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As former colonies of Europe, the coastal African nations of Madagascar, Mauritius, and South Africa were the main receiving points of Chinese immigrants from the 1890s to the early part of the 20th century. The early Chinese arrived to labour in the Transvaal gold mines of South Africa and on the Tananrive Tamatave railway of Madagascar. Many of these Chinese immigrants were exploited. World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Flag of Transvaal The Transvaal (lit. ...

Today, South Africa remains the top African destination for first-generation Chinese-speaking immigrants.

Madagascar

Madagascar has received some Chinese immigrants. In Madagascar, there are about 30,000 Chinese, the majority of them came from the Pearl River delta in Canton. A Chinatown, called Quartier Chinois, is located in Antananarivo. The are two Pearl Rivers: The Pearl River (China) (See also the Pearl River Delta) The Pearl River in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana Pearl River is also the name of some places in the United States of America: Pearl River, Louisiana Pearl River, Mississippi Pearl River... Antananarivo, Madagascar Antananarivo, Madagascar Antanànarìvo (pronounced IPA [æntəˌnænəˈɹiːvoʊ] or [ɑːntəˌnɑːnəˈɹiːvoʊ]), population 1,403,449 (2001 census), is the capital of Madagascar, in Antananarivo province. ...

Mauritius

The Chinatown or Quartier chinois is in the city of Port Louis on rue Royal. The Hakka Chinese are the dominant group in Mauritius. Its Chinatown was founded in 1944. The arms of Port Louis Port Louis banking district, and the main avenue leading to the Government House (seen in the background) Port Louis (pronounced locally as paw-louee) is the capital of Mauritius. ... Hakka (Traditional Chinese: 客家; Simplified Chinese: 客家; Pinyin: ; literal meaning guest families) are a Han Chinese people whose ancestors are said to originate from around Henan and Shanxi in northern China over 2700 years ago. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Morocco

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The sole and quickly growing Chinatown of Arabic-speaking North Africa is the Quartier chinois located on rue Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lekrik in the Derb Omar district of Casablanca. Many immigrants in Casablanca's Chinatown engage in the wholesale apparel businesses, selling low-quality products at low prices. Arabic (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Casablanca from space A view on the Boulevard de Paris in central Casablanca Casablanca (classical Arabic name: الدار البيضاء, transliterated , the white house, dar beïda in dialectal Moroccan Arabic) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. ...

South Africa

Inner-city Johannesburg has an declining Chinatown on Commissioner Street, but a newer Chinatown can be found on Derrick Avenue in the hilly suburb of Cyrildene. Taiwanese immigrants have settled extensively in the country - South Africa also had its first elected Taiwanese-born legislator in the 1980s - but there has also been fairly recent ethnic Chinese immigration from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. [1] South African Chinese are dispersed throughout South African cities. A few pictures of new "Chinatown" in Cyrildene can be seen on the webblog: http://www.bbc.co.uk/africalives/myafrica/blogs/005020/0000005096.shtml City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

External links

• Antananrivo Chinatown Gallery Some photos of Antananrivo's Chinatown
• Johannesburg Chinatowns