Key facts
- Status
- Occupied territory of France (1916-1922) , Class B League of Nations mandate of France (1922-1946) , United Nations Trust Territory under French administration (1946-1960)
- Capital
- Lomé
- Common languages
- French (official), Ewe , Kabye , Kotokoli etc
- 1916 1917
- Gaston Fourn
- 1957 1960
- Georges Spénale
- Occupation
- 27 August 1914
- Togoland partitioned
- 27 December 1916
- League of nations mandate
- 20 July 1922
- Independence
- 27 April 1960
- Currency
- CFA franc
- Iso 3166 code
- TG
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- United Nations trust territory
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Lomé
- Official language
- Ewe
- Followed by
- Togo
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- territory claimed by
- France
- topic's main category
- Category:French Togoland
- inception
- 1916-12-27
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1960-04-27
- Commons category
- French Togoland
- native label
- Togo français
- language used
- French
- official religion
- Catholicism
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofTogo
French Togoland, officially French Mandate for Togoland during the LoN period later Togoland under French Administration during the trusteeship period (French: Togo français) was a French colonial League of Nations mandate from 1922 to 1946, and a UN trust territory from 1946 to 1960 in French West Africa. In 1960 it became the independent Togolese Republic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “French Togoland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.