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Angola/Portuguese West Africa - colony
(1575-1589); crown colony (1589-1951); overseas province
(1951-1975). Independence in 1975.
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Arguin/Arguim - (1455-1633)
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Azores - colonies (1427-1766);
captaincy-general (1766-1831); overseas district
(1831-1979). Made autonomous region in 1979.
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Brazil - possession known as Ilha de Santa
Cruz, later Terra de Vera Cruz (1500-1530); colony (1530-
1714); vice-kingdom (1714-1815); kingdom under United
Kingdom of Portugal (1815-1822), independence in 1822.
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Cabinda - protectorate (1883-1887); Congo
district (1887-1921); intendancy subordinate to
Maquela
(1921-1922); dependency of Zaire district (1922-1930);
Intendacy of Zaire and Cabinda (1930-1932); intendancy under
Angola (1932-1934); dependancy under Angola (1934-1945);
restored as District (1946-1975). Controlled by Frente
Nacional para a Libertao de Angola (National Liberation
Front of Angola) as part of independent Angola in 1975.
Declared Cabinda Republic in 1975 not recognized by Portugal
nor Angola.
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Cabo Verde/Cape Verde
- settlements
(1462-1495); dominion of crown colonies (1495-1587); crown
colony (1587-1951); overseas province (1951-1974);
autonomous republic (1974-1975). Independence in 1975.
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Ceuta
- possession (1415-1640). Became Spanish
colony in 1640.
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Ceylon
- colony (1597-1658). Dutch took control
in 1656, Jaffna taken in 1658.
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Fernando Po and Annobn - colonies
(1474-1778). Ceded to Spain in 1778.
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French Guiana - occupation (1809-1817).
Restored to France in 1817.
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Portugese Gold Coast - (1482-1642), ceded to
Dutch Gold Coast in 1642
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Guin Portuguesa/Portuguese Guinea - colony
(1879-1951); overseas province (1951-1974). Unilatereral
independence declared in 1973, recognized by Portual in
1974.
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Cacheu - captaincy (1640-1879). United with
Bissau in 1879.
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Bissau - settlment under Cacheu (1687-1696);
captaincy (1696-1707); abandoned (1707-1753); separate
colony under Cape Verde (1753-1879). United with Cacheu in
1879.
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Hormuz/Ormuz - possession subordinate to Goa
(1515-1622). Incorporated into Persia in 1622.
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Macau/Macao - settlement (1553-1557), leased
territory subordinated to Goa (1557-1844); overseas province
(1844-1883); combined overseas province with Timor-Leste
under Goa (1883-1951); overseas province (1951-1975);
overseas territory (1975-1999). Returned to the China as a
special administrative region in 1999.
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Coloane - occupation in 1864
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Taipa - occupation in 1851
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Ilha
Verde/Qingzhou - incorporated in 1890
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Lapa and Montanha Islands - occupation
(1938-1941). Retaken by Japan and restored to China.
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Madeira - possesson (1418-1420); colony
(1420-1580); crown colony (1580-1834); overseas district
(1834-1978). Made autonomous region in 1978.
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Mombassa
- occupation (1593-1638); colony
subordinate to Goa (1638-1698; 1728-1729). Under Omani
sovereignty in 1729.
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Moluccas
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Amboina/Ambon -
settlement (1576-1605)
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Ternate - settlement (1522-1575)
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Tidore - colony (1578-1605). Seized by Dutch
in 1605.
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Morocco enclaves
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Aguz/Souira
Guedima (1506-1525)
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Alcacer Ceguer/El
Qsar es Seghir (1458-1550)
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Arzila/Asilah
(1471-1550; 1577-1589). Restored to Morocco in 1589.
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Azamor/Azemmour
(1513-1541). City restored to Morocco in 1541.
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Mazagan/El Jadida (1485-1550); pocession
(1506-1769). Incorporation into Morocco in 1769.
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Safim/Safi
(1488-1541)
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Santa Cruz do
Cabo de Gu/Agadir (1505-1541)
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Moambique (Mozambique/Portugese East Africa) -
possession (1498-1501); subordinate to Goa (1501-1569);
captaincy-general (1569-1609); colony subordinate to Goa
(1609-1752); colony (1752-1951); overseas province
(1951-1974); local administration (1974-1975). Independence
in 1975.
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Muscat - possession (1515-1650)
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Nova Colnia do Sacramento
- colony (1680; 1683-1705; 1715-1777). Ceded to Spain in 1777.
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ndia Portuguesa/Portuguese India - overseas
province (1946-1962). Annexed by India in 1962 and
recognised by Portugal in 1974.
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Baaim/Bassein -
possession (1535-1739)
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Cannanore - posession (1502-1663)
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Cochin - possession (15001663)
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Cranganore - possession (1536-1662)
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Damo/Daman - acquisition in 1559. Became
part of overseas province in 1946.
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Diu - acquisition in 1535. Became part of
overseas province in 1946.
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Dadra - acquisition in 1779. Occupied by
India in 1954.
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Goa - colony (1510-1946). Became part of
overseas province in 1946.
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Nagar -
acquisition in 1779. Occupied by India in 1954.
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Haveli - acquisition in 1779. Occupied by
India in 1954.
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Quilon - possession (1502-1661)
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So Tom de Meliapore
- settlement (1523-1662; 1687-1749)
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So Joo Baptista de Ajud
- fort subordinate to Brazil (1721-1730); subordinate to So
Tom e Prncipe (1865-1869). Annexed by Dahomey in 1961.
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So Tom e Prncipe - crown colony (1753-1951);
overseas province (1951-1971); local administration
(1971-1975). Independence in 1978.
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So Tom - Possession (1470-1485); colony
(1485-1522); crown colony (1522-1641); administration under
Dutch occupation (1641-1648). French occupaton in 1648.
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Prncipe - colony (1500-1573). United with
So Tom in 1573,
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Socotra - possession (1506-1511). Became part
of Mahri Sultanate of Qishn and Suqutra.
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Tangier - possession (1471-1662). Ceded to
England in 1662.
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Timor-Leste (East-Timor) - colony subordinate
to Portuguese India (1642-1844); subordinate to Macau
(1844-1896); separate colony (1896-1951); overseas territory
(1951-1961); republic and unilateral indepedence proclaimed,
annexed by Indonesia (1961-1999, UN recognition as
Portuguese territory). UN administration in 1999 until
independence.
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Zanzibar - possession (1503-1698). Became part
of Oman in 1698.
