French West Africa Map

Africa political bartholomew 1922 posted.

French west africa map. French west africa was a federation of french colonies in west africa that existed from 1895 until 1958. Certain territories of the sudan were grouped together under the name senegambia and niger sénégambie niger. Mauritania senegal french sudan now mali french guinea now guinea ivory coast upper volta now burkina faso dahomey now benin and niger. 1903 which was transformed into upper senegal and niger haut sénégal niger.

Map of the seven colonies of the aof in 1936. Senegal within french west africa in 1913 see also whkmla historical atlas french west africa page textfiles. The object was to raise the free french flag in west africa to occupy dakar and thus start to consolidate the french resistance of its colonies in africa. Africa is thus the continent with the most french speakers in the world.

Officially the gabonese republic french. At the same time. With the arrival of french naval forces under vichy control and faced by stubborn defences onshore de gaulle. This includes those who speak french as a first or second language in these 31 francophone african countries dark blue on the map but it does not include french speakers living in non francophone african countries.

Note that the. French senegal 1920 1946 see also whkmla historical atlas french west africa page textfiles. Senegal french sudan present day mali guinea ivory coast dahomey present day benin upper volta present day burkina faso niger and mauritania. French west africa french.

The plan had british naval support when fighting alone against the axis powers. République gabonaise is a country on the west coast of central africa located on the equator gabon is bordered by equatorial guinea to the northwest cameroon to the north the republic of the congo on the east and south and the gulf of guinea to the west. Senegal french guinea the ivory coast and the french sudan to which dahomey was added in 1899. French west africa 1906 from sandafayre stamp atlas.

The federation existed from 1895 until 1958. French west africa french afrique occidentale française aof administrative grouping under french rule from 1895 until 1958 of the former french territories of west africa. It has an area of nearly 270 000 square kilometres 100 000 sq mi and its population is estimated at 2 1 million people. Gabon ɡ ə ˈ b ɒ n.

Senegal 1919 1939 1939 1960 external online map. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps. External online map. Detailed information about the coin french west africa 1944 1 franc french west africa with pictures and collection and swap management.

Français africain is the generic name of the varieties of a french language spoken by an estimated 430 million people in africa spread across 29 francophone countries. Its capital was saint louis senegal until 1902 and then dakar until the federation s collapse. The map also shows the location of the largest most populos cities in west africa. Ethnografic map of africa enciclopedia italiana 1929 1939 posted by msu external online map.

Afrique occidentale française aof was a federation of eight french colonial territories in africa. Created in stages french west africa eventually included eight colonies. West africa s largest urban areas. Cotonou djougou porto novo capital and parakou.