Chapter 142 Three Districts Changed
After acquiring all the land along the Great Lakes Region, these new lands need to be divided into new administrative districts to facilitate management and statistical data.
Including northern Kenya, it was still in a state of temporary no administrative divisions.
Due to the expansion of the Northwest War, the land west of Lake Turkana also fell into the hands of East Africa.
Previously, the East African colonies had no power on the west bank of Lake Turkana. Lake Turkana itself was a natural barrier, hindering the expansion of East Africa.
Moreover, at that time, the south was separated by the Buganda Kingdom and many tribes, and it was difficult for Western Kenya to develop westward.
Now, the entire coast of the Great Lakes fell into the hands of the East African colonies, which took advantage of the situation and took the land from the west of Lake Turkana to Lake Friedrich (Lake Albert).
Because much of the climate in the western part of Lake Turkana is similar to that in northern Kenya, it is relatively dry and lacks water, making it unsuitable for agricultural cultivation.
So the arid land west of Lake Turkana and northern Kenya are regarded as the same area. In fact, this area also belonged to northern Kenya in its previous life. However, at this time, East Africa occupied this area later than the east.
There are many seasonal rivers in this area, which can be seen as a unique feature of the area.
In addition, in the entire northern part of the East African colony, only the Omo River Basin on the north shore of Lake Turkana was suitable for large-scale agricultural cultivation. Ernst simply established the entire northern Kenya and Omo River Basin as the Northern District.
The capital is set in the town of Omorat. Due to the arid climate in the north, many places are pastoral areas, so the population will definitely not be too large, so it doesn't matter if the area is larger.
In this way, an administrative region with the largest colonial area in East Africa was born. The northern region reached more than 300,000 square kilometers and bordered the three countries of Somalia, South Sudan and Ethiopia in the previous life.
In the first half of this year, when East Africa annexed the Omo River Basin, because the Abyssinian Empire was being beaten by the British, the East African colonies easily occupied this place.
In the colonial era, many countries did not have detailed borders, but spheres of influence. For example, the tribes in northern East Africa were theoretically similar to vassals of the major countries in North Africa.
Therefore, its suzerain has reason to protect these tribes. The Omo River Basin is a bunch of black tribes, some of which are surrendered to the Abyssinian Empire, and some of which are independent.
The East African colonies took advantage of the fact that the Abyssinian Empire was busy dealing with the British and could not take care of its younger brothers, so they took over this land.
After the war between the Abyssinian Empire and Britain ended, the Abyssinian Empire has now triggered a political crisis. Its country is in chaos, and all forces are busy fighting for the throne, so they are even more unintentional. The life and death of the boys in the south.
After the establishment of Omorat Town, East Africa drove all the indigenous people in the region to the west. In addition, the indigenous people in northern Kenya were previously packed up by East Africa and sent to the south for development. Currently, there are only pure black indigenous forces in northern East Africa. The remaining indigenous people in the Somali region.
The Sahara Desert is a racial dividing line. The desert area north of the desert area, including the desert area, is mostly white, while the areas south of the Sahara Desert and the southern edge of the desert are black.
Many black people in Somalia are influenced by Arab culture, so their living habits and other aspects are no different from Arabs. This is also the reason why they can adapt to survive in the desert climate.
Other regions, such as northern Ethiopia, are mainly white and mixed-race. Now East Africa has driven away all the black people in southern Ethiopia. Without the injection of fresh blood, Ethiopia will only become whiter and whiter in the future.
Because in the past life Ethiopians considered themselves tanned white people, and in the future East Africa will definitely eradicate pure black forces around it, Ethiopia will definitely only be able to deal with other races besides blacks in the future. In addition, the skin color of northern Ethiopia is already light. In a few hundred years, the skin color may become similar to that of Indians.
Ernst has never believed that Indians are white. The aboriginal people are more brown-black. It is the continuous invasion of northern white people that gradually makes Indians look a bit like white people.
This is similar to Ethiopians, but Ethiopia is close to black people after all, so it retains more black genetic characteristics.
Ernst can avoid the blackening of northeastern North Africa by cutting off Ethiopia's future contact with pure black people.
Maintaining the numerical advantage of white people in northeastern North Africa will ensure that northern East Africa will not be blackened in the future.
The population of the newly established Northern District is mainly concentrated in the Omo River Basin in the northwest. Especially during the war, a large number of immigrants entered the Omo River Basin. The Omo River Basin is dominated by planting industry, while the north The rest of the district is dominated by animal husbandry development.
Generally speaking, animal husbandry can feed a relatively small population, so there are not many people in the planned grazing area in the Northern District.
In fact, some areas have no choice but to develop animal husbandry. For example, in areas where planting is the main industry, if they are not developed, their water and grass will be more abundant. In areas where animal husbandry is developed, generally speaking, the climate and environment are not suitable for the development of planting. .
In addition to the newly established Northern District, near the Great Lakes (Lake Victoria), Ernst followed his previous experience in establishing the Great Lakes District and Western Kenya District.
Two administrative regions were established in the newly occupied area, which happened to be the original areas of the four southern countries and the four northern countries.
However, the four southern countries are relatively small, so they have to be extended slightly to the north, just around Lake Friedrichshafen (Lake Albert).
The area between the four southern countries and the southern shore of Lake Friedrich (Lake Albert) is the Western Great Lakes Region, with the capital located in Bujung on the north shore of Lake Solon (Lake Tanganyika). Bra.
In the area of the four northern countries, the North Great Lakes Region is established, which also includes many lands in the northwest.
The capital is located in Kampala, an excellent harbor in the north of the Great Lake (Lake Victoria).
The original Great Lakes Region (Mwanza) is now inappropriately called this name. Before, East Africa only had part of the Great Lakes (Lake Victoria).
In addition, this area was developed early, so it doesn’t matter if it is called the Great Lakes District. Now the entire Great Lake (Lake Victoria) has become an inland lake in East Africa.
The Great Lakes Region cannot be used to specifically refer to the large region centered on Mwanza, so in order to distinguish it, the original Great Lakes Region was renamed the Eastern Great Lakes Region. Except for the name, everything else remains unchanged.
When talking about the Great Lakes Region in the future, it is a geographical concept, referring to the Great Lake (Lake Victoria) and all the land along its coast.
A total of three new districts have been established this time, namely the Northern District, Beidahu District, and West Dahu District. The original Great Lakes District was renamed East Great Lakes District.
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