German Kamerun

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colonial territory former German colony

German Kamerun was a German colonial territory in Central Africa from the 1880s until World War I, encompassing much of present-day Cameroon and parts of neighboring countries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
German Kamerun canonical 3
German–Cameroonian treaties of 1884 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial territory ⓘ
former German colony ⓘ
administeredAsMandateBy France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
British West Africa ⓘ
surface form: British Nigeria

French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration ⓘ
surface form: German Togoland
capital Buea ⓘ
Yaoundé ⓘ
colonialAdministrator Gustav Nachtigal ⓘ
Jesko von Puttkamer ⓘ
Karl Ebermaier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theodor Seitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPolicy forced labor ⓘ
plantation economy ⓘ
colonialPower German Empire ⓘ
conflict German Kamerun campaign ⓘ
surface form: Kamerun campaign

German Kamerun campaign ⓘ
surface form: World War I African theatre
country German Empire ⓘ
currencyUsed German mark ⓘ
dissolutionCause defeat of Germany in World War I ⓘ
endTime 1916 ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
establishedBy German Kamerun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: German–Cameroonian treaties of 1884

Gustav Nachtigal ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
legalBasisOfPartition Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
mainExport bananas ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ
palm oil ⓘ
rubber ⓘ
timber ⓘ
majorCity Buea ⓘ
Douala ⓘ
Yaoundé ⓘ
majorPort Douala ⓘ
mandateSystem League of Nations mandate ⓘ
partOfPresentDay Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
startTime 1884 ⓘ
successorState Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration ⓘ
surface form: British Cameroons

Cameroon ⓘ
surface form: French Cameroon

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cameroon → colonialPredecessor → German Kamerun ⓘ
German Kamerun → establishedBy → German Kamerun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: German–Cameroonian treaties of 1884
Beti-Pahuin peoples → colonialHistory → German Kamerun ⓘ
Northern Cameroons → partitionedFrom → German Kamerun ⓘ