Upper Senegal and Niger
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Upper Senegal and Niger Haut Sénégal et Niger | |||||||||||||
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| 1904–1911 | |||||||||||||
 The current location of what was Upper Senegal and Niger | |||||||||||||
 A map of Upper Senegal and Niger c. 1911 from the Encyclopædia Britannica | |||||||||||||
| Status | Former | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Bamako | ||||||||||||
| Capital-in-exile | Former | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | French | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1904 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1911 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | French West African franc | ||||||||||||
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Upper Senegal and Niger (French: Haut Sénégal et Niger) was a colony in French West Africa created in 1904 from Senegambia and Niger. Niger became a separate military district in 1911 and a separate colony in 1922, Upper Volta was split off in 1919, and the remainder reorganized as French Sudan (present-day Mali) in 1920. The capital was Bamako.
The colony is perhaps remembered most often by philatelists, since it issued a number of postage stamps during its short existence. See main article, Postage stamps and postal history of Upper Senegal and Niger.
12°38′45″N 7°59′32″W / 12.6458°N 7.9922°W
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