Properly speaking there is no Christianity in Somaliland. The few Christians, perhaps one or two hundred (in a region of more than 3,500,000 (2008 Est.)), that can actually be counted, have come from the schools and orphanages of the Catholic missions of Aden, Djibouti, and of Berbera.[2] The closest currently functioning diocese is the Diocese of Djibouti, to the north of Somaliland, although it nominally falls under the Diocese of Mogadiscio.