Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration

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United Nations trust territory former British-administered territory former colony and protectorate of the United Kingdom

The Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration was a former United Nations trust territory in West Africa governed by Britain after World War II until its eventual partition and integration into Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Cameroons 0
Southern Cameroons 0
British Cameroons 2
League of Nations mandate of British Cameroons 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations trust territory ⓘ
United Nations trust territory ⓘ
United Nations trust territory ⓘ
former British-administered territory ⓘ
former British-administered territory ⓘ
former British-administered territory ⓘ
former colony and protectorate of the United Kingdom ⓘ
administeredBy British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy French Cameroons NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
capital Buea NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
currency Nigerian pound ⓘ
decolonizationProcess UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 ⓘ
endDate 1961-06-01 ⓘ
1961-10-01 ⓘ
formerColonialPowerOfNeighboringTerritory France ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
Decolonization of Africa ⓘ
historicalRegion Cameroons NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedInto Nigeria ⓘ
Republic of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedPart Northern Cameroons ⓘ
Southern Cameroons NERFINISHED ⓘ
integrationDate 1961-06-01 ⓘ
1961-10-01 ⓘ
legalBasis Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Charter

United Nations Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Agreement
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
neighboringEntity Trust Territory of Cameroon under French administration ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
oversightBy Trusteeship Council ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
partitionedInto Northern Cameroons ⓘ
Southern Cameroon ⓘ
surface form: Southern Cameroons
plebisciteOrganizedBy United Nations ⓘ
predecessor Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British Cameroons

Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: League of Nations mandate of British Cameroons
startDate 1946-07-20 ⓘ
status non-self-governing territory ⓘ
successor Federal Republic of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria

Nigeria ⓘ
Northern Region of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Trust Territory of Cameroon under French administration → borderedBy → Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Cameroons
Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration → predecessor → Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Cameroons
Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration → predecessor → Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate of British Cameroons
UNTC → supervised → Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council