German East Africa

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former German colony former colony historical political entity

German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
German East Africa canonical 21
British Tanganyika Territory 1
German East Africa (in part) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former German colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
adminCenter Dar es Salaam ⓘ
administeredBy Imperial German Colonial Office ⓘ
battle East African campaign ⓘ
surface form: East African Campaign
capital Dar es Salaam ⓘ
cashCrop coffee ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
rubber ⓘ
sisal ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of German East Africa ⓘ
colonialPower German Empire ⓘ
commonLanguage Swahili ⓘ
conflict Maji Maji Rebellion ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
currency German East African rupie ⓘ
German mark ⓘ
economy plantation agriculture ⓘ
endCause Germany's defeat in World War I ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
endTime 1919 ⓘ
flag Flag of German East Africa ⓘ
formerCapital Bagamoyo ⓘ
inceptionEvent acquisition of coastal holdings by Carl Peters and the German East Africa Company ⓘ
legalStatusAfterWWI League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces ⓘ
surface form: League of Nations mandate territories
majorCity Kigoma ⓘ
Moshi ⓘ
Tabora ⓘ
majorPort Dar es Salaam ⓘ
Lindi ⓘ
Tanga Region ⓘ
surface form: Tanga
mandatePower Belgium ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
notableCommander Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck ⓘ
notableGovernor Gustav Adolf von Götzen ⓘ
Heinrich Schnee ⓘ
Hermann von Wissmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julius von Soden NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
presentIn Burundi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
startTime 1885 ⓘ
successor Portuguese East Africa ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Mozambique

Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi ⓘ
surface form: Ruanda-Urundi

Tanzania ⓘ
surface form: Tanganyika Territory

Referenced by (23)

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

German Empire → hadColony → German East Africa ⓘ
Imperial German Navy → overseasBase → German East Africa ⓘ
The African Queen → settingLocation → German East Africa ⓘ
Congo Free State → borderedBy → German East Africa ⓘ
Tanganyika → colonialPredecessor → German East Africa ⓘ
East African High Commission → operatedIn → German East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Tanganyika Territory
Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi → administeredAfter → German East Africa ⓘ
Second Reich → hadColony → German East Africa ⓘ
Fipa → colonialHistoryUnder → German East Africa ⓘ
Hans Meyer → regionExplored → German East Africa ⓘ
Tanzania and Burundi → haveColonialHistory → German East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: German East Africa (in part)
Swahili people → colonialHistory → German East Africa ⓘ
Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 → definedBoundaryBetween → German East Africa ⓘ
Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 → relatedTo → German East Africa ⓘ
Rose Sayer → countryOfFictionalSetting → German East Africa ⓘ
Rev. Samuel Sayer → settingOfActivity → German East Africa ⓘ
Rev. Samuel Sayer → countryOfFictionalSetting → German East Africa ⓘ
Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut → settingRegion → German East Africa ⓘ
Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer → settingRegion → German East Africa ⓘ
Fritz Klute → placeOfActivity → German East Africa ⓘ
Shout at the Devil → setting → German East Africa ⓘ
Afterlives → settingLocation → German East Africa ⓘ
Paradise → settingPlace → German East Africa ⓘ