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| Imperialism |
Colonial Policy | [P|S|M] |
Atlas German Colonies, with Yearbook, edited by the German Colonial Society, 1906, Distribution of the Colonial Possessions of European States
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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 |
224 |
| 2. Kamerun |
495 600 sq. km |
3 500 000 |
826 |
| 3. Südwestafrika |
835 100 sq. km |
200 000 |
46821 |
| 4. Ostafrika |
995 000 sq. km |
7 000 000 |
1873 |
| total |
2 412 900 sq. km |
12 200 000 |
7605 |
II. British Possessions
| official title |
area
sq. km2 |
population |
| 1. Gambia (including adjacent protectorated territories) |
11 700 |
133 000 |
| 2. Sierra Leone and Protectorate |
88 400 |
(est.) 1 077 000 |
| 3. Gold Coast Colony |
102 000 |
1 340 000 |
| 4. Lagos |
8 900 |
1 500 000 |
| 5. Southern Nigeria |
130 000 |
(est.) 2 000 000 |
| 6. Northern Nigeria |
840 000 |
(est.) 10 000 000 |
| 7. Cape Colony |
720 000 |
2 410 000 |
| 8. Basutoland |
26 000 |
349 000 |
| 9. Natal |
77 000 |
1 109 000 |
| 10. Bechuanaland Protectorate |
1 000 000 |
121 000 |
| 11. Transvaal |
290 000 |
1 269 000 |
| 12. Orange River Colony |
130 000 |
385 000 |
| 13. Operation sphere of the British South Africa Co. |
1 500 000 |
1 000 000 |
14. British Central
Africa Protectrate |
120 000 |
750 000 |
| 15. Zanzibar, East Africa Protectorate, Uganda, Somaliland Protectorate |
(est.) 2 000 000 |
6 500 000 |
| 16. St. Helena and Ascension |
200 |
5 000 |
| 17. Mauritius with Rodriguez and Diego Garcia |
1 800 |
380 000 |
| 18. Seychelles |
380 |
20 000 |
| total |
min. 7 046 380 sq. km |
min. 30 348 000 |
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 |
(est.) 3 500 000 |
(?) |
| 4. Senegal |
470 000 |
1 132 000 |
| 5. French Guinea |
(?) |
(est.) 1 500 000 |
| 6. Ivory Coast |
250 000 |
2 250 000 |
| 7. Dahomey |
(?) |
(?) |
| 8. French Congo |
(est.) 1 800 000 |
(est.) 10 000 000 |
| 9. French Somali Coast and dependencies |
(est.) 36 000 |
(est.) 200 000 |
| 10. Madagascar etc. |
592 000 |
3 500 000 |
| 11. Mayotta, Glorieuses, Comoren |
(est.) 2 067 |
(est.) 50 000 |
| 12. Réunion |
2 600 |
173 000 |
| total |
min. 7 261 667 sq. km |
min. 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 |
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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 |
(?) |
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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 |
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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
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official title |
area sq. km |
population |
| 1. Egypt |
2 959 000 |
19 833 000 |
| 2. Tripoli with Benghazi |
1 033 400 |
1 000 000 |
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total
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3 992 400 qkm |
20 833 000 |
IX. Independent States
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official title |
area sq. km |
population |
| 1. Morocco |
439 000 |
(est.) 8 000 000 |
| 2. Liberia |
85 350 |
(est.)
1 500 000 |
| 3. Abyssinia |
540 000 |
(est.)
4 000 000 |
(1) = from the 1903 census (back)
(2) = the figures are taken from the "Colonial Office List" of 1904. (back)
(3) = 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)
(4) compare "Atlas Colonial Portugues" edited by "Ministerio des Marinha e
Ultramar" 1903. (back)
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Source:
Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit Jahrbuch (Atlas German Colonies with
Yearbook), edited by the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (German Colonial
Society). Berlin 1906, p.4f |
GM
(digitalisation) and AG
(translation)
posted on the web for psm-data;
many thanks to
Staatsbibliothek
zu Berlin / Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Kartenabteilung
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