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Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria)

LC control no.n 2007061950
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Geographic headingColony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria)
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Variant(s)Southern Nigeria (Colony and Protectorate)
See alsoComponent of merger: Protectorate of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria)
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Component of merger: Colony and Protectorate of Lagos (Nigeria)
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Successor: Southern Provinces of Nigeria (Nigeria)
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Beginning date1906-02-28
Ending date1914-01-01
Special noteSUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject heading. Works about this place are entered under the subject heading Nigeria, Southern.
Found inBurns, A. Hist. of Nigeria, c1963 (info. ref.) p. 219 (the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria consisted of the Colony of Nigeria and two groups of provinces, known as the Northern and Southern Provinces; the latter two were practically identical with the former Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria respectively; on 4/1/39 the Southern Provinces were divided into Western and Eastern Provinces)
Worldstatesmen.org website, Aug. 39, 2007 (Southern Provinces of Nigeria chronology: Jan. 01 1900: Protectorate of Southern Nigeria; Feb. 28, 1906: Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria; Jan. 1, 1914: Southern Provinces of Nigeria)
States of Nigeria website, Aug. 30, 2007 (change history: 1906: the Colony and Protectorate of Lagos and the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria merged to form the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria; 1938: Southern Nigeria split into Eastern and Western Regions)