"Dark gray: Other German possessions
Darkest gray: German Empire
Note: the map depicts the historical extent for German territories on a globe showing 2011 bordersStatusGerman colonyCapitalBagamoyo (1885–90)Dar es ...
Salaam (1890–1918)Common languagesGerman (official)Swahili, Arabic, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Maa, Iraqw, Chaga languagesReligion Islam, traditional African religion, Christianity (Catholic Church and Lutheranism)Emperor • 1885–1888 Wilhelm I• 1888–1888 Frederick III• 1888–1918 Wilhelm IIGovernor • 1895–96 (first) Hermann Wissmann• 1912–18 (last) Heinrich SchneeHistorical eraNew Imperialism• Established by the German East Africa Company 27 February 1885• Border agreement under the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty 1 July 1890• Maji Maji Rebellion 21 October 1905• Surrender to Britain 25 November 1918• Formally disestablished under the Treaty of Versailles 28 June 1919Area1913995,000 km2 (384,000 sq mi)Population• 1913 7,700,000CurrencyGerman East African rupie Preceded bySucceeded byGerman East Africa CompanySultanate of ZanzibarKingdom of RwandaKingdom of BurundiTanganyika (territory)Kenya ColonyRuanda-UrundiPortuguese East AfricaToday part of Burundi Kenya Mozambique Rwanda TanzaniaGerman East Africa (German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) (GEA) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of Tanzania. GEA´s area was 994,996 square kilometres (384,170 sq mi), which was nearly three times the area of present-day Germany, and double the area of metropolitan Germany then." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)
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