Kamerun

Kamerun
1884–1916
Service flag of the Colonial Office
Coat of arms of the German Empire
Anthem: 'Heil dir im Siegerkranz
"Hail to Thee in the Victor's Crown"
Location of Kamerun:
Green: Territory comprising German colony of Kamerun
Dark grey: Other German territories
Darkest grey: German Empire
StatusColony of Germany
CapitalJaunde
Common languagesGerman (official)
Governor 
 1884 (first)
Gustav Nachtigal
 19141916 (last)
Karl Ebermaier
History 
 Established
17 August 1884
 Disestablished
1916
Area
1910495,000 km2 (191,000 sq mi)
1912790,000 km2 (310,000 sq mi)
Population
 1910
2,600,000
 1912
4,645,000
CurrencyGerman gold mark
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Bamum
Mandara Kingdom
Sokoto Caliphate
Fondom of Bafut
Kotoko kingdom
French Equatorial Africa
British Cameroon
French Cameroon
French Equatorial Africa
Today part ofCameroon
Nigeria
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Chad
Central African Republic

Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon. Kamerun also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western parts of the Central African Republic, southwestern parts of Chad and far northeastern parts of Nigeria.