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This is a list of former German Empire colonies and protectorates (German: Schutzgebiete), the German colonial empire.
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) except Walvisbaai
- 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 Cameroun, which became present 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
- Jiaozhou Bay (Kiautschou)
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 abandoned afterward
- German colonial empire
Sources and external links
Tyske kolonier | Deutsche Kolonien | Duitse koloniën | Liste over tidligere tyske kolonier | Colônias alemãs
"List of former German colonies"