Category: Countries

Suriname, officially known as the Republic of Suriname, is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. Suriname was inhabited as early as the fourth millennium BC by various indigenous peoples, including the Arawaks, Caribs, and Wayana. Europeans arrived in the 16th century, with the Dutch establishing control…

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Belize is a Caribbean country located on the northeastern coast of Central America. It became a British colony in 1840, known as British Honduras, and a Crown colony in 1862. The Maya Civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 B.C. and A.D. 300 and flourished until about 1200.…

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British Honduras was a British Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1862 to 1964. British Honduras was the last continental possession of the United Kingdom in the Americas. The colony grew out of the Treaty of Versailles (1783) between Britain and Spain, which…

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The Federation of South Arabia was an organization of states under British protection in what would become South Yemen. It was formed on 4 April 1962 from the 15 protected states of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South. On 18 January 1963 it was merged with the Crown…

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Eritrea Italian Eritrea then came under British military administration, which in 1951 fell under United Nations supervision. In September 1952 it became an autonomous part of Ethiopia, until its independence in 1991. Eritrea Libya The British Military Administration of Libya was the control of the regions of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania…

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Caribbean South America is a subregion of South America consisting of the countries that border the Caribbean Sea: Colombia and Venezuela. By extension, the Guianas, while not bordering the Caribbean Sea directly, are commonly reckoned with this region, as well, on account of their close ties with Caribbean countries, e.g.…

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The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word Guayanas (Las Guayanas), are a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories: French Guiana – an overseas department and region of France. Guyana –  formerly known as British Guiana from 1831 until 1966, after the colonies of Berbice,…

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Guyana officially the Co‑operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. It is considered part of the Caribbean region because of its strong cultural, historical, and political ties with other Anglo-Caribbean countries and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The region known as “the Guianas” consists…

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Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa’i, officially State of Upper Yafa, was a state in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. The Yafa’i tribe has traditionally inhabited the mountainous hinterland of the Aden area. In the 19th century it was formed by two sultanates, Lower and Upper…

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In 1940, the Aden Protectorate was divided for administrative purposes into the Eastern Protectorate and Western Protectorate with its own Political Officer, stationed at Lahej from 1 April 1937 to 1967, for some separation of administration. The Western Protectorate included: Alawi Aqrabi Audhali Beihan Dathina Dhala Qutaibi Dependence of Dhala…

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