# List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements

The following were trading posts owned by the Dutch East India Company, presented in geographical sequence from west to east:

## Africa
### Saint Helena

* Saint Helena

### South Africa

* Cape of Good Hope (Cape Colony): 1652-1806

### Mozambique

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

### Madagascar

* Antongil Bay: 1641/2 factory - 1646/7

### Mauritius

Mauritius (1638-1658/1664-1710)

## Middle East
### Yemen

* Al Mukha (Mocca) (1620-16../1697-1757)
* Aden (1614-1620)

### Persia (Iran)

* Esfahan (of Ispahan) (1623-1747)
* Bandar-e Abbas (of Gamron) (1623-1766)
* Kharg, Fort Mosselstein (1750-1766)
* Bandar-e Kong (1665-1753)

## South Asia
### Bangladesh

* Dhaka
* Dutch settlement in Rajshahi

### India
#### Konkan (northern part of western coast of India)

* Surat (1616-1795)
* Agra (1621-1720)
* Burhanpur
* Kanpur (1650-1685)
* Ahmadabad (1617-1744)
* Bharuch (of Brochia, Broach)
* Vengurla (1637-1685)
* Kundapura (1667-ca. 1682)

#### Malabar (southern part of western coast of India)

* Veeramala Hills, Cheruvathur (ca. 1701-?)
* Cannanore (1663-1790) (taken from Portugal)
* Ponnani (ca. 1663)
* Cranganore or Cranganor (Kodungallor) (1662) (taken from Portugal)
* Cochin de Cima (Pallippuram, Ernakulam) (1661) (taken from Portugal)
* Cochin, Cochin de Baixo or Santa Cruz (1663) (taken from Portugal)
* Purakkad (ca. 1680-1750)
* Kayamkulam (ca. 1645)
* Quilon (Kollam) (1661) (taken from Portugal)

#### Coromandel (eastern coast of India)

* Golkonda (1662-ca. 1733)
* Bimilipatnam (1687-1795/1818-1825) to the English; now Bheemunipatnam
* Jaggernaikpoeram (1734-1795/ 1818-1825) to the English; now Kakinada
* Daatzeram (1633-1730); now Drakshawarama
* Nagelwanze (1669-1687); now Nagulavancha
* Palikol (1613-1781/1785-1795/1818-1825) to the English; now Palakol, Palakollu, or Palacole.
* Masulipatnam (1605-1756)
* Petapoeli (1606-1668); now Nizampatnam
* Paliacatta (1610-1781/1785-1795/1805-1825) to the English; now Pulicat
* Sadras (1654-1757/1785-1795), conquered by the British 1818
* Tierepopelier (1608-1625); now Thiruppapuliyur or Tirupapuliyur
* Tegenapatnam, Kudalur (1608-1758); now Cuddalore
* Porto Novo (1608-1825 [1 June]) to the English; now Parangipettai
* Negapatnam (1658-1781) to the English.
* Tuticorin or Tutucorim (1658); now Thoothukudi
* Travancore

### Sri Lanka

* Dutch Ceylon

## Far East
### Burma

* Siriangh or Syriam (1634-1679); now Thanlyin
* Ava (1634-1679)
* Pegu (1634-?), still in use in 1677
* Prome (1634-1655)

### Arakan

* Mrohaung (1610-1665)

### Martaban

* Martaban (1660-?), lasted only for a few years; now Mottama

### Thailand (Siam)

* Ayutthaya, main quarter, 1613-1767
* Patani (Pattani), trading house, 1602-1623
* Sangora (Songkhla), trading house, 1607-1623
* Ligor (Ligoor, now Nakhon Si Thammarat), trading house, ca. 1640-1756

### Malaysia

* Malacca (1641-1824)

### Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

* Batavia

### Vietnam (Tonkin)

* Thǎng Long, (comptoir; 1636 - 1699)
* Hội An (comptoir; 1636 - 1641)

### Taiwan

* Anping (Fort Zeelandia)
* Tainan (Fort Provincia)
* Wang-an, Penghu, Pescadores Islands (Fort Vlissingen; 1620-1624)
* Keelung (Fort Noord-Holland, Fort Victoria)
* Tamsui (Fort Antonio)

### Japan

* Hirado (1609-1641)
* Deshima (1641-1853)