French Equatorial Africa
Also known as Afrique équatoriale française
former federation of French colonial possessions in Central Africa
Key facts
- 1958
- Pierre Messmer
- Status
- Federation of French colonies (1910–1934), French colony (1934–1958)
- Capital
- Brazzaville
- Official languages
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism and others
- 1908 17
- Martial Henri Merlin
- 1951 57
- Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet
- 1957 58
- Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet
- Legislature
- Grand Council of French Equatorial Africa (1947–1959)
- Established
- 15 January 1910
- Disestablished
- September 1958
- Total
- 2,500,000 km (970,000 sq mi)
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Today part ofCentral African Republic Chad Republic of the Congo Gabon
French Equatorial Africa (French: Afrique équatoriale française, or AEF) was a federation of French colonial territories in Equatorial Africa which consisted of Gabon, French Congo, Ubangi-Shari, and Chad. It existed from 1910 to 1958 and its administration was based in Brazzaville.
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