(HIS,P) Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit Jahrbuch (Atlas German Colonies, with Yearbook), edited by the German Colonial Society, 1905 - Distribution of the Colonial Possessions of European States

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Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit Jahrbuch, edited by the German Colonial Society, 1905 - Distribution of the Colonial Possessions of European States

I. German Possessions

official title	area sq. km = square kilometers	population (maximum)	white inhabitants
1. Togo	87 200 sq. km	1 500 000	189
2. Kamerun	495 600 sq. km	3 500 000	710
3. Südwestafrika	835 100 sq. km	200 000	(?) 4682
4. Ostafrika	995 000 sq. km	7 000 000	1437
total	2 412 900 sq. km	12 200 000	7018

II. British Possessions

official title	area sq. km⁽¹⁾	population
1. Gambia (including adjacent protectorated territories)	11 700	90 000
2. Sierra Leone and Protectorate	88 400	(est.) 1 000 000
3. Gold Coast Colony	102 000	1 340 000
4. Lagos	8 900	1 340 000
5. Southern Nigeria	130 000
6. Northern Nigeria	840 000	(est.) 20 000 000
7. Cape Colony	720 000	2 500 000
8. Basutoland	26 000	263 000
9. Natal	77 000	960 000
10. Bechuanaland Protectorate	1 000 000	130 000
11. Transvaal	290 000
12. Orange River Colony	130 000	210 000
13. Operation sphere of the British South Africa Company and British Central Africa	1 620 000	1 800 000
14. Zanzibar, British East Africa Protectorate, Uganda, British Somaliland Protectorate	(est.) 2 000 000	6 390 000
15. St. Helena and Ascension	200
16. Mauritius with Rodriguez and Diego Garcia	1 800	(est.) 380 000
17. Seychelles	380	20 000
total	7 046 380 sq. km	36 333 000

III. French Possessions

official title	area sq. km⁽²⁾	population
1. Algeria	479 000	4 430 000
2. Tunisia	130 000	1 600 000
3. Sahara	(?) 3 500 000	(?)
4. Senegal	470 000	1 132 000
5. French Guinea	(?)	(?) 1 500 000
6. Ivory Coast	250 000	2 250 000
7. Dahomey	(?)	(?)
8. French Congo	(?) 1 800 000	(?) 10 000 000
9. French Somali Coast and dependencies	(?) 36 000	(?) 200 000
10. Madagascar etc.	592 000	3 500 000
11. Mayotta, Glorieuses, Comoren	(?) 2 067	(?) 50 000
12. Réunion	2 600	173 000
total	7 261 667 sq. km	24 835 000

IV. Portuguese Possessions

official title	area sq. km	population
1. Cape Verde Islands⁽³⁾	3 850	147 000
2. Portuguese Guinea	37 000	200 000
3. Islands St. Thome and Principe	1 080	42 000
4. Angola	1 315 460	1 500 000
5. East African Free State	768 740	3 120 000
total	2 126 130 sq. km	5 009 000

V. Spanish Possessions

official title	area sq. km	population
1. Canary Islands	7 273	358 564
2. Rio de Oro	188 600	(?)
3. Fernando Póo	2 000	20 000
4. Anno-Bom	17	3 000
5. Rio Muni	25 600	(?)
total	223 490 sq. km	max. 381 564

VI. Italian Possessions (p. 5)

official title	area sq. km	population
1. Eritrea	247 300	330 000
2. Somaliland	260 000	360 000
Gesamt	507 300 sq. km	690 000

VII. Belgian Possessions

official title	area sq. km	population
Congo Free State	2 253 000	14 100 000

VIII. Türkish Africa

official title	area sq. km	population
1. Egypt	2 959 000	19 833 000
2. Tripoli with Benghazi	1 033 400	1 000 000
total	3 992 400 qkm	20 833 000

IX. Independent States

official title	area sq. km	population
1. Morocco	439 000	(est.) 8 000 000
2. Liberia	85 350	1 500 000
3. Abyssinia	540 000	4 000 000

(1) = the figures are taken from the "Colonial Office List" of 1904. (back)

(2) = the figures are from "Atlas des Colonies francaises" (Paris 1902), edited by Paul Pelet on behalf of the French Ministry of Colonial Affairs" (Paris 1902). (back)

(3) compare "Atlas Colonial Portugues" edited by "Ministerio des Marinha e Ultramar" 1903. (back)

Source: Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit Jahrbuch (Atlas German Colonies with Yearbook), edited by the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (German Colonial Society). Berlin 1905, p. 4f

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