Colony of Dahomey

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French colony colonial territory in Africa former colony

The Colony of Dahomey was a French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Benin.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Dahomey 4
Colony of Dahomey canonical 1
Dahomey (French colony) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French colony ⓘ
colonial territory in Africa ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
administrativeCenter Porto-Novo ⓘ
borderedBy Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: British colony of Nigeria

Colony of French Sudan ⓘ
Colony of French Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Colony of Niger

Colony of Upper Volta ⓘ
capital Porto-Novo ⓘ
colonialAdministrationType French West African colony ⓘ
colonialEconomyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
cotton production ⓘ
palm oil exports ⓘ
colonialFederation French West Africa ⓘ
surface form: Afrique-Occidentale française
colonialGovernorTitle Governor of Dahomey ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
colonialStatus French colony within French West Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currency French West African franc ⓘ
establishedBy France ⓘ
flagBearer France ⓘ
independenceFrom France ⓘ
independenceResult creation of the Republic of Dahomey ⓘ
largestCity Cotonou ⓘ
locatedIn French West Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
metropole France ⓘ
modernNameDerivedFrom Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
surface form: historic Kingdom of Dahomey
modernTerritory Benin ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf French colonial empire ⓘ
precededBy Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Vodun ⓘ
successorState Benin ⓘ
Colony of Dahomey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Dahomey
todayPartOf Benin ⓘ
transportInfrastructure port of Cotonou ⓘ
railway links to interior ⓘ
usedLanguage Bariba ⓘ
Fon ⓘ
Gbe languages ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
usedLegalSystem French colonial law ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Dahomey → successorState → Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration → sharesBorderWith → Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
Governor-General of French West Africa → hasJurisdictionOver → Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey (French colony)
French West African franc → usedIn → Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
Ordre de l’Étoile noire → originalCountry → Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
association of African and Malagasy States → memberState → Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
subject surface form: Association of African and Malagasy States
this entity surface form: Dahomey
King Béhanzin → successor → Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: French colonial administration of Dahomey
King Béhanzin → resisted → Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: French colonization of Dahomey
Colony of Dahomey → successorState → Colony of Dahomey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Dahomey