East Africa Protectorate | |||||||||
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| 1895–1920 | |||||||||
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| Anthem: God Save the Queen (1895–1901) God Save the King (1901–1920) | |||||||||
 Map of British East Africa in 1909 | |||||||||
| Status | British protectorate | ||||||||
| Capital | Mombasa (1895–1905) Nairobi (1905–1920) | ||||||||
| Common languages | English (official), Swahili, Kikuyu, Kamba, Luo, Kisii, Kimeru, Nandi–Markweta also spoken | ||||||||
| Religion | Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, traditional African religion | ||||||||
| Government | British dependency | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1895–1901 | Victoria | ||||||||
• 1901–1910 | Edward VII | ||||||||
• 1910–1920 | George V | ||||||||
| Commissioner, Governor | |||||||||
• 1895–1897 | Arthur Henry Hardinge | ||||||||
• 1919–1920 | Sir Edward Northey | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1 July 1895 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 23 July 1920 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1904[1] | 696,400 km2 (268,900 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1904[1] | 4,000,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | Indian rupee (1895–1906) East African rupee (1906–20) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Kenya and Somalia | ||||||||
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East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west. Controlled by the United Kingdom in the late 19th century, it grew out of British commercial interests in the area in the 1880s and remained a protectorate until 1920 when it became the Colony of Kenya, save for an independent 16-kilometre-wide (10 mi) coastal strip that became the Kenya Protectorate.[2][3]
- ^ a b "Census of the British empire. 1901". Openlibrary.org. 1906. p. 178. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ British East Africa Company
- ^ Kenya Protectorate Order in Council 1920 (SR&O 1920/2343), S.R.O. & S.I. Rev. VIII, 258, State Pp., Vol. 87 p. 968