The following
1list
shows the first club in each of Rotary's geographic regions based on current
boundaries. The date following club name is the admission (charter) date
into Rotary. Another club might have been first in a particular
region,
but due to boundary changes it is no longer in that geographic region. Also, when
some of these clubs were admitted, they were not the first club in a
geographic region, but became so when their portion gained independence.
[ ] indicates the original name of the geographic region and/or city on the charter.
Club names are the names of the current clubs as some have changed over
time.
If your club is listed, please send your
club's history today from our "Comment" page. Please include the
link to your website history page and a contact for confirmation.
Also see the RI Archives
Terminated
Clubs file.
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Rotary
Year/RIP
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Region & Club |
Charter |
Inactive |
Readmitted |
Notes |
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1905 |
USA
Chicago |
23 Feb
05 |
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ROTARY/One |
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1906 |
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1907 |
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1908 |
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1909 |
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1910-11
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Canada,
Winnipeg |
13 Apr 12 |
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UK,
London |
1 Aug 12
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Scotland, Glasgow |
1 Apr 13
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Ireland,
Dublin |
1 May 13
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N.
Ireland, Belfast |
1 May 13 |
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Cuba, Havana |
1 Jun 16 |
31 Jan 79 |
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Hawaii – Honolulu |
1 Jun 16 |
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USA Statehood 21 Aug
59 |
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Wales – Cardiff |
1 Nov 17
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Puerto Rico – San Juan |
1 Jun 18
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France – Allied Rotary Club of
France |
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forerunner of Paris
Club |
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Uruguay – Montevideo |
1 Feb 19 |
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2Tree |
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Philippines –
Manila |
1 Jun 19
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China –
Shanghai |
1 Oct 19 |
31 Dec 43 |
27 Mar 46-
15 Oct 51 |
2Tree
Provisional Jun 01 |
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Panama
– Panama City |
1 Nov 19
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2Tree |
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India –
Calcutta |
1 Jan 20 |
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2Tree |
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Argentina – Buenos Aires |
1 Apr 20
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2Tree |
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Spain – Madrid |
1
Jan 21 |
19 Jan 40 |
6 Jun 77 |
2Tree |
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Australia – Melbourne |
1 Apr 21 |
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2Tree |
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France – Paris |
1 Apr 21
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Japan – Tokyo |
1 Apr 21
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2Tree |
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Mexico – Ciudad de Mexico |
1 Apr 21
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2Tree |
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New Zealand – Wellington |
1 May 21
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2Tree |
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S Africa –
Johannesburg |
1 Jul 21 |
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Newfoundland – St.
John's |
1 Jan 22 |
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Province of Canada 31
March 1949 |
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Norway – Oslo |
1 Jun 22
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Peru – Lima |
1 Jun 22
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2Tree |
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Denmark – Copenhagen |
3 Aug 22 |
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Netherlands, The –
Amsterdam |
29 Jan 23
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Brazil – Rio
de Janeiro |
28 Feb 23
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2Tree |
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Channel Islands –
Guernsey |
3 Mar 23
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[England] |
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3
Belgium –
Ostende |
29 Aug 23 |
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Italy
– Milano |
19 Dec 23
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Isle of Man – Douglas |
2 Jan 24
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[England] |
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Bermuda – Hamilton |
15 Mar 24
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Chile
– Valparaiso |
15 May 24
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2Tree |
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Switzerland – Zurich |
23 May 24
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Alaska
– Ketchikan |
22 Apr 25 |
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Statehood 3 January
1959 |
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Guatemala – Ciudad de
Guatemala |
11 May 25
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Austria – Vienna |
19 Oct 25
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4
Czech Republic – Praha
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1 Nov 25 |
24 Jan 49
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8 Jun 90 |
[Prague, Czechoslovakia] |
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Portugal – Lisbon
(history
needed) |
23 Jan 26
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4
Hungary – Budapest |
20 Feb 26 |
30 Jun 42 |
1 Jun 89 |
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Sweden – Stockholm |
20 Feb 26
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2Tree |
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Colombia –
Bogotá (history
needed) |
13 Jan 27 |
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2Tree |
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Finland –
Helsinki-Helsingfors |
26 Jan 27 |
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2Tree
Also see the history of Rotary in
Finland 1926-1949 |
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Costa Rica – San Jose
(history
needed) |
8 Mar 27 |
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El Salvador – San Salvador
(history
needed) |
15 Apr 27 |
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Ecuador – Guayaquil |
13 Jul 27 |
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Bolivia – La Paz
(history
needed) |
12 Aug 27 |
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Germany –
Hamburg |
8 Oct 27 |
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Korea - Seoul |
10 Nov
27 |
31 Dec
40 |
15 Mar
49 |
[Keijo,
Chosen, Japan] |
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Pakistan – Lahore |
7 Dec 27 |
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[India] |
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Paraguay – Ascunsion
(history
needed) |
16 Jan 28 |
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Indonesia – Jakarta
(history
needed) |
12 Apr
28 |
31 Dec
43 |
Jogjakarta, Indonesia 31 July 1957- 27 April 1961 |
readmitted 7 December 1970; Djokjakarta, Java, - [Netherlands East
Indies] |
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Greece – Athinai |
30 Jan 29 |
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[Athens] |
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Israel – Jerusalem |
11 Mar 29 |
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[Palestine] |
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Egypt – Cairo |
11 Mar 29 |
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[United Arab Republic] |
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Beograd - Belgrade |
8 Apr 29 |
31 Dec 41 |
1 May 92 |
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of |
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Nicaragua – Managua
(history
needed) |
16 May 29 |
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Romania – Bucuresti |
20 May 29 |
31 Dec 41 |
1 May 92 |
[Bucharest] |
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Honduras – Tegucigalpa
(history
needed) |
4 Jun 29 |
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Sri Lanka – Colombo |
24 Aug 29 |
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Belize – Belize
(history
needed) |
12 Sep 29 |
4 Jun 30 |
31 Jul 57 |
[British Honduras] |
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Luxembourg – Luxembourg |
24 Sep 29 |
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Burma – Thayetmo |
30 Sep 29 |
31 Dec 43 |
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Burma – Rangoon |
27 Nov 29 |
31 Jan 79 |
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Malaysia – Seremban |
4 Dec 29 |
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[Federated Malay States] |
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Algeria – Algiers
(history
needed) |
19 May 30 |
1 Jan 80 |
2 May 92 |
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Morocco – Casablanca
(history
needed) |
19 May 30 |
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Zimbabwe – Harare |
27 Jun 30 |
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[Southern Rhodesia – Salisbury] |
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Estonia – Tallinn |
2 Aug 30 |
10 Oct 40
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1 Mar 91 |
2Tree |
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Singapore – Singapore |
11 Aug 30 |
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[Singapore, Strait Settlements, Malaysia] |
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Kenya – Nairobi |
11 Sep 30 |
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Thailand –
Bangkok |
28 Nov 30 |
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[Siam] |
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Hong Kong – Hong Kong |
20 Feb 31 |
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Poland – Warsaw
(history
needed) |
19 Mar 31 |
10 Oct 40 |
1 Jun 89 |
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Taiwan – Taipei |
28 Apr 31 |
31 Dec 43 |
11 Jun 48 |
[Taihoku, Formosa, Japan] |
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Lebanon – Beyrouth
(history
needed) |
2 Feb 32 |
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[Beirut] |
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4
Danzig, Free City of
(history
needed) |
1931-32 |
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inactive during WWII; now Gdansk, Poland |
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4
Latvia – Riga |
7 Apr 33 |
10 Oct 40 |
1 Feb 92 |
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4
Bulgaria – Sofia |
25 May 33 |
7 Apr 41 |
1 Oct 91 |
Also see an article on early history in
Bulgaria |
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4
Lithuania –
Vilnius |
14 Nov 34 |
6 Nov 92 |
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[Kaunas,
Lituania was first club in country from 14 November, 1934-10 October 1940,
but was not the first club to be granted re-admittance in the 1990s] |
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Iceland – Reykjavik
(history
needed) |
31 May 35 |
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Tunisia – Tunis Doyen
(history
needed) |
14 Feb 36 |
30 Jan 60 |
11 Sep 69 |
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Fiji – Suva |
26 Mar 36 |
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Sarawak - Kuching
(history
needed) |
10 Jun 36 |
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State of Malaysia since 1965 |
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Netherlands Antilles – Curacao
(history
needed) |
2 Apr 37 |
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Monaco – Monaco
(history
needed) |
3 Jun 37 |
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Venezuela – Caracas
(history
needed) |
8 Oct 37 |
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Syria – Damascus
(history
needed) |
26 Jan 38 |
24 Jan 69 |
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Bangladesh – Dhaka
(history
needed) |
26 Feb 38 |
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[India] |
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Sudan – Khartoum
(history
needed) |
27 Jun 38 |
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Cyprus – Nicosia |
22 Aug 38 |
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Aruba – Aruba
(history
needed) |
29 Aug 38 |
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