Wituland
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Wituland (also Witu, Vitu, Witu Protectorate or Swahililand) was a territory of approximately in East Africa centered on the town of Witu, just inland from the Indian Ocean port of Lamu, north of the mouth of the Tana River in what is now Kenya.
Key facts
- Country.native_name
- Wituland
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Witu Sultanate
- Country.year_end
- 1905/1923
- Country.status
- Independent stateGerman protectorateBritish protectorate
- Country.s1
- Kenya Colony
- Country.flag_s1
- Flag of Kenya (1895–1921).svg
- Country.image_flag
- Flagge_Witu_1890_laut_Voeltzkow.svg
- Country.image_flag2
- Flag_of_the_Witu_Protectorate_(1893-1920).svg
- Country.flag_type
- Left: Flag of Sultan Fumobakari (1890) Right: Flag as a British protectorate (1893–1920)
- Country.image_map
- Deutsch-Wituland (Schmidt, 1888).png
- Country.image_map_caption
- Map showing the location of Witu on the Indian Ocean coast
- Country.capital
- Witu
- Country.common_languages
- SwahiliArabic
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.leader1
- Bwana Mataka
- Country.year_leader1
- 1810s - 1848
- Country.leader2
- Fumo `Umar ibn Ahmad
- Country.year_leader2
- July 1895 – 1923
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Subclass of
- German colonial empire
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1890-06-18
- different from
- Eswatini
- inception
- 1858-01-01
- Commons category
- Swahili Sultanate
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Establishment of the Witu Sultanate
- Witu Relations with the Geledi Sultanate
- German protectorate (1885–90)
- British rule and the Witu expeditions
- First expedition (1890)
- Second expedition (1893)
- End of Witu
- List of rulers
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Wituland (also Witu, Vitu, Witu Protectorate or Swahililand) was a territory of approximately in East Africa centered on the town of Witu, just inland from the Indian Ocean port of Lamu, north of the mouth of the Tana River in what is now Kenya.
==History==
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