African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 90 New Administrative Division (Easter egg chapter map for reference)

   August 11, 1867.

  As the last batch of nationals of the Sultanate of Zanzibar were sent to Zanzibar Island, the East African colonies took full control of the continental part of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.

  In order to facilitate the management of the colony, and thoroughly digest these newly acquired lands.

  After a series of studies and discussions between Ernst and the high-level colonial government, the administrative divisions of the East African colonies were further divided.

   First of all, the Kenyan colony was split into three administrative regions and merged into the East African colony, in order from west to east.

  In the west, with Kisumu on the north shore of the Great Lakes (Lake Victoria) Kavilondo Bay as the capital, the Western Region of Kenya was established.

Like Mwanza, Kisumu is located along the bay of the Great Lakes (Lake Victoria). In the past, Kisumu was the third largest city in Kenya, while Mwanza was the second largest city in Tanzania. This shows that the conditions in the Great Lakes region are different. superior.

  In the future, after the plague in the northwest dissipates, Kampala, the capital of the Buganda Kingdom, can be taken over to build a troika of cities and economic development around the Great Lakes region.

  Central Kenya is established with Nairobi as the capital.

   Needless to say, Nairobi was the capital of Kenya in the previous life, and it is also the largest city in East Africa, with huge development potential. The coffee plantation developed by the current East African colony is not far from Nairobi.

  Eastern Kenya is established with Mombasa as the capital.

  As one of the two most important ports in East Africa in the future (the other is Dar es Salaam), Mombasa has excellent traffic conditions and is currently the most prosperous and lively area in Kenya.

   Except for the division of Kenya. Ernst and the East African colonial government also fine-tuned the administrative divisions in Tanzania.

  First of all, the first town, the central seat of the East African colonial government, was re-divided under its jurisdiction, and Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam were included in the first town, and the central district was established.

The newly established Central District is full of rows. Although it is the smallest in the administrative districts of the East African colonies, it is the strongest. In addition to sitting on the first town, the administrative center of East Africa, Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam Two port cities have also been included, and there is also the second town, the earliest planned immigrant stronghold.

  The infrastructure construction of these four cities can be said to be the most complete in the current East African colony, and the future development prospects will not be bad.

  The capital of the upper coastal area was also changed from the third town (Kitunga) to Tanga.

  Tanga Port, as one of the only four port cities in the East African colonies, is also one of the few cities with industries (sisal processing plants) in the East African colonies, and its potential far exceeds that of the third town.

  Kitunga is too close to the first town to highlight its advantages, so it was downgraded. However, the third town under the first-mover advantage is still the second-ranked city in the Upper Binhai District.

  With the evacuation of the residents of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, other lands along the coast of the original Zanzibar were also included in the adjacent regions.

  In this way, the central coastal area and the lower coastal area have also become coastal areas. From south to north, the coastal areas of the East African colony are the eastern Kenya area, the upper coastal area, the central area, the middle coastal area, and the lower coastal area.

  In this way, the large districts of the East African colony rose from ten to fourteen (the first town became the central district, plus three districts in Kenya.)

   In order to develop the southern part of the East African colony, this meeting also decided to build a new port city along the southern coast of the East African colony.

  Mtwara is located in the lower coastal area, and its service targets are mainly the lower coastal area and the East Malawi Lake District.

  Affected by the previous East African colonial policy and geographical location, the lower coastal area and the East Malawi Lake area can be said to be the two regions with the lowest sense of colonial presence in East Africa.

  Before, the main development and expansion directions of the East African colonies were mainly in the west and north, and there was a war with the Sultanate of Zanzibar in the middle, and they have not paid attention to the south.

  This has caused its immigration speed to be even slower than that of the western inland region, and at the same level as several large regions in the central region.

   It is understandable that there are fewer immigrants in several large areas in the central area. After all, the threat in the center of the East African colony is also small.

  But the south has to pay attention to it. The Portuguese in the south are not vegetarians. Although Portugal has been declining over the years, its overseas power is not something that Ernst or even the current Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire can touch.

  So it is extremely important to strengthen the population in the south and consolidate the security of the East African colonies.

  The colonists of this era have great autonomy, so even if Portugal has no idea about the East African colonies, the high-level Portuguese East African colonies have a wrong mind, and the country can’t control it.

  The Portuguese have been in Mozambique since 1497, and their Mozambique (also known as Portuguese East Africa) colony has a history of four hundred years.

   Such a deep-rooted rule has a fairly solid foundation. Judging from its history, the Portuguese have been thinking about the East African colonies, and there was a conflict with the Sultanate of Zanzibar.

  So it cannot be taken lightly, and Ron Roda, the capital of the lower coastal area, and Songea, the capital of the East Malawi Lake District, are very close to Portuguese East Africa. It is necessary to strengthen the military strength of the two places to deter the Portuguese.

  Colonial activities in this era are actually not very lofty. It is a group of people with advanced weapons to conquer backward areas and plunder local resources.

  Excellent resources, such as gold and silver mines, will naturally be contested by others, so the colonists often fight among themselves.

  East Africa is relatively barren, without any outstanding resources, and the environment is not superior. The vast grasslands, even in the era of the slave trade, cannot compete with West Africa.

  The only advantage of the East African colony is that Ernst personally planned its development route and vigorously promoted its construction.

  So the East African colonies embody the superiority of planning everywhere. The number of immigrants in the East African colonies has increased rapidly, and the number of indigenous people has decreased sharply.

For example, the Portuguese next door have developed Mozambique for hundreds of years, and the number of immigrants is not as large as that of the East African colonies that have been developed for less than two years. Moreover, they use a large number of black labor and let them grow. The seeds of East African independence were planted (independence in 1975).

  In the previous life, Portuguese East Africa ruled Mozambique for 500 years. It is not too much to say that it has been since ancient times, but finally left in despair.

However, in the current East African colony, the number of natives in the territory has dropped from a few million to hundreds of thousands, and they are still consumables. The scale will continue to decline in the future. In a few years, the entire East African colony will be dominated by European and Chinese immigrants ( It will not be completely cleared in twenty or thirty years, after all, they will be required to contribute to the later major projects).

  (end of this chapter)