Not to be confused with French Guiana.
Guinée française
French Guinea |
| Protectorate of France |
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1891 – 1958 |
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Flag |
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| Capital |
Conakry |
| Language(s) |
French |
| Political structure |
Protectorate |
| Governor-General |
| - 1895-1900 |
Jean Baptiste Chaudier |
| - 1956-57 |
Gaston Custin |
| High Commissioners |
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| - 1957-58 |
Gaston Custin |
| - 1958 |
Pierre Messmer |
| History |
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| - Established |
1891 |
| - Independence |
October 2, 1958 |
| Currency |
French West African franc
(1903-1945)
CFA franc
(1945-1958) | |
French Guinea (French: Guinée française) was a French protectorate in West Africa. It became independent from France in 1958 following the rejection of Charles de Gaulle's Constitution of 1958. Then French Guinea was the only colony to refuse the new constitution. French Guinea became the modern day country of Guinea keeping French as its official language. Some Arabic is used.
See also
- Guinea
- History of Guinea
- French West Africa
  French overseas empire |
Former
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Former French colonies in Africa and the Indian Ocean |
| Mahgreb |
Algeria · Morocco (Arguin Island) · Tunisia |
| French West Africa |
Côte d'Ivoire · Dahomey · French Sudan · Guinea · Mauritania · Niger · Senegal · Upper Volta |
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French Togoland · James Island |
| French Equatorial Africa |
Chad · Gabon · Middle Congo · Oubangui-Chari |
| Comoros |
Anjouan · Grande Comore · Mohéli |
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French Somaliland (Djibouti) · Madagascar · Ile de France · Seychelles |
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Former French colonies in the Americas |
| New France (Acadia • Louisiana • Canada • Terre Neuve) 1655 – 1763 |
| Inini · Berbice · Saint-Domingue (Haiti) · Tobago · Virgin Islands · France Antarctique · France Équinoxiale |
| French West India Company |
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Former French colonies in Asia and Oceania |
| French India |
Chandernagor · Coromandel Coast · Madras · Malabar · Mahé · Pondichéry · Karaikal · Yanaon |
| French Indochina |
Cambodia · Laos · Vietnam (Annam • Cochinchina • Tonkin) |
| Other Asian |
Alaouites · Alexandretta-Hatay · Ceylon · Kwangchowan |
| Oceania |
New Hebrides (Vanuatu) |
| French East India Company |
Present
Overseas departments and territories of France  |
| Overseas departments1 |
French Guiana · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Réunion |
| Overseas collectivities |
French Polynesia · Mayotte2 · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Wallis and Futuna |
| Special status |
New Caledonia |
| Uninhabited lands |
Clipperton Island · French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Île Amsterdam • Île Saint-Paul • Crozet Islands • Kerguelen Islands • Adélie Land • Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean: Bassas da India3 • Europa Island3 • Glorioso Islands2, 3, 4 • Juan de Nova Island3 • Tromelin Island5) |
| 1 Also known as overseas regions. 2 Claimed by Comoros. 3 Claimed by Madagascar. 4 Claimed by Seychelles. 5 Claimed by Mauritius. | |
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "French Guinea". Image Credit.
