French Somaliland

French Somaliland was a colony in Horn of Africa (North and West Africa) that lasted from 1883 to 1977 CE, about 94 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

French coaling base at the mouth of the Red Sea, later linked by railway to Addis Ababa. Renamed the French Territory of the Afars and Issas in 1967, it became Djibouti in 1977.

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Facts

Dates

1883 to 1977 CE

Duration

94 years

Type

Colony

Region

Horn of Africa, North and West Africa

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Djibouti

Became

• Djibouti 1977 CE to the present

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 1884 Berlin Conference
• 1896 Battle of Adwa
• 1954 Algerian War begins
• 1956 Suez Crisis
• 1957 Ghana wins independence
• 1960 Year of Africa

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE
• Kingdom of Benin c. 1180 to 1897 CE
• Bornu Empire c. 1387 to 1893 CE
• Alaouite Sultanate of Morocco 1666 to 1912 CE
• Ashanti Empire 1701 to 1901 CE
• French Algeria 1830 to 1962 CE
• Muhammad Ali dynasty (Khedivate) 1805 to 1914 CE
• Sokoto Caliphate 1804 to 1903 CE
• Egypt 1953 CE to the present
• Morocco 1956 CE to the present

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia

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