What the records say
- When
- 1980
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Southern Rhodesia
- Coordinates
- 17.83° S, 31.05° E
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 7360000
- Area km2
- 390622
- Gaining
- Zimbabwe
- Losing
- United Kingdom
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Southern Rhodesia
British colony in Africa (1923–1980)
Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked, self-governing colony of the British Empire in what is today the country of Zimbabwe. The colony's territory was initially conquered and administered by the British South Africa Company (BSAC), which was founded in 1888 by Cecil Rhodes for the purpose of occupying and settling the region.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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