West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916
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.
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Kamerun
1884–1920
Service flag of the Colonial Office
Coat of arms of the German Empire
Location of Kamerun: Green: Territory comprising German colony of Kamerun Dark grey: Other German territories Darkest grey: German Empire
Status
German colony
Capital
Jaunde
Common languages
German (official)
Basaa
Beti
Duala
Other local languages
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
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Bamum
Mandara Kingdom
Kotoko kingdom
French Equatorial Africa
British Cameroon
French Cameroon
French Equatorial Africa
Today part of
Cameroon Nigeria Gabon Republic of the Congo Chad Central African Republic
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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