Portuguese Empire

Territories of the Portuguese empire

• Angola/Portuguese West Africa - colony (1575-1589); crown colony (1589-1951); overseas province (1951-1975). Independence in 1975.
• Arguin/Arguim - (1455-1633)
• Azores - colonies (1427-1766); captaincy-general (1766-1831); overseas district (1831-1976). Made an autonomous region in 1976.
• Brazil - possession known as Ilha de Santa Cruz, later Terra de Vera Cruz (1500-1530); colony (1530- 1714); vice-kingdom (1714-1815); kingdom under United Kingdom of Portugal (1815-1822), independence in 1822.
• Cabinda - protectorate (1883-1887); Congo district (1887-1921); intendancy subordinate to Maquela (1921-1922); dependency of Zaire district (1922-1930); Intendacy of Zaire and Cabinda (1930-1932); intendancy under Angola (1932-1934); dependancy under Angola (1934-1945); restored as District (1946-1975). Controlled by Frente Nacional para a Libertação de Angola (National Liberation Front of Angola) as part of independent Angola in 1975. Declared Cabinda a Republic in 1975, but not recognized by Portugal nor Angola.
• Cabo Verde/Cape Verde - settlements (1462-1495); dominion of crown colonies (1495-1587); crown colony (1587-1951); overseas province (1951-1974); autonomous republic (1974-1975). Independence in 1975.
• Ceuta - possession (1415-1640). Became Spanish colony in 1640.
• Ceylon - colony (1597-1658). Dutch took control in 1656, Jaffna taken in 1658.
• Fernando Póo and Annobón - colonies (1474-1778). Ceded to Spain in 1778.
• French Guiana - occupation (1809-1817). Restored to France in 1817.
• Portuguese Gold Coast - (1482-1642), ceded to Dutch Gold Coast in 1642
• Guiné Portuguesa/Portuguese Guinea - colony (1879-1951); overseas province (1951-1974). Unilateral independence declared in 1973, recognized by Portugal in 1974.
• Cacheu - captaincy (1640-1879). United with Bissau in 1879.
• Bissau - settlement under Cacheu (1687-1696); captaincy (1696-1707); abandoned (1707-1753); separate colony under Cape Verde (1753-1879). United with Cacheu in 1879.
• Hormuz/Ormuz - possession subordinate to Goa (1515-1622). Incorporated into Persia in 1622.
• Macau/Macao - settlement (1553-1557), leased territory subordinated to Goa (1557-1844); overseas province (1844-1883); combined overseas province with Timor-Leste under Goa (1883-1951); overseas province (1951-1975); overseas territory (1975-1999). Returned to the China as a special administrative region in 1999.
• Coloane - occupation in 1864
• Taipa - occupation in 1851
• Ilha Verde/Qingzhou - incorporated in 1890
• Lapa and Montanha Islands - occupation (1938-1941). Retaken by Japan and restored to China.
• Madeira - possession (1418-1420); colony (1420-1580); crown colony (1580-1834); overseas district (1834-1976). Made an autonomous region in 1976.
• Malacca - settlement (1511-1641); lost to the Dutch
• Mombassa - occupation (1593-1638); colony subordinate to Goa (1638-1698; 1728-1729). Under Omani sovereignty in 1729.
• Moluccas
• Amboina/Ambon - settlement (1576-1605)
• Ternate - settlement (1522-1575)
• Tidore - colony (1578-1605). Seized by Dutch in 1605.
• Morocco enclaves
• Aguz/Souira Guedima (1506-1525)
• Alcacer Ceguer/El Qsar es Seghir (1458-1550)
• Arzila/Asilah (1471-1550; 1577-1589). Restored to Morocco in 1589.
• Azamor/Azemmour (1513-1541). City restored to Morocco in 1541.
• Mazagan/El Jadida (1485-1550); possession (1506-1769). Incorporation into Morocco in 1769.
• Safim/Safi (1488-1541)
• Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué/Agadir (1505-1541)
• Moçambique (Mozambique/Portuguese East Africa) - possession (1498-1501); subordinate to Goa (1501-1569); captaincy-general (1569-1609); colony subordinate to Goa (1609-1752); colony (1752-1951); overseas province (1951-1974); local administration (1974-1975). Independence in 1975.
• Muscat - possession (1515-1650)
• Nova Colônia do Sacramento - colony (1680; 1683-1705; 1715-1777). Ceded to Spain in 1777.
• Índia Portuguesa/Portuguese India - overseas province (1946-1962). Annexed by India in 1962 and recognised by Portugal in 1974.
• Baçaim/Bassein - possession (1535-1739)
• Cannanore - possession (1502-1663)
• Cochin - possession (1500?1663)
• Cranganore - possession (1536-1662)
• Damão/Daman - acquisition in 1559. Became part of overseas province in 1946.
• Diu - acquisition in 1535. Became part of overseas province in 1946.
• Dadra - acquisition in 1779. Occupied by India in 1954.
• Goa - colony (1510-1946). Became part of overseas province in 1946.
• Nagar Haveli - acquisition in 1779. Occupied by India in 1954.
• Quilon - possession (1502-1661)
• São Tomé de Meliapore - settlement (1523-1662; 1687-1749)
• São João Baptista de Ajudá - fort subordinate to Brazil (1721-1730); subordinate to São Tomé e Príncipe (1865-1869). Annexed by Dahomey in 1961.
• São Tomé e Príncipe - crown colony (1753-1951); overseas province (1951-1971); local administration (1971-1975). Independence in 1975.
• São Tomé - Possession (1470-1485); colony (1485-1522); crown colony (1522-1641); administration under Dutch occupation (1641-1648). French occupation in 1648.
• Príncipe - colony (1500-1573). United with São Tomé in 1573.
• Socotra - possession (1506-1511). Became part of Mahri Sultanate of Qishn and Suqutra.
• Tangier - possession (1471-1662). Ceded to England in 1662.
• Timor-Leste (East-Timor) - colony subordinate to Portuguese India (1642-1844); subordinate to Macau (1844-1896); separate colony (1896-1951); overseas territory (1951-1975); republic and unilateral indepedence proclaimed, annexed by Indonesia (1975-1999, UN recognition as Portuguese territory). UN administration from 1999 until independence in 2002.
• Zanzibar - possession (1503-1698). Became part of Oman in 1698.