Francophone Africa

E54363
cultural-linguistic region geopolitical region

Francophone Africa is the region of African countries where French is widely used as an official or common language in government, education, and daily life.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Francophone Africa canonical 3
French-speaking West Africa 3
French-speaking Africa 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural-linguistic region ⓘ
geopolitical region ⓘ
dominantColonialLanguage French ⓘ
hasCommonLanguage French ⓘ
hasEconomicBlocMembership Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa ⓘ
West African Economic and Monetary Union ⓘ
hasEducationLanguagePolicy French as medium of instruction in many schools ⓘ
hasLinguaFrancaRole interethnic communication ⓘ
hasMajorCity Abidjan ⓘ
Algiers ⓘ
Antananarivo ⓘ
Casablanca ⓘ
Dakar ⓘ
Douala ⓘ
Kinshasa ⓘ
Tunis ⓘ
Yaoundé ⓘ
hasMajorOrganizationMembership Francophonie ⓘ
surface form: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
hasOfficialLanguage French ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
hasRegionalSubarea Central Africa ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Indian Ocean region

North Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo French colonial empire ⓘ
includesCountry Algeria ⓘ
Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Ivory Coast

Madagascar ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Mauritius ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Seychelles ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
usedIn business ⓘ
education ⓘ
government administration ⓘ
judicial system ⓘ
media ⓘ
usesCurrencyInSubregion Central African CFA franc ⓘ
West African CFA franc ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Louis Segond Bible → circulationArea → Francophone Africa ⓘ
Bight of Benin → hasLanguageRegion → Francophone Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: French-speaking West Africa
Sirba River → languageRegion → Francophone Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: French-speaking West Africa
Société Biblique de Genève → regionServed → Francophone Africa ⓘ
French cinema → distributionMarket → Francophone Africa ⓘ
Milo River → hasLanguageRegion → Francophone Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: French-speaking West Africa
Yambuku, Zaire → languageRegion → Francophone Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: French-speaking Africa