State

French West Africa

French colonial federation in west Africa from 1895 to 1958

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1895–1945
Founded
1895
Ended
1958
Capital
Dakar, Saint-Louis
Government
federation, colony
Languages
French
Preceded by
Empire PeulSamorian state
Succeeded by
BeninBurkina FasoIvory CoastMaliMauritaniaNigerSenegalGuinea

Overview

French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin), and Niger. The federation existed from 1895 until 1958. Its capital was Saint-Louis in Senegal until 1902, and then Dakar until the federation's collapse in 1960.

With an area of 4,689,000 km2, French West Africa was eight times the size of Metropolitan France. French Equatorial Africa had an additional area of 2,500,000 km2.

Excerpt from Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Records (5)

  1. 1898 — Battle of GuelemouBattle · France ▸ Mandingos
  2. 1898 — Battle of SikassoBattle · France ▸ Sikasso
  3. 1903 — Battle of RawiyaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Sokoto Caliphate
  4. 1915–1916 — Gallipoli CampaignCampaign
  5. 1932 — Battle of Oum TounsiBattle

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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