Aden Colony

Flag of the Colony of Aden from 1937 to 1963

Aden colony with its islands

Aden Colony according to a contemporary map (1922)

The colony of Aden was the crown colony of the British Empire from 1937 to 1963 and consisted of the South Arabian port city of Aden and its surroundings. From 1839 to 1932, the 121 km² area was part of the Bombay Presidency as Aden branch and then directly subordinated to British India until 1937 . In the hinterland of the Aden colony was the Aden protectorate .

Some of the more distant islands were also subordinate to the colony:

• Kamaran (380 km northwest off the coast of North Yemen in the Red Sea )
• Perim (170 km west in the Bab el Mandeb Strait )
• Churiya Muriya Islands (1250 km northeast of the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea , now part of Oman)

On January 18, 1963, it became part of the South Arab Federation as the State of Aden .

Governors of the Aden Colony

• 1937-1940 Bernard Rawdon Reilly
• 1940–1945 John Hathorn Hall
• 1945–1950 Reginald Stuart Champion
• 1950–1951 William Allmond Codrington Goode
• 1951-1956 Tom Hickinbotham
• 1956-1960 William Henry Tucker Luce
• 1960–1963 Charles Hepburn Johnston

Coordinates: 12 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 45 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  E