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British East Africa

called since July 5, 1920, Kenya Colony, a territory of East Africa, between the former German East Africa and the Italian protectorate of Somaliland; area, over 1,000,000 square miles; pop. estimated at between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000. The coast extends from Wanga, 4° 40' S. lat., to the mouth of the Juba river, 0° 15' S. lat. The S. boundary line runs to a point, on 1° S. lat. on Lake Vic- BRITISH EMPIRE toria Nyanza, and continues on that parallel to 30° E. long., when it turns N. to Darfur and Kordofan, including these countries. The territory contains the valley of the Upper Nile and the mountainous region Africa, in which are the high mountains of Kenia, Elgon, and Ruwenzori. The Bantu tribes, inhabitants comprise Bantu tribes, of Equatorial among which are the Waganda and Wangoro, Musai and Galla tribes, Swahili on the coast, and negroes on the Nile. Ivory, gum, India rubber, sesame seeds, cocoanuts, copra, coir, maize, rice and hides are exported. The government is principally vested in the British East Africa Company, which was founded in 1888, with a royal charter, but in 1894 UGANDA (q. v.), N. of Victoria Nyanza, was made a separate British protectorate, and received a separate administration. DARFUR (q. v.) and KORDOFAN (q. v.) were merely in the BRITISH MUSEUM Continental Distribution Europe...

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Total English Square Estimated Miles Population 121,512 45,878,500 2,187,550 323,158,000 4,652,000 60,000,000 3,893,000 7,458,000 50,000 8,600 12,300 1,730,000 97,800 3,300,000 314,000 6,800,000 14,272,762 445,388,500 Details of the various constituent parts of the Empire will be found under their titles throughout this work.