Senegambia and Niger

Senegambia and Niger was a short-lived administrative unit of the colonial French West Africa possessions, in the region of present-day Niger, Mali and Senegal.

Senegambia and Niger
Sénégambie et Niger (French)
1902–1904
StatusFrench colony
Common languagesFrench
History 
 Established
1902
 Disestablished
1904
CurrencyFrench West African franc
Preceded by
Succeeded by
French Sudan
Upper Senegal and Niger

It was formed in 1902, and reorganized in 1904 into Upper Senegal and Niger.

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