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 Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ...

South Africa

Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is t ...

( Cape Colony): 1652-1806

Mozambique

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

Madagascar

Antongil Bay ''Helodranon' Antongila'' (Bay of Antongila), more commonly called Antongil Bay in English, is the largest bay in Madagascar. This bay is on the island's east coast, toward the northern end of the eastern coastline of the island. It is within Anal ...

: 1641/2 factory - 1646/7

Mauritius

Mauritius (1638-1658/ 1664-1710)

Middle East

Yemen

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

Aden Aden ( ar, عدن ' Yemeni: ) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. ...

, (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 Westcoast India)

Surat Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is now ...

(1616-1795) * Agra (1621-1720) * Burhanpur *

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

(1650-1685) * Ahmadabad (1617-1744) * Bharuch (of Brochia, Broach) * Vengurla (1637-1685) * Kundapura (1667- ca.1682)

Malabar Malabar may refer to the following: People * Malabars, people originating from the Malabar region of India * Malbars or Malabars, people of Tamil origin in Réunion Places * Malabar Coast, or Malabar, a region of the southwestern shoreline o ...
(Southern part of Westcoast India)

* Veeramala Hills, Cheruvathur (ca.1701-?) * Cannanore (1663-1790) (taken from Portugal) *

Ponnani Ponnani () is a municipality in Ponnani Taluk, Malappuram District, in the state of Kerala, India. It serves as the administrative center of the Taluk and Block Panchayat of the same name. It is situated at the estuary of Bharatappuzha (Riv ...

(ca. 1663) *Cranganore or Cranganor ( Kodungallor) (1662) (taken from Portugal) *Cochin de Cima (

Pallippuram, Ernakulam Pallippuram (also known in English as Palliport or in Portuguese as Paliporte) is a village on Vypeen island, in Kochi, Kerala, south India. The village is located approximately 25 km from Ernakulam and 20 km from Cochin International Airport. ...

) (1661) (taken from Portugal) * Cochin, Cochin de Baixo or Santa Cruz (1663) (taken from Portugal) * Purakkad (ca. 1680-1750) * Kayamkulam (ca. 1645) * Quilon (Coylan) (1661) (taken from Portugal)

Coromandel (East coast of India)

Golkonda Fort (Telugu: గోల్కొండ, romanized: ''Gōlkōnḍa'') is a historic fortress and ruined city located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was originally called Mankal. The fort was originally built by Kakatiya ruler Pratāparud ...

(1662-ca 1733) *Bimilipatnam,(1687-1795/ 1818-1825) to the English; now

Bheemunipatnam Bheemunipatnam (also known as Bheemili), is a suburb of Visakhapatnam, India. The town was named after Bhima, a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. It formerly administered under the Bheemunipatnam municipality, but merged into GVMC in 2017. ...

*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 is a city and the administrative headquarters of Palakollu Mandal in Narasapuram revenue division in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Palakollu is situated in Coastal Andhra region of the state. It occupi ...

, Palakollu, or Palacole. *

Masulipatnam Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar, is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the mandal headquarte ...

(1605-1756) *Petapoeli (1606-1668); now

Nizampatnam Nizampatnam is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Nizampatnam mandal in Repalle revenue division. The Dutch occupied the city for trading from 1606−1668. Etymology Named af ...

*Paliacatta (1610-1781/ 1785-1795/ 1805-1825) to the English; now Pulicat *

Sadras Sadras is a fortress town located on India's Coromandel Coast in Chengalpattu district, 70 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state. ''Sadras'' is the anglicised form of the ancient town of ''Saduranga pattinam''. History and Etymology An i ...

(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 Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Dutch Ceylon Dutch Ceylon ( Sinhala: Tamil: ) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although the Dutch managed to capture most of the coastal areas in Sri Lanka, they were never able to control the Kandyan ...

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 Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District. Mrauk U is of great cultural importance to the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people, and is the location of many ...

(1610-1665)

Martaban

Martaban (1660-?) Lasted only for a few years; now Mottama

Thailand ( Siam)

Ayutthaya Ayutthaya, Ayudhya, or Ayuthia may refer to: * Ayutthaya Kingdom, a Thai kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767 ** Ayutthaya Historical Park, the ruins of the old capital city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom * Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (locally ...

, main quarter 1613 - 1767. *Patani ( Pattani), trading house 1602 - 1623. *Sangora (

Songkhla Songkhla ( th, สงขลา, ), also known as Singgora or Singora (Pattani Malay: ซิงกอรอ), is a city (''thesaban nakhon'') in Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia. Songkhla lies south of Ba ...

), trading house 1607 - 1623. *Ligor (Ligoor, now Nakhon Si Thammarat), trading house - 1756.

Malaysia

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site si ...

(1641-1824)

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
( Indonesia)

Batavia Batavia may refer to: Historical places * Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands * Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...

Vietnam ( Tonkin)

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

Taiwan

* Anping ( Fort Zeelandia) * Tainan (

Fort Provincia Fort Provintia or Providentia, also known as Chihkan Tower (), was a Dutch outpost on Formosa at a site now located in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was built in 1653 during the Dutch colonization of Taiwan. The Dutch, intending to ...

) *

Wang-an, Penghu Wangan Township / Wang-an Township () is a rural township in Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan. It is the second smallest township in Penghu County after Cimei Township. The township is made up of nineteen islands, six of which are inhabit ...

Pescadores Islands The Penghu (, Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, located approximately west from the main island of Taiwan, covering an area ...

(Fort Vlissingen; 1620-1624) *

Keelung Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...

( Fort Noord-Holland, Fort Victoria) * Tamsui ( Fort Antonio)

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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