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Which country has carved up the most African territory?
From 15 to 16 century, European colonists invaded Africa one after another. 1In February, 885, the imperialists held a meeting to divide the spoils and signed the general protocol of the Berlin Conference, marking the arrival of the climax of dividing Africa. By the end of19th century, all of Africa had been carved up except Ethiopia and Liberia. France has the largest area.

France: Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, French West Africa [including Mauritania, Senegal, Sudan (now Mali), Ivory Coast of French Guinea (now C? te d 'Ivoire), Dahomey (now Benin), Upper Walter (now Burkina Faso), Niger], French Equatorial Africa [including Gabon, French Congo, Ubangi Shari (now Central Africa), Chad. * * * Area 10795520 km2, accounting for 35.6% of the total area of Africa and 9.6 times that of France. Britain: occupied Egypt, South Africa, Sudan, Gold Coast (now Ghana), British Somalia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Uganda, Kenya, Nyasaland (now Malawi), Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), southern rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Bethune (now Botswana), Swaziland, Basutoland (now Lesotho) and Zanzibar.

Germany: Togo's East Africa (including Tanganyika, Rwanda and Burundi) and Germany's Southwest Africa occupy Cameroon, covering an area of 2,347,034 square kilometers, accounting for 7.7% of the total area of Africa and 6.6 times that of Germany. Italy: occupied Eritrea (in today's Ethiopia, Somalia and Libya). * * * covers an area of 2,339,540 square kilometers, accounting for 7.7% of the total area of Africa and 7.8 times that of Italy.

The Congo occupied by Belgium covers an area of 2,345,800 square kilometers, accounting for 7.7% of the total area of Africa and 76.9 times that of Belgium. Portugal: Mozambique, Angola, Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde Islands, Madeira Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, etc. It covers an area of about 2,089,089 square kilometers, accounting for 7% of the total area of Africa and 22.7 times that of Portugal. Spain: It occupied Yvonne in Western Sahara, Canary Islands, Western Guinea (now Equatorial Guinea), Ceuta in northern Morocco and some small islands along the coast. It covers an area of about 308,355 square kilometers, accounting for 1% of the total area of Africa and 60% of the local area of Spain.