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Mali Federation
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former West African country consisting of the French colonies of Senegal and French Sudan
Key facts
- Status
- Territory of France (1959–1960)
- Capital
- Dakar
- Common languages
- Arabic , French
- Government
- Federal republic within the French Community (November 1958 – 20 June 1960)
- 1959 1960
- Jean Charles Sicurani
- Legislature
- Federal assembly
- Historical era
- Decolonization of Africa
- Elected government
- 4 April 1959
- Independence
- 20 June 1960
- Senegal independence
- 20 August 1960
- Currency
- CFA franc
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sovereign state
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Dakar
- Official language
- French
- Currency
- CFA franc
- Population
- 7450000
- Area
- 1436190
- Form of government
- republic
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- language used
- French
- Commons category
- Mali Federation
- inception
- 1959-01-17
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1960-08-20
- replaced by
- Mali
- replaces
- Sudanese Republic
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofMali Senegal
Colonies of French West Africa
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mali Federation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.