Federation of French colonies in central Africa (1910–58)
French Equatorial Africa
Afrique-Équatoriale française(French)
1910–1958
Flag
Coat of arms
Status
Federation of French colonies (1910–1934) French colony (1934–1958)[1]
Capital
Brazzaville
Official languages
French
Religion
Catholicism and others[2]
Governor-General
• 1908–17
Martial Henri Merlin
• 1951–57
Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet
High-Commissioner
• 1957–58
Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet
• 1958
Pierre Messmer
History
• Established
15 January 1910
• Disestablished
September 1958
Area
• Total
2,500,000[3] km2 (970,000 sq mi)
Currency
French Equatorial African franc CFA franc
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ubangi-Shari
French Chad
French Congo
Central African Republic
Chad
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Today part of
Central African Republic Chad Republic of the Congo Gabon
French Equatorial Africa (French: Afrique équatoriale française, or AEF) was a federation of French colonial territories in Equatorial Africa which consisted of Gabon, French Congo, Ubangi-Shari, and Chad. It existed from 1910 to 1958 and its administration was based in Brazzaville.
^Naval Intelligence Division (1942), French Equatorial Africa and Cameroons, 258.
^Abidogun, Jamaine M. (2 June 2020). The Palgrave Handbook of African Education and Indigenous Knowledge. Springer. p. 193. ISBN 9783030382773.
^Smith, Leonard V. (2023). French Colonialism: From the Ancien Régime to the Present. Cambridge University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9781108799157. OCLC 1389826279.
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