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PORTUGUESE WEST AFRICA (Saint Paul of Loanda)  Governorate-General of the Crown Colony of PORTUGUESE WEST AFRICA :
SPANISH WEST AFRICA (Las Palmas of Great Canary)  Territories of SPANISH WEST AFRICA :
NORTH AFRICA (Ceuta a + Melilla a)  Spanish General Captaincy of NORTH AFRICA :
BRITISH EAST AFRICA (Nairobi)  BRITISH EAST AFRICA Protectorate :
PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA (Lourenzo Marques)  Governorate-General of the PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA Colony [Province of Mozambique] :
GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA (Windhuk)  GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA Crown Colony :
SOUTHERN AFRICA (Maseru)  High Commission in and for South Africa : High Commission Territories of SOUTHERN AFRICA :
RHODESIA (Salisbury) De facto Semi-Independent British South Africa Company : BSAC [Rhodesia Protectorate] : King George V
GERMAN EAST AFRICA (Daressalam)  GERMAN EAST AFRICA Colony :
FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA (Brazzaville)  Government-General of the FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA Federation :
FRENCH WEST AFRICA (Goree + Dakar)  Federation of FRENCH WEST AFRICA :
SOUTH AFRICA (Pretoria ae + Cape Town l) De facto Semi-Independent British Dominion of the UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA : King George V

Other Entities with similar names
UNITED KINGDOM  SOUTH AFRICA 
  
(London a + Westminster lr + Edinburgh s + Windsor r) - (Pretoria ae + Cape Town l) -

British Dominion of the UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Flag or logo since 1910-05-31*
British Dominion of the Union of SOUTH AFRICA (en) + Unie van ZUID-AFRIKA (nl) De facto Semi-Independent
Emblem or Symbol*

King George V
(ruler of UNITED KINGDOM since 1910-05-06)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Pretoria ae + Cape Town l
(Pretoria + Cape Town)
a administrative, national or political capital (also ruler's residence)
e executive capital
l legislative or parliamentary capital, seat of government
Official & national languages: English (en) . Dutch (nl) .

Mainland:


SOUTH AFRICAN UNION British Dominion of the SOUTH AFRICAN UNION  (Pretoria + Cape Town)

4 Federated Divisions:

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Province  (Cape Town)Local: Province of THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (en) + KAAPprovincie (nl)  (Cape Town)
NATAL NATAL Province  (Pietermaritzburg)Local: Province of NATAL (en) + Provincie NATAL (nl)  (Pietermaritzburg)
ORANGE FREE STATE ORANGE FREE STATE Province  (Bloemfontein)Local: ORANJE-VRIJSTAAT Provincie (nl) + ORANGE FREE STATE Province (en)  (Bloemfontein)
TRANSVAAL TRANSVAAL Province  (Pretoria)Local: TRANSVAAL Provinsie (nl) + TRANSVAAL Province (en)  (Pretoria)



1 Condominium:

SOUTHERN AFRICA High Commission in and for South Africa : High Commission Territories of SOUTHERN AFRICA  (Maseru)Local: High Commission in and for South Africa : High Commission Territories of SOUTHERN AFRICA (en)  (Maseru)


4 Organisations (or Groupings) of membership (selective)


BRITISH DOMINIONS BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)
OLYMPIC GAMES International Olympic Committee : IOC  (Lausanne)
TELEGRAPH International Telegraph Union : ITU  (Berne)
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION Universal Postal Union : UPU  (Berne)


Note: REF*000059


Other Territories or Entities within the 2023's internationally recognized Country boundaries:

MARION ISLAND British Territory of MARION ISLAND  (Marion)
PRINCE EDWARD AND MARION ISLANDS PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS Group  (Marion)
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND British Territory of PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND  (-)
SIMONSTOWN British Naval Base of SIMON´S TOWN  (Simon´s Town)
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 General Internet Sources

   * Base géographique, Archives nationales d'outre-mer (FR). For the administrative divisions of the former French dependencies.
   * Centennia Historical Atlas Software, ed. Centennia (US). For Europe, North Africa and Middle East historical maps.
   * Drapeaux d'Origine & d'Inspiration Françaises - DO&IF, SFV (FR). For French colonial flags.
   * Ethnologue: Languages of the World, SIL International (US). For languages codes.
   * Flags Of The World - FOTW, Rob Raeside (CA). For the current and historic flags of the world.
   * GeoNames, Geonames (CH). Geographical names database.
   * Google Books, Google (US). Online library used for specific sources.
   * Herald Dick Magazine, Herald Dick (FR). For some current and historic arms.
   * Heraldry of the World, by Ralf Hartemink (NL). For local emblems and arms.
   * L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, by Jacques Leclerc, University of Laval (CA). For national linguistic policies.
   * National Arms and Emblems - Past and Present, by Hubert de Vries (NL). For historic national emblems and arms.
   * Numismondo - World Printed Money Picture Catalog, by Garry Saint, Esquire (US). For national currencies.
   * Omniatlas - Interactive atlas of World History, by Rick Westera (NZ). For some geopolitical maps.
   * Perry-Castañ:eda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin (US). For some historical maps.
   * Population Statistics, by Jan Lahmeyer (NL). For historical regional demographies and areas.
   * Portale Storia, by Giovanni Fontana (IT). For photos of rulers.
   * ReliefWeb, by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). For maps of some administrative divisions.
   * Rulers.org, by Benjamin Schemmel (DE). For photos of rulers.
   * Statoids, by Gwillim Law (US). For historical administrative subdivisions.
   * The World Factbook, ed. Central Intelligence Agency (US). For the general data and profiles of the current countries.
   * United Nations Peacekeeping, United Nations (UNO). For the United Nations Missions.
   * Vexilla Mundi, by Mello Luchtenberg (NL). For flags of the world.
   * Vexillographia, by Viktor Lomantsov (RU). For flags of Russia and Soviet Union.
   * Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation (US). Free-use pictures.
   * Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation (US). For general data, maps, sources, pictures.
   * World Heritage Centre, (UNESCO). For the selected photos of the countries.
   * World History at KMLA, by Alexander Ganse (DE). For historical maps and links by country.
   * World Statesmen, by Ben Cahoon (US). Main source for the historical polities and their rulers.

 General Printed References

   * Atlas des empires and other books of Gérard Chaliand, ed. Payot (FR). General historical geopolitic data.
   * Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. Routledge (UK). Most complete world list of languages and dialects.
   * Flags Through the Ages and Accross the World, by Whitney Smith, ed. McGraw (US). Flags of the world.
   * Fragments d'Europe, by Michel Foucher, ed. Fayard (FR). For the post-Soviet Union polities.
   * L'État du Monde, ed. La Découverte (FR). Yearly geopolitic cover of the world.
   * Quid, by Dominique Frémy, ed. Plon (FR). Yearly encyclopedia that was useful for countries data.
   * Statoids printed version, by Gwillim Law (US). For historical administrative subdivisions.
   * The Times Atlas of the World, ed. Times Atlas (UK). Periodical atlas of the world with its supplementary list of administrative subdivisions.
   * World Christian Encyclopedia, by David B. Barrett, ed. Oxford University Press (UK). For world religious groups but also ethnological data. First inspiring source of Ethnia.org website's look.
   * World Paper Money, ed. Krause (US). For historical currencies.

    + the other sources are added according to the consulted entity.

 



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