List of Dutch East India Company trading posts
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The following were trading posts owned by the Dutch East India Company
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...

 and the Dutch West India Company
Dutch West India Company
Dutch West India Company was a chartered company of Dutch merchants. Among its founding fathers was Willem Usselincx...

, presented in geographical sequence from west to east:

Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

Jan. 1721 - 23 December 1730.
  • Delagoa Bay: Fort Lydsaamheid (Jan. 1721 - 23 December 1730.)

Persia (Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

)

  • Esfahan
    Isfahan (city)
    Isfahan , historically also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 km south of Tehran. It has a population of 1,583,609, Iran's third largest city after Tehran and Mashhad...

     (of Ispahan) (1623-1747)
  • Bandar-e Abbas (of Gamron) (1623-1766)
  • Kharg. Fort Mosselstein (1750-1766)
  • Bandar-e Kong(1665-1753)


India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

  • Surat
    Surat
    Surat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...

     (1616-1795)
  • Agra
    Agra
    Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...

     (1621-1720)
  • Burhanpur
    Burhanpur
    Burhanpur is an important city in Madhya Pradesh state, India. It is the administrative seat of Burhanpur District. It is situated on the north bank of the Tapti River, southwest of Bhopal and northeast of Mumbai...

  • Ahmadabad
    Ahmedabad
    Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

     (1617-1744)
  • Bharuch (of Brochia, Broach)
    Bharuch
    Bharuch , also known as Broach, is the oldest city in Gujarat, situated at the mouth of the holy river Narmada. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District and a municipality of more than 1,50,000 inhabitants. As Bharuch is a major seaport city, a number of trade activities have...

  • Vengurla
    Vengurla
    Under the Köppen climate classification, Vengurla features a tropical monsoon climate. The highest temperature in summer reaches 42°C while in winter, temperature drops up to 10°C. The annual precipitation is .-Demographics:...

     (1637-1685)

Malabar
Malabar Coast
The Malabar Coast is a long and narrow coastline on the south-western shore line of the mainland Indian subcontinent. Geographically, it comprises the wettest regions of southern India, as the Western Ghats intercept the moisture-laden monsoon rains, especially on their westward-facing mountain...

 (Southern part of Westcoast India)

  • Cranganore or Cranganor (Kodungallor) (1662) (taken from Portugal)
  • Cochin de Cima (Pallipuram
    Pallipuram
    Pallippuram Malayalam: , is a small town in Palakkad District of Kerala, India. Situated in the western extremity of Palakkad District, it is 9 kilometres north-west of Pattambi, a bigger town of the district...

    ) (1661) (taken from Portugal)
  • Cochin, Cochin de Baixo or Santa Cruz (1663) (taken from Portugal)
  • Quilon (Coylan) (1661) (taken from Portugal)
  • Cannanore
    Kannur
    Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...

     (1663-1790) (taken from Portugal)
  • Kundapura
    Kundapura
    -Languages and culture :The town mainly consists of Kannadigas who speak Kundagannada, Konkanis and Tuluvas. The Goud Saraswat Brahmins who fled Goa during the Portuguese arrival in the 16th century arrived by Boat in Basrur and some settled in Kundapura and surrounding villages. These people and...

     (1667- ca.1682)
  • Kayankulam (ca. 1645)
  • Ponnani
    Ponnani
    Ponnani/Ponani is an ancient port, a coastal town and a municipality in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 9.32 km2. Ponnani taluk is the smallest Taluk in Malappuram district. This tiny, picturesque town is bounded by the Arabian Sea on the west...

     (ca. 1663)

Coromandel
Coromandel Coast
The Coromandel Coast is the name given to the southeastern coast of the Indian Subcontinent between Cape Comorin and False Divi Point...

 (East coast of India)

  • Golkonda
    Golkonda
    Golkonda or Golla konda a ruined city of south-central India and capital of ancient Kingdom of Golkonda , is situated 11 km west of Hyderabad.The most important builder of Golkonda was a Hindu Kakatiya King...

    (1662-ca 1733)
  • Bimilipatnam,(1687-1795/ 1818-1825)to the English
  • Jaggernaikpoeram (now Kakinada
    Kakinada
    Kakinada is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located east of the state capital, Hyderabad. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district. It is nicknamed "Fertilizer City" , "Pensioner's Paradise" and "Second Madras"...

    )(1734 �1795/ 1818-1825) to the English
  • Daatzeram (now Drakshawarama)(1633-1730)
  • Nagelwanze(1669-1687)
  • Palikol(1613-1781/ 1785-1795/ 1818-1825)to the English
  • Masulipatnam(1605-1756)
  • Petapoeli (Nizampatnam
    Nizampatnam
    Nizampatnam, also known as Petapolly , is a seaport town in Andhra Pradesh state of southern India. Nizampatnam is located in Guntur District, of which it is a mandal, in the delta of the Krishna River, which empties into the Bay of Bengal...

    )(1606-1668)
  • Paliacatta (now Pulicat
    Pulicat
    Pulicat is a historic seashore town in Thiruvallur District, of Tamil Nadu state, South India. It is about 60 km north of Chennai and 3 km from Elavur, on the barrier island of Sriharikota, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal. Pulicat lake is a shallow salt water lagoon...

    )(1610-1781/ 1785-1795/ 1805-1825) to the English
  • Sadras
    Sadras
    Sadras is a fortress town located on India's Coromandel Coast in Kanchipuram District, 70 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state. Sadras is the anglicized form of the ancient town of Chadhuranga Pattinam....

    (1654-1757/ 1785-1795), conquered by the British 1818
  • Tierepopelier (now Thiruppapuliyur)(1608-1625)
  • Tegenapatnam, Kudalur (now Cuddalore
    Cuddalore
    Cuddalore is a fast growing industrial city and headquarter of Cuddalore district in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India. Located south of Pondicherry on the coast of Bay of Bengal, Cuddalore has a large number of industries which employ a great deal of the city's population.Cuddalore is known...

    )(1647-1758)
  • Porto Novo(nowParangipettai
    Parangipettai
    Parangipettai , historically called Porto Novo, is a panchayat town in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Parangipettai is situated on the north bank of the mouth of the Vellar river at a distance of 30 km from Cuddalore. From Chennai, Parangipettai can be reached through...

    )(1608-1825 (1 June)) to the English.
  • Negapatnam(1658-1781) to the English.
  • Tuticorin or Tutucorim(1658)
  • Travancore
    Travancore
    Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...

    , nowadays part of India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Burma

  • Mrohaung (Arakan
    Rakhine State
    Rakhine State is a Burmese state. Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State in the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region in the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west, and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest. It is located approximately between...

    ) (1625-1665)
  • Siriangh (of Syriam (1635-1679)
  • Ava
    Ava
    Innwa is a city in the Mandalay Division of Burma , situated just to the south of Amarapura on the Ayeyarwady River. Its formal title is Ratanapura , which means City of Gems in Pali. The name Innwa means mouth of the lake, which comes from in , meaning lake, and wa , which means mouth...

     (ca. 1635-1679)
  • Martaban (ca. 1660-.)

Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 (Siam)

  • Ayutthaya
    Ayutthaya (city)
    Ayutthaya city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. Located in the valley of the Chao Phraya River. The city was founded in 1350 by King U Thong, who went there to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the Ayutthaya...

    , main quarter 1613 - 1767.
  • Patani (Pattani
    Pattani
    Pattani may refer to* Pattani Province, in southern Thailand* Pattani , in southern Thailand* Pattani , which includes the above province** Pattani Kingdom, a former semi-independent kingdom...

    ), trading house 1602 - 1623.
  • Sangora (Songkhla
    Songkhla
    Songkhla is a city in the Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia. As of 2006 it had a population of 75,048...

    ), trading house 1607 - 1623.
  • Ligor (Ligoor, now Nakhon Si Thammarat
    Nakhon Si Thammarat
    Nakhon Si Thammarat is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Province and the Nakhon Si Thammarat district. It is about south of Bangkok, on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula. The city was the administrative center of southern Thailand during most of its history. ...

    ), trading house - 1756.

Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

  • Anping (Fort Zeelandia)
  • Tainan
    Tainan
    Tainan City is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the fifth largest after New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Taipei. It was formerly a provincial city, and in 2010, the provincial city merged with the adjacent Tainan County to form a single special municipality. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in...

     (Fort Provincia)
  • Pescadores Islands (Fort Vlissingen) (1620-1624) (August 25)
  • Keelung
    Keelung
    Keelung City is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei and forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with the Taipei and New Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport...

     (Fort Noord-Holland, Fort Victoria)
  • Tamsui (Fort Anthonio)
  • Wanckan (Fort Vlissingen)

See also

  • Dutch Empire
    Dutch Empire
    The Dutch Empire consisted of the overseas territories controlled by the Dutch Republic and later, the modern Netherlands from the 17th to the 20th century. The Dutch followed Portugal and Spain in establishing an overseas colonial empire, but based on military conquest of already-existing...

  • Evolution of the Dutch Empire
    Evolution of the Dutch Empire
    thumb|The [[Dutch Empire]]. Dark green areas were controlled by the [[Dutch West Indies Company]]; light green areas were controlled by the [[Dutch East India Company]]....

  • List of Dutch West India Company trading posts and settlements
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