French Guinea
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French colony in West Africa (1891-1958); now the country of Guinea
Key facts
- Capital
- Conakry
- 1891 1900
- Noël Ballay
- 1956 1958
- Jean Ramadier
- Independence
- 2 October 1958
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- colony
- Part of
- French West Africa
- Country
- France
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Conakry
- Official language
- French
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- Commons category
- French Guinea
- inception
- 1894-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1958-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:French Guinea
- native label
- ߝߊ߬ߙߊ߲߬ߛߌ߫ ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߬
- replaces
- Imamate of Futa Jallon
- replaced by
- Guinea
- territory claimed by
- France
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofGuinea
French Guinea (French: Guinée française) was a French colonial possession in West Africa. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the current independent nation of Guinea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “French Guinea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.