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    Did Austria-Hungary ever have colonies?

    Question #124271. Asked by maggetator. (Nov 26 11 7:29 PM)


    star_gazer

    		The Austro-Hungarian empire didn't have any colonies. All its territories were made up of coterminous provinces in Europe in 1900.

    These had been acquired over the centuries through marriage, inheritance, treaty, and political settlement rather than conquest or colonization. They included part or all of modern

    Austria
    Hungary
    Poland
    Croatia
    Czech Republic
    Slovakia
    Romania
    Slovenia

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090804023459AAwX0wN

    Nov 26 11, 8:32 PM
    author

    		Austria did try to colonize the Nicobar Islands.

    http://en.wikipedia.org
    /wiki/Austrian_colonisation_of_Nicobar_Islands

    Nov 27 11, 6:41 PM
    author

    		Austria-Hungary had "consessions" in Tianjin, China. Maybe not a "colony" but something similar.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concessions_in_Tianjin#Austro-Hungarian_concession_.281901-1917.29

    Nov 27 11, 6:45 PM

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