French Somaliland
French Somaliland Côte française des Somalis Dhulka Faransiiska ee Soomaaliya أرض الصومال الفرنسي | |||||||
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| 1896–1967 | |||||||
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 Location of French Somaliland in 1908 | |||||||
| Status | Colony (1896-1946) Overseas territory (1946-1967) | ||||||
| Capital | Djibouti | ||||||
| Common languages | French, Somali, Afar, Arabic | ||||||
| Religion | Islam, Christianity | ||||||
| Government | Dependent territory | ||||||
| Governor | |||||||
• 1896-1899 | Léonce Lagarde | ||||||
• 1966-1967 | Louis Saget | ||||||
| Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||
• Established | May 20 1896 | ||||||
| June 18, 1940 | |||||||
| December 28, 1942 | |||||||
• Status changed to overseas territory | October 27, 1946 | ||||||
• Renamed | July 5 1967 | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
| 1963 | 23,200 km2 (9,000 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1963 | 165,000 | ||||||
| Currency | French franc (1896-1949) French Somaliland franc (1949-1967) | ||||||
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| Today part of |  Djibouti | ||||||
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| Republic of Djibouti |
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French Somaliland (French: Côte française des Somalis, lit. "French Coast of Somalis", [Dhulka Faransiiska ee Soomaaliya] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Arabic: أرض الصومال الفرنسي ʾArḍ Aṣ-Ṣūmāl Al-Fransī) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It was established between 1883 and 1887, after the then ruling Somali and Afar Sultans signed various treaties with the French.[1][2][3] This arrangement lasted until 1946, when the polity became an overseas territory of France. In 1967, French Somaliland was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. In 1977, it became the independent country of Djibouti.
See also
- List of colonial heads of French Somaliland
- List of French possessions and colonies
- French colonial empire
References
- ^ Hugh Chisholm (ed.), The encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information, Volume 25, (At the University press: 1911), p. 383.
- ^ Raph Uwechue, Africa year book and who's who, (Africa Journal Ltd.: 1977), p. 209 ISBN 0903274051.
- ^ A Political Chronology of Africa, (Taylor & Francis: 2001), p. 132 ISBN 1857431162.
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