Please, Do No Politicize This:

[The Zack]

Naxar Nugaaleed;779321 wrote:

What were those 8 zack

Actually there were six and below is the list:

 

Banadir, Hiiraan, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, and Bari.

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

Lol I took you serious for a moment, after the union where less then 18

[The Zack]

^I was serious, I just made a minor error on the number. The states were NOT 18 in 1960, they were the 6 I listed in the previous post.

[Beer-Gaal]

what was north Somalia called by then?

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

There was a time somaliland only had two regions woqoyi galbeed and togdheer so things changed later into 5 regions and now six regions the region you once knew as woqoyi galbeed is called now maroodijeex.

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

What time was that

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Naxar during the time it was under the colonial rule and in the early stage of the 60s

[Cabdiciise]

In 1960 when Somalia gained independence, the country composed of the following eight regions

 

Waqooyi Galbeed – Hargeysa

Waqooyi Bari – Burco

 

The above two formed together the former British Somaliland

 

The other six were

 

Mijerentia -> Bari – Bosaso

Mudug – Galkacyo

Hiiraan – Beledweyne

Banadir – Mogadisho

Jubba Dhexe – Baydhabo

Jubba Hoose – Kismayo

[Qaranki]

Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal AUN speaking to the BBC in May 1960 a month before independence and union.

 

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Some will say that the SYL were the ones who got independence for Somalis completely disregarding the fact that Somaliland then had its own govt, parliament and ministers who worked to get Somalis in the north their independence.