German East Africa

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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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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 ⓘ
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 mandate territories ⓘ
majorCity Kigoma ⓘ
Moshi ⓘ
Tabora ⓘ
majorPort Dar es Salaam ⓘ
Lindi ⓘ
Tanga ⓘ
linked to: Tanga Region
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 Mozambique ⓘ
Ruanda-Urundi ⓘ
Tanganyika Territory ⓘ
linked to: Tanzania

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Referenced by (54)

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 → British Tanganyika Territory ⓘ
linked to: 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 (in part) ⓘ
linked to: German East Africa
Swahili people → colonialHistory → German East Africa ⓘ
Rose Sayer → countryOfFictionalSetting → German East Africa ⓘ
Rev. Samuel Sayer → settingOfActivity → German East Africa ⓘ
Rev. Samuel Sayer → countryOfFictionalSetting → 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 ⓘ
Ulanga River → associatedWithCountryInFiction → German East Africa ⓘ
Legislative Council of Tanganyika → precededBy → German colonial administration in German East Africa ⓘ
linked to: German East Africa
British East Africa → borderedBy → German East Africa ⓘ
Frederick Selous → placeOfDeath → German East Africa ⓘ
Burundian monarchy → colonialOverlord → German East Africa ⓘ
Khalid bin Barghash → wentIntoExileIn → German East Africa ⓘ
German colonial empire → hasPart → German East Africa ⓘ
German colonial empire → notableColony → German East Africa ⓘ
Flag of German East Africa → country → German East Africa ⓘ
Lindi → historicalTerritory → German East Africa ⓘ
Maji Maji Rebellion → location → German East Africa ⓘ
Maji Maji Rebellion → relatedConcept → German East Africa ⓘ
Heinrich Schnee → residence → German East Africa ⓘ
Heinrich Schnee → areaOfInfluence → German East Africa ⓘ
British Tanganyika → precededBy → German East Africa ⓘ
Nyakyusa → colonialHistory → German East Africa ⓘ
Kerewe → colonialHistory → German East Africa ⓘ
Kingdom of Kiziba → successorState → German East Africa ⓘ
Lothar von Trotha → placeOfActivity → German East Africa ⓘ
Kingdom of Ihangiro → successorState → German East Africa ⓘ
East African campaign → location → German East Africa ⓘ