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French Togoland

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Also known as Le Togo français

former French colonial mandate

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

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.