Francophone Africa

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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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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 Organisation internationale de la Francophonie →
hasOfficialLanguage French →
hasPrimaryReligion Christianity →
Islam →
hasRegionalSubarea Central Africa →
Indian Ocean region →
North Africa →
West Africa →
historicallyLinkedTo French colonial empire →
includesCountry Algeria →
Benin NERFINISHED →
Burkina Faso NERFINISHED →
Burundi →
Cameroon →
Central African Republic NERFINISHED →
Chad →
Comoros →
Democratic Republic of the Congo →
Djibouti →
Equatorial Guinea →
Gabon NERFINISHED →
Guinea →
Guinea-Bissau →
Ivory Coast NERFINISHED →
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 (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Louis Segond Bible →
circulationArea
Bight of Benin ("French-speaking West Africa") →
hasLanguageRegion
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