Côte française des Somalis(French) Dhulka Soomaaliyeed ee Faransiiska(Somali) ساحل الصوماليين الفرنسي وتوابعه(Arabic)
1883–1967
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Anthem:La Marseillaise
French Somaliland in 1922
Status
Colony of France (1884–1946) Overseas territory of France (1946–1967)
Capital
Djibouti
Common languages
French
Somali
Afar
Arabic
Religion
Christianity
Islam
Demonym(s)
Somali French Somali
Government
Dependent territory
Governor
• 1884–1899
Léonce Lagarde
• 1965–1967
Louis Saget
Historical era
New Imperialism
• Established
May 20 1883
• Italian invasion
June 18, 1940
• British occupation
December 28, 1942
• Status changed to overseas territory
October 27, 1946
• Renamed
July 5 1967
Currency
French franc (1883–1949) French Somaliland franc (1949–1967)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Khedivate's Somali Coast
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
Today part of
Djibouti
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History of Djibouti
Prehistory
Asa Koma (3,000~2,500 BC)
Handoga (4,000~3,000 BC)
Antiquity
Kingdom of Punt (2500~2000 BC)
Macrobians (525 BC)
Kingdom of Axum (100~940 AD)
Middle Ages
Kingdom of Adal (9th–12th c.)
Ifat Sultanate (12th–15th c.)
Adal Sultanate (15th–16th c.)
Imamate of Aussa (16th–18th c.)
Ottoman Egypt (16th–19th c.)
Colonial period
French Somaliland (1883–1967)
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (1967–1977)
Colonial governors
Modern period
Republic of Djibouti
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French Somaliland (French: Côte française des Somalis, lit. 'French coast of the Somalis'; Somali: Xeebta Soomaaliyeed ee Faransiiska) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It existed between 1884 and 1967, at which time it became the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. The Republic of Djibouti is its legal successor state.[1]
^France Ministère des colonies, Sous-secrétariat des colonies; DÉCRET N° 120, ARTICLE PREMIER (1896). "Bulletin officiel du Ministère des colonies". gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2020-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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