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Countries and colonies of Africa in 1914

60 countries and 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 countries and colonies

1. 1French West Africa4,827,511 km²
2. 2Anglo-Egyptian Sudan2,615,402 km²
3. 3French Equatorial Africa2,503,099 km²
4. 4Belgian Congo2,387,531 km²
5. 5Union of South Africa2,047,171 km²
6. 6Ubangi-Shari-Chad1,760,999 km²
7. 7Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies1,524,774 km²
8. 8French Sudan1,436,817 km²
9. 9Territory of Chad1,276,283 km²
10. 10Portuguese Angola1,245,931 km²
11. 11Ethiopian Empire1,131,132 km²
12. 12Protectorate of Mauritania1,039,518 km²
13. 13German East Africa994,339 km²
14. 14Northern Rhodesia986,794 km²
15. 15Khedivate of Egypt984,847 km²
16. 16Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria869,792 km²
17. 17Italian Tripolitania868,088 km²
18. 18German Cameroon837,630 km²
19. 19German South-West Africa824,813 km²
20. 20Province of Mozambique787,679 km²
21. 21Italian Cyrenaica660,783 km²
22. 22British East Africa623,580 km²
23. 23Colony of Middle Congo606,201 km²
24. 24Bechuanaland Protectorate579,666 km²
25. 25Italian Somaliland487,765 km²
26. 26Rhodesia391,755 km²
27. 27Protectorate of Uganda383,191 km²
28. 28French protectorate in Morocco364,790 km²
29. 29French Gabon262,908 km²
30. 30British Somaliland172,453 km²
31. 31French protectorate of Tunisia157,732 km²
32. 32Sultanate of Hobyo131,110 km²
33. 33Italian Eritrea121,275 km²
34. 34Nyasaland Protectorate119,144 km²
35. 35Majeerteen Sultanate108,967 km²
36. 36Liberia96,160 km²
37. 37Gold Coast Colony93,699 km²
38. 38Togoland Protectorate88,160 km²
39. 39Northern Territories83,426 km²
40. 40Sierra Leone Protectorate72,365 km²
41. 41Ashanti Colony63,382 km²
42. 42Spanish protectorate in Morocco49,335 km²
43. 43Kingdom of Rwanda39,936 km²
44. 44Portuguese Cape Verde35,592 km²
45. 45Portuguese Guinea32,013 km²
46. 46Colony of Basutoland30,591 km²
47. 47Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea26,949 km²
48. 48Kingdom of Burundi26,889 km²
49. 49French Somaliland21,657 km²
50. 50Swaziland Protectorate17,379 km²
51. 51Gambia Colony and Protectorate10,317 km²
52. 52Protectorate of the Portuguese Congo7,988 km²
53. 53Protectorate of Wituland6,361 km²
54. 54La Réunion2,562 km²
55. 55British Mauritius2,167 km²
56. 56Kingdom of Sine2,064 km²
57. 57Territory of Ifni1,595 km²
58. 58Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe971 km²
59. 59Colony of Seychelles290 km²
60. 60Saint 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. Sovereign states as they were then; British dominions count from the Statute of Westminster (1931), Egypt from 1922. 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).

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