A map of Upper Senegal and Niger circa 1912 from french colonial report
Status
Colony in French West Africa
Capital
Bamako
Common languages
French
History
• Established
1904 (1904)
• Disestablished
1921 (1921)
Currency
French West African franc
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Senegambia and Niger
French Upper Volta
French Sudan
Colony of Niger
Today part of
Burkina Faso Mali Niger
Upper Senegal and Niger (French: Haut Sénégal et Niger) was a colony in French West Africa, created on 21 October 1904 from colonial Senegambia and Niger by the decree "For the Reorganisation of the general government of French West Africa".[1]
At its creation, the "Colony of Upper Senegal and Niger" contained the old territories of Upper Senegal, the Middle Niger, and the military Niger territory. Its capital was Bamako.
^Decree of 18 October 1904 portant réorganisation du Gouvernement général de l'Afrique occidentale française, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on 21 October 1904 (Online)
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