North-Eastern Rhodesia 1275800 222850658 2008-07-01T12:32:23Z Mikael Hansson 3132276 '''North-Eastern Rhodesia''' in [[Southern Africa|south central Africa]] was formed by and administered by the [[British South Africa Company]] as the other half, with [[North-Western Rhodesia]], of the huge territory lying mainly north of the [[Zambezi River]] into which it expanded its charter in 1891. The company signed treaties with [[Bemba people|Bemba]] and [[Chewa]] rulers but did not gain full control until armed resistance among the Bemba was overcome in 1899. Although having features of a [[charter colony]], in 1900 the company proclaimed the territory a [[protectorate]] (though it was not an official protectorate of the [[United Kingdom government]]). The territory initially consisted of the north-eastern half of present-day [[Zambia]] but with land in the western half up to the [[Kafue River]], its border with North-Western Rhodesia. In 1905, just before large-scale [[copper]] mining commenced, the border between the two chartered territories was moved east, removing the area of [[Lusaka]] and the [[Copperbelt]] to North-Western Rhodesia. Its capital from 1899 was at Fort Jameson (now [[Chipata]]). In 1911 the British South Africa Company amalgamated North-Eastern Rhodesia with [[North-Western Rhodesia]] to form [[Northern Rhodesia]], later [[Zambia]]. ===See also=== * [[Sir Robert Codrington]], Administrator, 1898-1907 * [[British South Africa Company]] * [[Rhodesia (disambiguation)]] for dates of the various territories * [[Northern Rhodesia]] [[Category:History of Zambia]] [[sv:North-Eastern Rhodesia]]