French Ubangi-Shari

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French Ubangi-Shari was a former French colonial territory in central Africa that later became the independent nation of the Central African Republic.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf French colony
colonial administrative unit
former French colonial territory
administrativeStatus colony within French Equatorial Africa
overseas territory of France
borderedBy Belgian Congo
Chad
French Congo
Sudan
capital Bangui NERFINISHED
colonialAdministrationCenter Bangui NERFINISHED
colonialEconomicActivity cotton production
subsistence agriculture
timber extraction
colonialLanguageOfAdministration French
colonialPolicy concessionary companies system
forced labor practices
colonialPower France
country France
currency CFA franc
dateBecamePartOfFrenchEquatorialAfrica 1910
dateDissolved 1960
dateEstablished 1903
dateOfIndependenceOfSuccessorState 1960-08-13
establishedBy France
formerColonyOf France
governingOfficialTitle Governor
Lieutenant-Governor
historicalEra 20th century colonialism
Age of Imperialism
historicalRegion Oubangui-Chari
locatedIn Central Africa
locatedOnContinent Africa
namedAfter Chari River NERFINISHED
Ubangi River
officialLanguage French
partOf French Equatorial Africa
French colonial empire
predecessor Haut-Oubangui
religionInfluence Christian missions
Protestant missions
Roman Catholic Church
successor Central African Republic NERFINISHED
successorStateIndependenceFrom France
todayPartOf Central African Republic NERFINISHED
usedLegalSystem French law
usedScriptInAdministration Latin alphabet

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
French Equatorial Africa
includesTerritory

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