North-Eastern Rhodesia
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'''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]]
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