LIST OF FORMER EUROPEAN COLONIES

This is a list of former European colonies.

Contents

North America

Caribbean

South America

Africa

Indian Ocean

Middle East

Indian Subcontinent

Asia-Pacific

Europe

See also

North America

France

★ Canada (most of eastern and central Canada)

★ United States (entire basin of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, Great Lakes)

Britain

★ American territories east of the Mississippi (in modern USA)

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★ Thirteen colonies

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★ roughly the area of Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia

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★ Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin

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★ Louisiana and Minnesota east of the Mississippi River

★ Belize

★ Canada

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★ Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

★ Mosquito Coast

★ Oregon Country

Netherlands

★ New Netherlands (Nieuw-Amsterdam / New York)
Portugal

★ Labrador

★ Nova Scotia

★ Terra Nova (Newfoundland)
Russia

★ Alaska

★ Canadian and U.S. Pacific coasts down to Fort Ross, California

Spain

★ Costa Rica

★ El Salvador

★ East Florida and West Florida

★ Guatemala

★ Honduras

★ Mexico

★ Nicaragua

★ Nootka (Vancouver Island, Canada)

★ Southwestern United States - Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah
Sweden

★ New Sweden (Nya Sverige)

Caribbean

Brandenburg

★ St Thomas
Britain

★ Bahamas

★ Barbados

★ Jamaica

★ Leeward Islands

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★ Antigua and Barbuda

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★ Dominica

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★ Saint Christopher (St Kitts)-Nevis

★ Windward Islands

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★ Grenada

★
★ Saint Lucia

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★ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Courland

★ New Courland (Tobago)
Denmark

★ Danish West Indies
France

★ Anguilla

★ Antigua and Barbuda

★ Dominica

★ Dominican Republic

★ Grenada

★ Montserrat

★ Nevis

★ Saint Christophe (St Kitts)

★ Saint Croix

★ Saint-Dominique (Haiti)

★ Sainte-Lucia (St Lucia)

★ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

★ Sint Eustatius

★ Tobago
Knights of Malta

★ Saint-Barthélemy

★ Saint Christopher (St Kitts)

★ Saint Croix

★ Tortuga (off coast of Haiti)
Netherlands

★ Anegada

★ New Walcheren (Tobago)

★ Saint Croix

★ Tortola

★ Virgin Gorda
Portugal

★ Barbados
Spain

★ Bahamas

★ Cuba

★ Island of Hispanola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)

★ Jamaica

★ Puerto Rico
Sweden

★ Guadeloupe

★ Saint-Barthélemy

South America

Britain

★ British Guyana

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★ Berbice, Essequibo, Demerara
France

★ Brazil (Rio de Janeiro briefly, and São Luís briefly)
(see France Antarctique and France Équinoxiale)

★ Iles Malouines (Falkland Islands)
Netherlands

★ Berbice (Guyana)

★ Demerara

★ Dutch Guiana (Suriname)

★ Essequibo

★ New Holland (Brazil - Half the capitanas)
Spain

★ Argentina

★ Bolivia

★ Chile

★ Colombia

★ Ecuador

★ Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands)

★ Paraguay

★ Panama (formerly a part of Colombia)

★ Peru

★ Uruguay

★ Venezuela
Portugal

★ Brazil

★ Cisplatina (Uruguay)

★ French Guiana

Africa

Belgium

★ Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

★ Lado enclave

★ Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda and Burundi)
Brandenburg

★ Arguin (in Mauritania)

★ Brandenburger Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)
Britain

★ Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Sudan)

★ Basutoland (Lesotho)

★ Bechuanaland (Botswana)

★ British East Africa (Kenya)

★ British Somaliland (northern Somalia)

★ British Togoland (eastern Ghana)

★ Cameroons (split between Nigeria and Cameroon)

★ Egypt

★ Gambia

★ Gold Coast (Ghana)

★ Nigeria

★ Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)

★ Nyasaland (Malawi)

★ Sierra Leone

★ South Africa

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★ Cape Colony

★
★ Natal

★
★ Orange Free State

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★ Transvaal

★
★ Zululand

★ South-West Africa (Namibia)

★
★ Walvis Bay

★ Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

★ Swaziland

★ Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania)

★ Uganda

★ Zanzibar (insular Tanzania)
Courland

★ St. Andrews Island (in Gambia)
Denmark

★ Danish Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)
France

★ Albreda (in Gambia)

★ Algeria

★ Cameroon (91% of Cameroon)

★ Dahomey (Benin)

★ French Congo (Republic of Congo)

★ French Guinea (Guinea)

★ French Somaliland (Djibouti)

★ French Sudan (Mali)

★ French Togoland (Togo)

★ Gabon

★ Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

★ Mauritania

★ Morocco (89% of Morocco)

★ Niger

★ Oubangui-Chari (Central African Republic)

★ Senegal

★ Tchad (Chad)

★ Tunisia

★ Upper Volta (Burkina Faso)
Germany

★ German East Africa (Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania)

★ German South West Africa (Namibia)

★ Kamerun (split between Cameroon and Nigeria)

★ Togoland (split between Togo and Ghana)

★ Wituland
Italy

★ Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

★ Eritrea

★ Italian Somaliland

★ Libya
Netherlands

★ Angola (Luanda, Sonyo and Cabinda)

★ Arguin Island (in Mauritania)

★ Dutch Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana, including El Mina)

★ Goree (in Senegal)

★ Moçambique (Delagoa Bay)

★ Sao Tomé

★ South Africa. The Dutch Cape Colony (Kaapstad / Cape Town)
Portugal

★ Ajuda (Whydah, in Benin)

★ Angola

★ Annobon

★ Cabinda

★ Ceuta

★ Fernando Poo

★ Goree (in Senegal)

★ Malindi

★ Mombasa

★ Morocco enclaves

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★ Agadir

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★ Alcacer Ceguer

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★ Arzila

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★ Azamor

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★ Mazagan

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★ Mogador

★
★ Safim

★ Mozambique

★ Portuguese Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana)

★ Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau)

★ Quíloa

★ São Tomé e Príncipe

★ Tangier

★ Zanzibar

★ Ziguinchor
Spain

★ Bona

★ Bougie

★ Fernando Poo and Annobon (insular Equatorial Guinea)

★ Jerba

★ Oran

★ Port Guinea

★ Rio Muni (mainland Equatorial Guinea)

★ Spanish Morocco

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★ Ifni

★ Spanish Sahara

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★ Río de Oro

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★ Saguia el-Hamra

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★ Tarfaya Strip
Sweden

★ Swedish Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)

Indian Ocean

Britain

★ Laccadive Islands

★ Maldive Islands

★ Mauritius

★ Seychelles
France

★ Comoros

★ Ile de France (Mauritius)

★ Madagascar

★ Seychelles

★ Tanzania (Zanzibar)
Netherlands

★ Mauritius
Portugal

★ Laccadive Islands

★ Maldive Islands

★ Socotra

Middle East

France

★ Lebanon

★ Syria

★ Turkey (Sanjak of Alexandretta, now called Hatay province)

★ Yemen (Cheik-Saïd peninsula)
Netherlands

★ Mesopotamia (Iraq, Al Basrah)

★ Jemen, Al Mukha (Mocca)
Britain

★ Aden Protectorate

★ Bahrain

★ Iraq

★ Kuwait

★ Oman

★ Palestine

★ Qatar

★ South Arabia

★ Transjordan

★ Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates)
Portugal

★ Bandar Abbas

★ Hormuz

★ Manama

★ Muharraq Island

★ Muscat

★ Qeshm

Indian Subcontinent

Austria

★ Nicobar Islands
Britain

★ Bhutan

★ British India

★
★ Bangladesh

★
★ India

★
★ Pakistan

★ Burma (Myanmar)

★ Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

★ Nepal
Denmark

★ Frederik Oerne Islands (Nicobar Islands)

★ Serampore

★ Tranquebar
France

★ India

★
★ Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahé, and Chandernagore
Netherlands

★ Bengalen (Bangladesh)

★ Birma (Myanmar) (Mrohaung (Arakan), Siriangh, Syriam, Ava, Martaban)

★ Ceylon

★ India (Suratte, Malabar, Coromandel)
Portugal

★ Bombay

★ Calicut

★ Cambay

★ Cannanore

★ Ceylon (Cilão)

★ Chaul

★ Chittagong

★ Cochin

★ Dadra and Nagar Haveli

★ Daman and Diu

★ Goa

★ Hughli

★ Masulipatnam

★ Mangalore

★ Surat

★ Syriam

Asia-Pacific

Britain

★ Australia

★ Brunei

★ China

★
★ Hong Kong

★
★ Weihaiwei (now known as Weihai)

★ Ellice Islands (Tuvalu)

★ Fiji

★ Gilbert Islands (main island group of Kiribati)

★ Hawaii

★ Indonesia

★ most of the Line Islands

★ Malaysia

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★ Malaya

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★ Federated Malay States

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★
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★ Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang,

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★ Straits Settlements

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★ Malacca, Penang, Singapore

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★ Unfederated Malay States

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★ Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Johor

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★ North Borneo

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★ Sabah

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★
★ Labuan

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★ Sarawak

★ Nauru

★ New Hebrides (Vanuatu, condominium with France)

★ New Zealand

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★ Cook Islands

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★ Niue

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★ Tokelau

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★ Western Samoa

★ Ocean island

★ Papua New Guinea

★ Philippines (mainly Manila)

★ Phoenix Islands (part of Kiribati)

★ Solomon Islands
France

★ China

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★ Kwang-Chou-Wan (廣州灣) leased territory, now the city of Zhanjiang (Guangdong province)

★
★ French settlements (concessions) in Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, and Hankou

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★ French zone of influence officially recognized by China over the provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, and Guangdong

★ Indochina

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★ Cambodia

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★ Laos

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★ Vietnam

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★
★ Annam

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★
★ Cochin China

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★
★ Tongking

★ New Hebrides (Vanuatu, condominium with Britain)
Germany

★ Bismarck Archipelago

★ Caroline Islands (Karolinen)

★ German Samoa

★ Jiaozhou Bay (Kiautschou)

★ Kaiser-Wilhelmsland

★ Marshall Islands

★ Nauru

★ North Solomon Islands

★ Northern Marianas Islands (Marianen)

★ Palau
Netherlands

★ Deshima (near Nagasaki)

★ Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

★ Malacca

★ Taiwan (Tayowan)

★ Tonkin/Annam (Vietnam) (Tonkin, Hoi An)
Portugal

★ Ayutthaya

★ Flores

★ Macau

★ Malacca

★ Moluccas

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★ Ambon

★
★ Ternate

★
★ Tidore

★ Nagasaki

★ Portuguese Timor (Timor-Leste)
Spain

★ Spanish East Indies

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★ Marianas Islands (Ladrones)

★
★
★ Guam

★
★
★ Northern Marianas Islands

★
★ Marshall Islands

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★ Micronesia

★
★ Palau

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★ Philippines

★
★ Tidore

★ Wake Island

Europe

Britain

★ Ireland (Laois, Offally, Dublin, Munster and Ulster)

See also

★ Evolution of the Portuguese Empire

★ Belgian colonial empire

★ Danish colonial empire

★ Swedish colonial empire

★ http://www.answers.com/topic/portuguese-empire