French West Africa
French colonial federation in west Africa from 1895 to 1958
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Summary
French West Africa is a federation[1].
Key Facts
- Country: France[2]
- Continent: Africa[3]
- Instance of: administrative territorial entity[4], defunct organization[5]
- Capital: Dakar[6], Saint-Louis[7]
- Official language: French[8]
- Currency: French West African franc[9]
- Basic form of government: federation[10], colony[11]
- Part of: French colonial empire[12], French Union[13], French Colonial Africa[14]
- Has part(s): French Ivory Coast[15], Colony of Niger[16]
- Inception: 1895[17]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: October 4, 1958[18]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21]
- Replaces: Empire Peul[22], Samorian state[23]
- Replaced by: Benin[24], Burkina Faso[25], Ivory Coast[26], Mali[27], Mauritania[28], Niger[29], Senegal[30], Guinea[31], Sudanese Republic[32], Nigeria[33], Kingdom of Libya[34], Italy[35]
- Permanent duplicated item: Wikidata item[36]