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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

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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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