Ruanda-Urundi
Sign in to saveRuanda-Urundi (), later Rwanda-Burundi, was a mandate and later trust territory ruled by Belgium between 1916 and 1962.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Territory of Ruanda-Urundi
- Country.common_name
- Ruanda-Urundi
- Country.status
- League of Nations Mandate
- Country.empire
- Belgium
- Country.image_flag
- Flag of Belgium.svg
- Country.image_coat
- Coat of arms of Ruanda-Urundi.svg
- Country.anthems
- La Brabançonne("The Song of Brabant")File:La Brabançonne.ogg("Towards the future")File:Vers l'avenir.ogg
- Country.symbol_type_article
- Seal of Rwanda
- Country.image_map
- LocationRuandaUrundi.png
- Country.image_map_caption
- Ruanda-Urundi (dark green) depicted within the Belgian colonial empire (light green),
- Country.flag
- Flag of Belgium
- Country.life_span
- 1916–1962
- Country.p1
- German East Africa
- Country.flag_p1
- Reichskolonialflagge.svg
- Country.s1
- Kingdom of Burundi
- Country.flag_s1
- Flag of Burundi (1962-1966).svg
- Country.s2
- Rwanda
- Country.flag_s2
- Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001).svg
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Belgian military occupation, 1916–1922
- League of Nations mandate, 1922–1946
- United Nations trust territory, 1946–1962
- Colonial governors
- Maps
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
Ruanda-Urundi (), later Rwanda-Burundi, was a mandate and later trust territory ruled by Belgium between 1916 and 1962.
Once part of German East Africa, the region was occupied by troops from the Belgian Congo during the East African campaign in World War I. It was administered by Belgium under military occupation from 1916 to 1922. It was subsequently awarded to Belgium as a Class-B Mandate under the League of Nations in 1922 and became a Trust Territory of the United Nations in the aftermath of World War II and the dissolution of the League. In 1962, Ruanda-Urundi became the two independent states of Rwanda and Burundi.