German West Africa
German West Africa (Deutsch-Westafrika) was a designation used for German territories in West Africa.
The designation Deutsch-Westafrika could be found in other names:
- Deutsch-Westafrikanische Handelsgesellschaft, founded in 1896.[1]
- Deutsch-Westafrikanische Bank, founded in 1904.[2]
Territories
German West Africa between 1884 and 1919 consisted of the following areas (excluding German South-West Africa):[3]
Territory | Period | Area (circa) | Population (circa) | Current countries |
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Altkamerun (without the north-east) | 1884–1919 | 48,000 km²[4] | 2,588,000 | Cameroon Nigeria |
Ambasbay / Victoria[5] | 1887–1919 | ? | 12,000 | Cameroon |
Entenschnabel | 1894–1911 | 12,000 km² | ? | Cameroon Chad |
Kapitaï und Koba | 1884–1885 | 2,310 km² | 35,000 | Guinea |
Mahinland | 1885 | ? | 10,000 | Nigeria |
Neukamerun (Deutsch-Kongo) | 1911–1919 | 295,000 km² | 2,000,000[6] | Gabon Republic of the Congo Chad Central African Republic |
Salaga Area (East) | 1899–1919 | ? | ? | Ghana |
Togo | 1884–1919 | 87,200 km²[7] | 1,000,000 | Ghana Togo |
Total | 879,510 km² | 5,645,000 |
See also
- German colonial empire
- German West African Company
- Berlin West Africa Conference
References
- ↑ Schnee, Heinrich, ed. (1920). "Deutsch-Westafrikanische Handels Gesellschaft". Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (in German). Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ Schnee, Heinrich, ed. (1920). "Deutsch-Westafrikanische Bank". Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (in German). Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ For statistics regarding individual entities see Statistische Angaben zu den deutschen Kolonien Deutsches Historisches Museum
- ↑ Excluding "Entenschnabel"
- ↑ Gründer, Horst (2004). Geschichte der deutschen Kolonien [History of the German colonies] (in German) (5th ed.). Paderborn / Munich / Vienna / Zurich: Ferdinand Schöningh. p. 84. ISBN 3-8252-1332-3.
- ↑ guesstimate
- ↑ Including the Eastern Salaga Area
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