German West Africa

German West Africa (Deutsch-Westafrika) was a designation used for the German Protectorates in West Africa between 1884 and 1919. The term was normally used for the territories of Cameroon and Togo combined. More rarely, German South West Africa was also subsumed under this name. German West Africa existed only for a few years as an administrative unit. However, in trade and in the vernacular the term was longer in use.

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]

TerritoryPeriodArea (circa)Population (circa)Current countries
Altkamerun
(without the north-east)		1884–1919488,000 km²[4]2,588,000 Cameroon
 Nigeria
Ambasbay/Victoria[5]1887–1919?12,000 Cameroon
Entenschnabel1894–191112,000 km²? Cameroon
 Chad
Kapitaï und Koba1884–18852,310 km²35,000 Guinea
Mahinland1885?10,000 Nigeria
Neukamerun
(Deutsch-Kongo)		1911–1919295,000 km²2,000,000[6] Gabon
 Republic of the Congo
 Chad
 Central African Republic
Salaga Area (East)1899–1919?? Ghana
Togo1884–191987,200 km²[7]1,000,000 Ghana
 Togo
Total879,510 km²5,645,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schnee, Heinrich, ed. (1920). "Deutsch-Westafrikanische Handels Gesellschaft". Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (in German). Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Schnee, Heinrich, ed. (1920). "Deutsch-Westafrikanische Bank". Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (in German). Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ↑ For statistics regarding individual entities see Statistische Angaben zu den deutschen Kolonien Deutsches Historisches Museum Archived October 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Excluding "Entenschnabel"
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ guesstimate
  7. ↑ Including the Eastern Salaga Area
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