French Territory of the Afars and the Issas

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colonial territory former French overseas territory historical political entity

The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas was a French colonial possession in the Horn of Africa that became the independent nation of Djibouti in 1977.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
French Somaliland 3
French Somaliland (Djibouti) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial territory ⓘ
former French overseas territory ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
adminCenter Djibouti City ⓘ
borderedBy Ethiopia ⓘ
Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
capital Djibouti City ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countrySuccessor Djibouti ⓘ
currency Djiboutian franc ⓘ
dateDissolved 1977-06-27 ⓘ
endTime 1977 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afar people ⓘ
Somali people ⓘ
surface form: Issa Somali people
event 1977 independence referendum ⓘ
flagBearer France ⓘ
followedBy Djibouti ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Djibouti
formerName French Territory of the Afars and the Issas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Somaliland
governmentType overseas territory administration ⓘ
hasPort Port of Djibouti ⓘ
independenceGrantedTo Djibouti ⓘ
legalSystem French law ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ
namedAfter Afar people ⓘ
Somali people ⓘ
surface form: Issa Somali people
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
partOf French colonial empire ⓘ
precededBy French Territory of the Afars and the Issas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Somaliland
reasonForNameChange to reflect main local ethnic groups ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
resultOfEvent creation of independent Djibouti ⓘ
sovereignState France ⓘ
startTime 1967 ⓘ
status non-self-governing territory ⓘ
strategicLocation Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
timeZone UTC+3 ⓘ
UNClassification Non-Self-Governing Territory ⓘ
usedLanguage Afar ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
usedScript Arabic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

French Ministry of Overseas France → concerns → French Territory of the Afars and the Issas ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Somaliland (Djibouti)
Djibouti → formerName → French Territory of the Afars and the Issas ⓘ
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → formerName → French Territory of the Afars and the Issas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Somaliland
French Union → includesTerritory → French Territory of the Afars and the Issas ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Somaliland
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → precededBy → French Territory of the Afars and the Issas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Somaliland