German East Africa
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Capital | Bagamoyo |
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Founded | 1885 |
Area | 995000 |
Currency | German East African rupie |
Date dissolved | 1919 |
Common languages | German |
Kirundi | |
Kinyarwanda | |
Iraqw | |
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ID | 2272376 |
About German East Africa
German East Africa was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of Tanzania. GEA's area was 994,996 square kilometres, which was nearly three times the area of present-day Germany, and double the area of metropolitan Germany then.