Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial federation
federation
former political entity
alsoKnownAs CAF
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
surface form: Central African Federation
capital Lusaka, Zambia
surface form: Lusaka

Salisbury
coatOfArms shield combining symbols of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland
colonialContext part of the British Empire
colonialPower United Kingdom
continent Africa
country United Kingdom
currency Rhodesian pound
deJureCapital Salisbury
dissolutionMethod formal termination by British government order-in-council
endDate 1963-12-31
establishedBy UK government
surface form: British government
establishedUnder British colonial rule
federalGovernmentSeat Lusaka, Zambia
surface form: Lusaka
flagUsed Blue Ensign with federation shield
governmentType federal parliamentary system
hadPrimeMinister Godfrey Huggins
Roy Welensky
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom
legislature Federal Assembly
locatedIn southern Africa
memberTerritory Northern Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Rhodesia
surface form: Southern Rhodesia
modernTerritoryIncludes Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
monarch Elizabeth II
officialLanguage English
politicalStatus self-governing colony
semi-autonomous federation
predecessor Northern Rhodesia
surface form: Northern Rhodesia (British protectorate)

Nyasaland
surface form: Nyasaland (British protectorate)

Rhodesia
surface form: Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony)
purpose to create a unified economic area in central Africa
to maintain white minority political dominance
reasonForDissolution African nationalist opposition
British policy shift toward decolonisation
economic and political tensions among territories
region Central Africa
startDate 1953-08-01
successor Malawi
Rhodesia
surface form: Southern Rhodesia

Zambia

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Rhodesian pound usedIn Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Rhodesian pound usedIn Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
this entity surface form: Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Malawi formerName Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
this entity surface form: Nyasaland
High Commissioner for Southern Africa appliesToJurisdiction Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
this entity surface form: Nyasaland
Cecil Rhodes namesake Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
this entity surface form: Northern Rhodesia
Stanley Fischer countryOfBirth Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
this entity surface form: Northern Rhodesia
British South Africa Company administeredTerritory Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
this entity surface form: Northern Rhodesia
1950 British Empire Games participatingEntity Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
this entity surface form: Rhodesia
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland alsoKnownAs Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
this entity surface form: Central African Federation
Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland country Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland hasJurisdictionOver Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
this entity surface form: federal government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Zimbabwe–Zambia border wasInternalBoundaryOf Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Northern Rhodesia partOf Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland