French Dahomey
French Dahomey, officially the Colony of Dahomey and Dependencies (French: Colonie du Dahomey et dépendances), was a French colony and part of French West Africa from 1894 to 1958. After World War II, by the establishment of the French Fourth Republic in 1947, Dahomey became part of the French Union with increased autonomy. On 4 October 1958 the French Fifth Republic was established, and the French Union became the French Community. The colony became the self-governing Republic of Dahomey within the Community, and two years later on 1 August 1960, it gained full independence, renamed to Benin in 1975.
Colony of Dahomey and Dependencies | |||||||||||
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| 1894–1958 | |||||||||||
| Anthem: La Marseillaise | |||||||||||
Dark green: French Dahomey Lime: Rest of French West Africa Dark gray: Other French possessions Darkest gray: French Third Republic | |||||||||||
| Status | French colony | ||||||||||
| Capital | Porto-Novo | ||||||||||
| Common languages | French (official) Bariba, Fon, Yoruba | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Colonised | 1872 | ||||||||||
| 1894 | |||||||||||
| 4 September 1947 | |||||||||||
| 4 December 1958 | |||||||||||
| 1 August 1960 | |||||||||||
| Currency | French West African franc CFA franc | ||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | FR | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Benin | ||||||||||
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