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Boundary changes in Cameroon.

██ German colony of Kamerun - Protectorate from 1884, German West Africa until 1891, German North-west Africa until 1901, when renamed Kamerun. Ceded territory by France on 4 Nov. 1911 following the Agadir Crisis which becomes Neukamerun, while a small amount of territory east of the Logone River (now Chad) was ceded to French Equatorial Africa from Kamerun. Invaded by the allies in 1914 during WWI, final surrender of Germans in Cameroon 4 Mar 1916, occupied by allies, formally becomes League of Nations Mandates 28 Jun, 1919.


██ British Cameroons League of Nations mandate from 1919, (divided into separate Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons - Northern Cameroons consisted of two non-contiguous sections. Northern Cameroons administered as territory of Nigeria, Southern Cameroons as a separate province of Nigeria. UN trust territory after 13 Dec 1946. Becomes an autonomous part of the colony of Nigeria, 1 Oct 1954. Northern Cameroons joins with Nigeria 1 Jun 1961. Southern Cameroons becomes part of Cameroon, 1 Oct. 1961.


██ French Cameroun. Originally League of Nations mandate from 1919, UN trust territory after 13 Dec 1946.


██ Independent Cameroon ; Republic of Cameroon on 1 Jan 1960, becomes Federal Republic of Cameroon after joining with "Southern Cameroons" 1 Oct. 1961. Renamed to United Republic of Cameroon 2 Jun 1972.

self made based on public domain CIA map Image:Cameroon Map.jpg, original svg file located here.

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current11:54, 18 July 20072,000×1,689 (170 KB)Roke (more detailed)
09:19, 11 July 2006508×680 (18 KB)Roke (Boundary changes in w:Cameroon. *Orange = German colony of Kamerun *Red = British w:Cameroons after WWI (divided into separate Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons) *Blue = French Cameroun after WWI *Green = Independent Cameroon ("Northern Ca)
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