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Colonies in Africa in 1914

50 colonies, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The colonies

  1. 1Anglo-Egyptian Sudan2,615,402 km²
  2. 2Union of South Africa2,047,171 km²
  3. 3Ubangi-Shari-Chad1,760,999 km²
  4. 4Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies1,524,774 km²
  5. 5French Sudan1,436,817 km²
  6. 6Territory of Chad1,276,283 km²
  7. 7Portuguese Angola1,245,931 km²
  8. 8Protectorate of Mauritania1,039,518 km²
  9. 9German East Africa994,339 km²
  10. 10Northern Rhodesia986,794 km²
  11. 11Khedivate of Egypt984,847 km²
  12. 12Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria869,792 km²
  13. 13Italian Tripolitania868,088 km²
  14. 14German Cameroon837,630 km²
  15. 15German South-West Africa824,813 km²
  16. 16Italian Cyrenaica660,783 km²
  17. 17British East Africa623,580 km²
  18. 18Colony of Middle Congo606,201 km²
  19. 19Bechuanaland Protectorate579,666 km²
  20. 20Italian Somaliland487,765 km²
  21. 21Rhodesia391,755 km²
  22. 22Protectorate of Uganda383,191 km²
  23. 23French protectorate in Morocco364,790 km²
  24. 24French Gabon262,908 km²
  25. 25British Somaliland172,453 km²
  26. 26French protectorate of Tunisia157,732 km²
  27. 27Sultanate of Hobyo131,110 km²
  28. 28Italian Eritrea121,275 km²
  29. 29Nyasaland Protectorate119,144 km²
  30. 30Majeerteen Sultanate108,967 km²
  31. 31Gold Coast Colony93,699 km²
  32. 32Togoland Protectorate88,160 km²
  33. 33Northern Territories83,426 km²
  34. 34Sierra Leone Protectorate72,365 km²
  35. 35Ashanti Colony63,382 km²
  36. 36Spanish protectorate in Morocco49,335 km²
  37. 37Portuguese Cape Verde35,592 km²
  38. 38Portuguese Guinea32,013 km²
  39. 39Colony of Basutoland30,591 km²
  40. 40French Somaliland21,657 km²
  41. 41Swaziland Protectorate17,379 km²
  42. 42Gambia Colony and Protectorate10,317 km²
  43. 43Protectorate of the Portuguese Congo7,988 km²
  44. 44Protectorate of Wituland6,361 km²
  45. 45British Mauritius2,167 km²
  46. 46Kingdom of Sine2,064 km²
  47. 47Territory of Ifni1,595 km²
  48. 48Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe971 km²
  49. 49Colony of Seychelles290 km²
  50. 50Saint Helena Crown Colony173 km²

The map as it stood on 1 July 1914 (a year means its 1 July), with the names of the time. Colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories held by another state count as colonies. Area in km², measured on the largest of its outlines (simplified, clipped to land). Sources: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0), Wikidata (CC0).

On the map

Map of Colonies in Africa in 1914, 50 colonies: each one marked on the globe

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