Afrique occidentale française | ||||
Federation Dependency of France | ||||
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Capital | Dakar | |||
Status | Dependency | |||
History | ||||
- October 27, 1895 | Established | |||
- October 5, 1958 | French Community Established | |||
- December 22, 1958 | Disestablished | |||
Currency | French West African franc | |||
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French West Africa (1895-1958) was a federation of French dependencies in Western Africa. When the French Union was dissolved in 1958, the individual territories became autonomous republics of the French Community, before each becoming independent states in 1960.
Nation
France (Colonies)
French Colonial Empire
French Colonial Empire
Indochinese Union
French Union (1946-1958)
France: French Equatorial Africa (1910-1958)
French Community (1958-1960)
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