West African CFA franc

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currency legal tender

The West African CFA franc is a regional currency used by several West African countries, issued by the Central Bank of West African States and pegged to the euro.

Aliases (1)

FCFA ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	currency → legal tender →
centralBank	Central Bank of West African States →
coexistsWithCurrency	euro (for some transactions and reserves) →
convertibilityGuaranteedBy	French Treasury →
countryUsingBeforeIndependence	French West Africa → Portuguese Guinea (later Guinea-Bissau) → Togo (French-administered) →
currencyCode	XOF →
fixedExchangeRateToEuro	1 EUR = 655.957 XOF →
hasBanknotes	1,000 XOF → 10,000 XOF → 2,000 XOF → 5,000 XOF →
hasCoins	1 XOF → 10 XOF → 100 XOF → 200 XOF → 25 XOF → 250 XOF → 5 XOF → 50 XOF → 500 XOF →
hasMonetaryPolicyInfluenceFrom	France →
introduced	1945 →
isDistinctFrom	Central African CFA franc →
ISO4217Code	XOF →
isPartOf	CFA franc zone →
issuingAuthority	Central Bank of West African States →
languageAcronymMeaning	Communauté Financière Africaine →
monetaryUnion	West African Economic and Monetary Union →
notUsedInCountry	Ghana → Guinea → Nigeria →
peggedTo	euro →
previouslyPeggedTo	French franc →
region	West Africa →
replacedCurrency	French West African franc →
subunit	centime →
subunitToUnit	100 →
symbol	F CFA →
type	fiat money →
usedInCountry	Benin NERFINISHED → Burkina Faso NERFINISHED → Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED → Guinea-Bissau → Mali → Niger → Senegal → Togo →
zoneSharesNameWith	Central African CFA franc →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bamako → Benin → Burkina Faso → Cotonou → Côte d'Ivoire → Dakar → Lomé → Mali → Niger → Ouagadougou → Senegal →	currency
Guinea-Bissau → Togo → West Africa →	hasCurrency
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development →	currencyOfOperations
Niamey →	currencyUsed
West African Development Bank →	currencyUsedInOperations
Mauritanian ouguiya →	replacedCurrency
XOF →	represents
XAF ("FCFA") →	symbol
Burkina Faso →	uses
West African Economic and Monetary Union →	usesCurrency
Francophone Africa →	usesCurrencyInSubregion