Senegambia and Niger

French colony in West Africa (1902-04)

Senegambia and Niger

Sénégambie et Niger (French)
السنغامبيا والنيجر (Arabic)
Al-singhambia walnayjar

1902–1904

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Status| French colony
Common languages| French
History|

• Established

| 1902

• Disestablished

| 1904
Currency| French West African franc

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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| Upper Senegal and Niger |

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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.

## History

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It was formed in 1902, and reorganized in 1904 into Upper Senegal and Niger.[1]

## Stamps

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Main article: Postage stamps and postal history of Senegambia and Niger

Despite its brief existence, the French government still managed to issue postage stamps for the administrative unit, in the form of a version of its Navigation and Commerce series, inscribed "SENEGAMBIE / ET NIGER".

## See also

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* French West Africa topics
* French colonisation in Africa
* Sénégambia Confederation

## References

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1. ^ Imperato, Pascal James; Imperato, Gavin H. (2008). "Introduction". Historical Dictionary of Mali. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. lxxi–xcvii. ISBN 978-0-8108-5603-5.

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