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French Sudan
French colonial territory in West Africa from 1880 to 1960, now Mali / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
French Sudan (Fr.: Soudan) was a colony in French West Africa in actual Mali.
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French Sudan Soudan français | |||||||||||||||||
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Colony of French West Africa | |||||||||||||||||
1880–1960 | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() Green: French Sudan Lime: French West Africa Gray: Other French possessions Black: French Republic | |||||||||||||||||
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La Marseillaise | |||||||||||||||||
Capital | Bamako1 | ||||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||||
• 1959 | 1,241,238 km2 (479,245 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||||
• 1959 | 4,407,000 | ||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||
Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||||||||
• Established | c. 1880 | ||||||||||||||||
1959 | |||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Mali | ||||||||||||||||
1 Kayes (1892–1899) |
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