LC control no. | n 2007061950 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria) |
Variant(s) | Southern Nigeria (Colony and Protectorate) |
See also | Component of merger: Protectorate of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria) Component of merger: Colony and Protectorate of Lagos (Nigeria) Successor: Southern Provinces of Nigeria (Nigeria) |
Beginning date | 1906-02-28 |
Ending date | 1914-01-01 |
Special note | SUBJECT 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 in | Burns, 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) |