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'''Rhodesia''' is a historical region in southern Africa whose formal boundaries evolved between the 1890s and 1980. Demarcated and named by the British South Africa Company, which governed it until the 1920s, it thereafter saw administration by various authorities. It was bisected by a natural border, the Zambezi. The territory to the north of the Zambezi was officially designated Northern Rhodesia by the Company, and has been Zambia since 1964; that to the south, which the Company dubbed Southern Rhodesia, became Zimbabwe in 1980. Northern and Southern Rhodesia were sometimes informally called "the Rhodesias". | '''Rhodesia''' is a historical region in southern Africa whose formal boundaries evolved between the 1890s and 1980. Demarcated and named by the British South Africa Company, which governed it until the 1920s, it thereafter saw administration by various authorities. It was bisected by a natural border, the Zambezi. The territory to the north of the Zambezi was officially designated Northern Rhodesia by the Company, and has been Zambia since 1964; that to the south, which the Company dubbed Southern Rhodesia, became Zimbabwe in 1980. Northern and Southern Rhodesia were sometimes informally called "the Rhodesias". | ||
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Although "Northern Rhodesia" was not an official name until 1911 when [[Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia]] and North-Eastern Rhodesia were combined, the name was used informally from 1895 onwards when referring to those two territories collectively. | Although "Northern Rhodesia" was not an official name until 1911 when [[Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia]] and North-Eastern Rhodesia were combined, the name was used informally from 1895 onwards when referring to those two territories collectively. | ||
==History== | |||
===Present-day Zambia=== | |||
* North-Western Rhodesia —British South Africa Company (BSA Co.) administered —1890; | |||
* North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia —Protectorates—1893; | |||
* North-Eastern Rhodesia—BSA Co. administered—1897; | |||
* Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia—Amalgamated but administered separately—1899–1911; | |||
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* [[Northern Rhodesia]]—Protectorate under BSA Co.—1911–1924; | |||
* Northern Rhodesia—British protectorate—1924–1953; | |||
* [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]—Territory of Northern Rhodesia—1953–1964; | |||
* [[Zambia]]—Independence granted—1964 onwards. | |||
== References == | |||
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:'''General reference for names and dates of territories''' | |||
:* [http://www.zamlii.ac.zm/media/news/viewnews.cgi?category=2&id=1086612488 Zambia Legal Information Institute: Constitutional Development in Northern Rhodesia 1890s–1964] | |||
==Bibliography== | |||
*{{cite journal | |||
|title=Public Holidays | |||
|date=November–December 1972 | |||
|journal=Rhodesia Calls | |||
|publisher=Rhodesia National Tourist Board | |||
|location=Salisbury | |||
|pages=48, 91 | |||
|ref={{harvid|Rhodesia Calls|1972}}}} | |||
[[Category:History of Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:Rhodesia| ]] | |||
