Kenya Colony
The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya, was part of the British Empire in Africa. It was created when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British Crown colony in 1920.
Colony and Protectorate of Kenya | |||||||||
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| 1920–1963 | |||||||||
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| Anthem: | |||||||||
 Map of British East Africa in 1909 | |||||||||
| Status | British colony | ||||||||
| Capital | Nairobi | ||||||||
| Common languages | English (official) Swahili, Kikuyu, Kamba, Luhya, Luo, Gusii, Meru, Nandi–Markweta also spoken | ||||||||
| Government | Colonial administration | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1920–1936 | George V | ||||||||
• 1936 | Edward VIII | ||||||||
• 1936–1952 | George VI | ||||||||
• 1952–1963 | Elizabeth II | ||||||||
| Commissioner or Governor | |||||||||
• 1920–1922 (first) | Maj-Gen Sir Edward Northey | ||||||||
• 1937–1939 | ACM Sir Robert Brooke-Popham | ||||||||
• 1963 (last) | Malcolm MacDonald | ||||||||
| Legislature | Legislative council | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• | 11 June 1920 (Colony) 13 August 1920 (Protectorate)[1] 1920 | ||||||||
• | 12 December 1963 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1924[2] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1924[2] | 2,807,000 | ||||||||
• 1955[3] | 6,979,931 | ||||||||
• 1960[3] | 8,105,440 | ||||||||
| Currency | East African shilling | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | KE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Kenya Somalia | ||||||||
Kenya Colony Media
Instrumental recording of "God Save the King" the national anthem of the United Kingdom; the same tune is also used for "Oben am jungen Rhein", the national anthem of Liechtenstein.
References
- ↑ Kenya Protectorate Order in Council, 1920 and dated 13 August 1920
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The British Empire in 1924". The British Empire. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kenya Population". Worldometers. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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