Bechuanaland

Bechuanaland
	Protectorate
Bechuanaland
	Bechuanaland
	Flag of the Great Britain
	; Bechuanaland location
← → March 31, 1885 - September 30, 1966
Capital	Mafikeng ( 1885 - 1965 ), Gaborone ( 1965 - 1966 )
Languages)	English
Currency unit	and
Form of government	A constitutional monarchy
Dynasty	Windsor
Heads of state
Monarch
• 1885 - 1901	Victoria
• 1901 - 1910	Edward VII
• 1910 - 1936	George V
• 1936	Edward VIII
• 1936 - 1952	George VI
• 1952 - 1966	Elizabeth II
Governor General of South Africa
Story
• March 31 . 1885	Establishment of a protectorate
• September 30 . 1966	Independence

Bechuanaland Protectorate is a British protectorate in South Africa that existed from March 31, 1885 to September 30, 1966 .

Content

History

In 1885, in part of the territories inhabited by the Tswana tribes located south of the Molopo River , and the territory of the Boer republics of Stellaland and , proclaimed in 1882, the Bechuanaland Crown Colony was established with its center in Mafeking , and in 1895 it was annexed to the Cape Colony and entered in 1910 as part of South Africa . The Bechuanaland protectorate was established on the rest in 1885, the administration of which was also located in Mafeking, while maintaining the local authority of the Tswana leaders. In 1890, it was expanded to include Ngamiland . In 1891, the protectorate was subordinated to the High Commissioner for South Africa, who until 1910 was the governor of the Cape Colony, in 1910 - 1961 the Governor-General of South Africa , and since 1961 - the British Ambassador to South Africa . British attempts to subjugate Bechuanaland South Africa or Rhodesia met with resistance from the leaders. As a result, in 1966, the independence of the Republic of Botswana was proclaimed.

The administrative center of the protectorate was located in Mafeking, which was located within another state entity - first the Cape Colony, then South Africa. Only on February 6, 1965, at the very end of the existence of the protectorate, its center was transferred to the territory of Bechuanaland - in the city of Gaborone under construction ^[1] .

In honor of Bechuanaland (Botswana), the Bechuan asteroid (1349) was discovered , discovered on June 13, 1934 by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Republican Observatory of Johannesburg .

Maps

Bechuanaland protectorate in 1885 before the separation of the Bechuanaland colony.
Map of the Bechuanaland colony (southern part) and the Bechuanaland protectorate (northern part) in 1887 before the annexation of Ngamilend

Notes

↑ Shiger, 1966 , p. 182.

Literature

Bechuan // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Shiger A.G. Political map of the world (1900-1965). Directory. - M .: Politizdat, 1966 .-- 205 p.

[_643a0fed211bc88b-1] Shiger, 1966 , p. 182.