List of former German colonies

This is a list of former German Empire colonies, or Schutzgebiete ("protectorates") as they were called in official German. Germany lost them all as a consequence of World War I.

Contents 1 Africa 2 Pacific 3 Asia: China 4 See also 5 Sources and External links

Africa

• German East Africa - Deutsch-Ostafrika
  • Tanganyika; after World War I a British mandate, which in 1962 became independent and in 1964 joined with former British protectorate of the sultanate of Zanzibar to form present-day Tanzania
  • Rwanda (present-day)
  • Burundi (present-day)
• German South West Africa - Deutsch-Südwestafrika
  • Namibia (present-day)
• German West Africa -Deutsch-Westafrika - existed as one unit only for two or three years, then split into two colonies due to distances:
  • 1. Kamerun; after World War I separated in a British part, Cameroons, and a French one, which became Cameroon. The British part was later split in half, with one part joining Nigeria and the other Cameroon.
  • 2. Togoland; after World War I separated in a British part, which joined Ghana, and a French one, which became Togo

Pacific

• German New Guinea - Deutsch-Neuguinea, Kaiser-Wilhelmsland (today Papua-New-Guinea)
  • German Solomon Islands
  • Caroline Islands (Karolinen)
    • Federated States of Micronesia (present-day)
    • Palau (present-day)
  • Mariana Islands (Marianen)
  • Nauru
  • Marshall Islands
• Samoa

Asia: China

• Jiaozhou Bay (Kiautschou)
  • Tsingtao

See also

• New Swabia was a part of Antarctica, claimed by Nazi Germany 19 January 1939 - 25 May 1945, but not effectively colonized; the claim was completely abondoned afterward

Sources and External links

• German colonies
• WorldStatesmen

edit	Former German Schutzgebiete ('protectorates'- includes ordinary protectorates)
Colonized territories - In Africa: German East Africa (Tanganyika -now in Tanzania-, Rwanda, Burundi) | German South-West Africa (now Namibia) | German West Africa (Kamerun=Cameroons, Togoland -Togo) | In the Pacific: German New Guinea and associated Pacific islands (Caroline Islands, German Solomon Islands, Mariana Islands, Nauru, Palau, (German) Marshall Islands) | German Samoa (later West Samoa, now Samoa)| Concession territories in China: Kiaochow (Kiautschou) | Tsingtao (leased)| Ineffective claim : New Swabia in Antarctica

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