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Map of the seven colonies of French West Africa in 1936. ... The period from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries is the colonial period in Mauritania. Early ...
Mauritania thus became part of French West Africa in 1904, but colonial control was mostly limited to the coast and the Saharan trade routes, and there were territories nominally within French West Africa which were not reached by European control as late as 1955. In 1960, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania became Independent of France.
Afrique occidentale française Commercial Relations Report, showing the profile of a Fula woman, January–March 1938. French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and ...
Arguin (Arabic: أرغين : Arghīn; Portuguese: Arguim) is an island off the western coast of Mauritania in the Bay of Arguin. It is approximately 6 km × 2 km (3.7 mi × 1.2 mi) in size, with extensive and dangerous reefs around it. [1] The island is now part of the Banc d'Arguin National Park. [2]
Colonial Mauritania; French protectorate in Morocco (89% of Morocco) Oubangui-Chari (Central African Republic) Senegal; Senegambia and Niger. Upper Senegal and Niger; Colony of Niger; French protectorate of Tunisia
Mauritania, [a] formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, [b] is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast , Mali to the east and southeast , and Senegal to the southwest .
Colonial Mauritania; P. Precolonial Mauritania This page was last edited on 8 September 2018, at 07:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
French protectorate of Mauritania: 12 May 1903 to 18 October 1904: Xavier Coppolani, Commandant: French civil territory of Mauritania: Incorporated into French West Africa: 18 October 1904 November 1904: Xavier Coppolani, Commandant: November 1904 to 12 May 1905: Xavier Coppolani, Commissioner: He was killed in Tidjikja. [1] [2] 12 May 1905 to ...