Italian East Africa (former name for Italian possessions in eastern Africa) Hausaland, consisted of seven independent city-states: Biram, Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina, Rano, and Zaria. With the Treaty of Versailles the territory was divided between Britain (Tanganyika.), Belgium (Ruanda-Urundi), and Portugal (to become part of Mozambique). German East Africa colony ended with the defeat of Imperial Germany in World War I. German East Africa (German: Deutsch-Ostafrika)Ī German colony from 1885 until 1919 which included Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika (the mainland part of present Tanzania), an area almost three times the size of Germany today. Mauritania, The Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Mali, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Benin. Was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia and Niger, French Sudan, French Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Upper Volta and Dahomey. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British crown colony in 1920.Ĭiskei (Republic of Ciskei)- homeland for Xhosa-speaking people, 1994 reincorporated intoĭahomey (the Republic of Dahomey in French: République du Dahomey), was a former French colony andpart of French West Africa until independence in 1960, in 1975 the Republic of Dahomeychanged its name in Benin.ĭan Ho Me was an ancient Kingdom located in the south of today Benin.įrench Guinea was a French protectorate in West Africa, after independence from France in 1958 it became today The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was part of the British Empire in Africa. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and parts of Somalia (Jubaland)Ĭape Colony, 1795-1797 British colony, 1803-1806 colony of the Batavian Republic (Netherlands), since 1910 part of
Abyssinia was an empire that existed for more than 800 years, from circa 1137 (beginning of Zagwe Dynasty) until 1974 when the Ethiopian monarchy was overthrown in a coup d'etat.įormerly known as French Somaliland, the French colony was renamed to the French Territory of Afars and Issas (1967 - 1977),the territory became independent in 1977, known today as Djibouti.įormerly a British protectorate became independent in 1966 as the Kingdom of Lesotho.įormerly a British protectorate became independent in 1966 as Republic of Botswana.Ī coastal region of Somalia covering most of the Indian Ocean coast of the country, from the Gulf of Aden to the Juba River, formerly part of Italian Somaliland.īiafra, Republic of (named after the Bight of Biafra) today part ofīophuthatswana - nominal republic and homeland for Tswana-speaking people, 1949 reincorporated intoīritish Bechuanaland (region) incorporated into the Cape Colony (1895)īritish East Africa or East Africa Protectorateīritish protectorate from 1890 until 1920 The Ethiopian Empire spans a geographical area of today Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti,and included parts of Northern Somalia, Southern Egypt, Eastern Sudan, Yemen and Western Saudi Arabia. Name changes of countries, dependencies, geographical and other regions of particular geopolitical interest.Īfrica :: Asia :: Australia/Oceania :: EuropeĬentral America and the Caribbean :: North America :: South America List of formerly used country names and names of countries which have ceased to exist. _ Historical Country Names keywords: geography, historical country names, former country names, history, place name changes, historical maps Home Earth Continents Countries Historical Country Names
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