Upper Senegal and Niger

Upper Senegal and Niger

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Haut Sénégal et Niger"
conventional_long_name = Upper Senegal and Niger
common_name = Upper Senegal and Niger
continent = Africa
region = Western Africa
status = Colony
empire = France
year_start = 1904
year_end = 1922
p1 = Senegambia and Niger
flag_p1 = Flag of France.svg
s1 = French Upper Volta
flag_s1 = Flag of France.svg
s2 = French Sudan
flag_s2 = Flag of France.svg
s3 = Niger
flag_s3 = Flag of France.svg





capital = Bamako
common_languages = French
currency = French West African franc

Upper Senegal and Niger ( _fr. Haut Sénégal et Niger) was a colony in French West Africa created in 1904 from Senegambia and Niger. Niger became a separate military district in 1911 and a separate colony in 1922, Upper Volta was split off in 1919, and the remainder reorganized as French Sudan in 1920. The capital was Bamako.

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