French Algeria

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French overseas territory colonial possession in Africa former French colony

French Algeria was a former French colonial territory in North Africa that existed from 1830 to 1962, encompassing much of present-day Algeria and serving as an integral part of France rather than a typical overseas colony.

Aliases (2)

French departments in Algeria ×1
French rule in Algeria ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French overseas territory → colonial possession in Africa → former French colony →
administrativeStructure	French departments in Algeria →
borderedBy	French protectorate of Morocco → French protectorate of Tunisia → Sahara Desert →
capital	Algiers →
coastline	Mediterranean Sea →
colonialPolicy	Code de l'indigénat → assimilation policy → settler colonialism →
colonialPower	France →
conflict	Algerian War →
continent	Africa →
country	France →
currency	French franc →
endCause	Algerian War of Independence →
endTime	1962 →
ethnicGroup	Arabs → Berbers → European settlers → Indigenous Algerian Muslims → Pieds-Noirs →
event	conquest of Algiers →
flag	Flag of France →
governingBody	French government → Governor-General of Algeria →
inceptionEvent	French invasion of Algiers in 1830 →
independenceDate	1962 →
independenceGrantedTo	Algeria →
integratedInto	French metropolitan territory →
languageUsed	Arabic → Berber languages → French →
legalStatus	integral part of France →
locatedIn	Maghreb → North Africa →
mainCity	Algiers → Constantine → Oran →
metropole	Paris →
partOf	France → French colonial empire →
religion	Islam → Roman Catholicism →
replacedBy	People's Democratic Republic of Algeria →
startTime	1830 →
treaty	Evian Accords →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
French conquest of Algeria ("French rule in Algeria") → French conquest of Algeria →	followedBy
French Algeria ("French departments in Algeria") →	administrativeStructure
Italian Libya →	borderedBy
Alphonse Juin →	countryOfBirth
French North Africa →	includes
Annaba →	partOf
Algerian War of Independence →	place
AFN →	relatedTo
Algiers →	wasColonialCapitalOf
Oran →	wasPartOf