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British Bechuanaland was a short-lived Crown colony of the United Kingdom that existed in southern Africa from its formation on 30 September 1885 until its annexation to the neighbouring Cape Colony on 16 November 1895. [1]
The Bechuanaland Protectorate (/ ˌ b ɛ tʃ u ˈ ɑː n ə l æ n d /) was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom. It became the Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966.
Betschuanaland war ein britisches Protektorat auf dem Gebiet des seit 30. September 1966 unabhängigen Staates Botswana. Betschuanaland hatte kurz vor der Unabhängigkeit eine ungefähre Größe von 712.000 km². Extraterritoriale Hauptstadt des Protektorats war Mafeking in Südafrika.
What Was Bechuanaland? The ruin of a London Missionary Society church in Palapye, Botswana. When the British occupied parts of Africa, they established several Crown colonies. Although most of these colonies have since attained independence and are now sovereign states, the British still have jurisdiction over certain overseas territories.
Bechuanaland betyder Tswanalandet, och delades administrativt upp i två politiska enheter. Den norra delen administrerades som Bechuanalandprotektoratet och södra delen, söder om floden Molopo , administrerades som kronkolonin Brittiska Bechuanaland.
This article argues that the Kalahari desert region of the Kwena tribal reserve out of the imperial command from 1930-1950, at a time when British colonial achieved territorial control of the tribal areas of Bechuanaland Protectorate (now through the chiefs.
Bechuanaland was a federation of Tswana lands stretching from the territory of the Bangwato in present day Botswana to the Batlhaping area around present day Kimberley, South Africa. The area included large parts of what is now the North West and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa.