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French Overseas Territories in Africa

At one time France had extensive overseas territories in Africa but today there are only two, Reunion and the Mayotte Islands, and both are islands off the coast of Africa:

Mayotte Islands
  • Official Name: French Collectivity of France
  • Located in the Mozambique Channel
  • Population: about 180,000
  • Also claimed by Comoros
  • Will obtain overseas region status in 2011
  • Capital city os Mamoudzou
  • Includes Grande-Terre Island (aka mahore) and Petit-Terre (aka Pamanzi) and several small islets.

    Reunion
  • Capital City: Saint-Denis
  • Population: about 784,000
  • Located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar Island and about 130 miles southwest of Mauritius.

    Formerly Part of the French Colonial Empire
  • Algeria (North Africa)
  • Benin (West Africa)
  • Burkina Faso (West Africa)
  • Cameroon (Equitorial Africa)
  • Central African Republic (Equitorial Africa)
  • Chad (Equitorial Africa)
  • Comoros (Indian Ocean)
  • Gabon (Equitorial Africa)
  • Guinea (West Africa)
  • Ivory Coast - aka Cote d'Ivoire (West Africa)
  • Madagascar (Indian Ocean)
  • Mali (West Africa)
  • Mauritania (West Africa)
  • Mauritius (Indian Ocean)
  • Morocco (North Africa)
  • Niger (West Africa)
  • Republic of the Congo (Equitorial Africa)
  • Senegal (West Africa)
  • Seychelles (Indian Ocean)
  • Tanzania (Zanzibar island only? Indian Ocean Coast)
  • Togo (West Africa)
  • Tunisia (North Africa)


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    Wikipedia on the Evolution of the French Empire
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    Wikipedia on Overseas Territories of France
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