{"id":1370,"date":"2022-09-23T07:08:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T05:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolonialmarken.de\/german-east-africa\/"},"modified":"2022-10-23T09:50:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T07:50:37","slug":"german-east-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kolonialmarken.de\/en\/german-east-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"German East Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;d72c0383-6487-4f2c-ac5c-7d48a6376757&#8243; 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It was thus double the size of the then motherland and nearly three times the size of present day Germany. By far the largest part of the territory constitutes a plateau at a height of 1000 m to 1500 m. In the Northeast this includes the highest point in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro at almost 5900 m.<\/p>\n<p>In 1913 the population was estimated at about 7.5 million;<span>of these 15000 Indian, Arab and other non-whites. 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