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Niger Coast Protectorate

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1891–1900 UK possession in Western Africa
Oil Rivers Protectorate
(1884–1893)
Niger Coast Protectorate
(1893–1900)
1884–1900
Flag of
Flag
Coat of arms of
Coat of arms
Anthem: God Save the Queen
StatusProtectorate of theUnited Kingdom
CapitalOld Calabar
Common languagesEnglish,Igbo,Ibibio-Efik,Edo,Ijaw and others
Religion
Christianity,Igbo religion,Edo religion
Monarch 
• 1884—1900
Victoria
Consul General 
• 1884–1891
Edward Hyde Hewett
• 1891–1896
Claude Maxwell MacDonald
• 1896–1900
Ralph Moor
Historical eraNew Imperialism
• Established
1884
• Disestablished
1 January 1900
CurrencyPound sterling
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Aro Confederacy
Kingdom of Benin
Akpakip Oro
Akwa Akpa
Kingdom of Bonny
Southern Nigeria Protectorate

TheNiger Coast Protectorate was a Britishprotectorate in theOil Rivers area of present-dayNigeria, originally established as theOil Rivers Protectorate in 1884 and confirmed at theBerlin Conference the following year. It was renamed on 12 May 1893, and merged with the chartered territories of theRoyal Niger Company on 1 January 1900 to form theSouthern Nigeria Protectorate.

Queen Victoria on a stamp of the Niger Coast Protectorate, 1894

The protectorate covered the eastern coast of what is today Nigeria, and in theory extended inland as far asLokoja. It was established to better regulate and control the large trade inpalm oil that was coming through both Calabar and the Niger Delta, and which had given the various rivers in the area the name of oil rivers.

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  • 5Occupied by Argentina during theFalklands War of April–June 1982.
  • 23Since 2009 part ofSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Ascension Island (1922–) and Tristan da Cunha (1938–) were previously dependencies of Saint Helena.
  • 24Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1962; overlaps portions of Argentine and Chilean claims, borders not enforced but claim not renounced under theAntarctic Treaty.
  • 25Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1985


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