Kamerun
West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the historical German colony. For the modern nation, see Cameroon. For the territories ceded to Germany by France in 1911, see Neukamerun.
Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1920 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon. Kamerun also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western parts of the Central African Republic, southwestern parts of Chad and far northeastern parts of Nigeria.
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Kamerun | |||||||||||||||||||
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1884–1920 | |||||||||||||||||||
Status | German colony | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Jaunde | ||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | German (official) | ||||||||||||||||||
Government | Colony | ||||||||||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1884 (first) | Gustav Nachtigal | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1914–1916 (last) | Karl Ebermaier | ||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 17 August 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 | 495,000 km2 (191,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
1912 | 790,000 km2 (310,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1910 | 2,600,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1912 | 4,645,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Currency | German gold mark | ||||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Cameroon Nigeria Gabon Republic of the Congo Chad Central African Republic |
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