French Guinea
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French colony in West Africa (1891-1958); now the country of Guinea
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Vinony files it under 1894 establishments in French West Africa, 1958 disestablishments in French West Africa and 19th century in Guinea.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Capital
- Conakry
- 1891 1900
- Noël Ballay
- 1956 1958
- Jean Ramadier
- Independence
- 2 October 1958
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- Commons category
- French Guinea
- inception
- 1894-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1958-01-01
- native label
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofGuinea
French Guinea (French: Guinée française) was a French colonial possession in West Africa. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the current independent nation of Guinea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “French Guinea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.