Ubangi-Shari territory

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former French colonial territory former colony historical political entity

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

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ubangi-Shari 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former French colonial territory ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
administrativeCenter Bangui ⓘ
administrativeStatus French colony ⓘ
territory of French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
borderedBy Congo Free State ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Congo

Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
surface form: French Congo

Sudan ⓘ
capital Bangui ⓘ
colonialAdministrationType overseas territory ⓘ
colonialEconomicActivity cotton production ⓘ
forced labor-based agriculture ⓘ
rubber collection ⓘ
timber extraction ⓘ
colonialGovernorTitle Governor ⓘ
colonialLanguageOfAdministration French ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateDissolved 1960 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1903 ⓘ
establishedBy France ⓘ
flagUsed Flag of French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
surface form: flag of French Equatorial Africa
formerColonialCategory French colony in Africa ⓘ
formerCurrency CFA franc ⓘ
geographicalRegion Sahel–Central African forest transition zone ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
Age of Imperialism ⓘ
independenceDateOfSuccessor 1960-08-13 ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
metropole French Fourth Republic ⓘ
French Third Republic ⓘ
modernTerritoryCorrespondsTo Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Chari River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ubangi River ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
predecessorEntity French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
surface form: French Congo
religionMajorityDuringColonialPeriod traditional African religions ⓘ
religionSignificant Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredTo Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorState Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLegalSystem French colonial law ⓘ

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

French Equatorial Africa → formedFrom → Ubangi-Shari territory ⓘ
French Equatorial Africa → includesTerritory → Ubangi-Shari territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ubangi-Shari