the Warsangeli Clan Chief Jibrel Ali Salaad. The state called itself "Maakhir - State of Somalia". Somaliland and Puntland claimed both this area. The Somali central government never had recognized this state as an autonomous state within Somalia. In January 2009 the Maakhir-State regained its independence aspirations and declared officially the annexation to Puntland.

look also: History of Puntland (← hier klicken)
look also: History of Somalia (← hier klicken)

Source: Volker Preuß