Anglo-French condominium

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The Anglo-French condominium was a rare form of joint colonial rule in which Britain and France simultaneously administered the Pacific archipelago later known as Vanuatu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial political arrangement
condominium
former colonial regime
administeredBy France NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Condominium of the New Hebrides NERFINISHED
New Hebrides Condominium NERFINISHED
appliedToTerritory New Hebrides archipelago NERFINISHED
present-day Vanuatu NERFINISHED
capital Port Vila NERFINISHED
colonialPower France NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
colonialStatus joint protectorate
country New Hebrides NERFINISHED
currency Australian dollar
Australian pound NERFINISHED
New Hebrides franc NERFINISHED
endCause independence of Vanuatu
endedWithEvent independence of New Hebrides as Vanuatu in 1980
endTime 1980
establishedBy Anglo-French agreement of 1906 NERFINISHED
governmentType condominium
dual colonial administration
hadCoatOfArms emblem of the New Hebrides Condominium
hadFlag flag of the New Hebrides Condominium NERFINISHED
hadIndigenousPopulation Ni-Vanuatu NERFINISHED
hadLegalSystem joint Anglo-French court
separate British jurisdiction
separate French jurisdiction
hadResidentCommissionerFrom France NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 20th century
legalNameOfTerritory New Hebrides NERFINISHED
locatedIn Melanesia
South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
notableFor rare example of joint colonial rule by two powers
officialLanguage Bislama
English
French
partOf European colonial empires in Oceania
precededBy British influence in New Hebrides
French influence in New Hebrides
regionType Pacific archipelago
replacedBy Republic of Vanuatu NERFINISHED
sharedSovereigntyBetween Britain NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
startTime 1906
successorState Vanuatu NERFINISHED

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New Hebrides colonialStatus Anglo-French condominium
New Hebrides Condominium colonialStatus Anglo-French condominium