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Funen (Fyn) is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is located in the central part of the country. Funen belongs administratively to the Region of Southern Denmark. From 1970 to 2006 the island formed the biggest part of Funen County, which also included the islands of…

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French Guinea (Guinée française) was a French colonial possession in West Africa. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the current independent nation of Guinea. It was established by France in 1891, within the same borders as its previous colony known as Rivières du Sud (1882–1891).…

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Benin, officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and formerly known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. This region was referred to as the Slave Coast from as early as the 17th century due to the large number of enslaved people who were shipped to the New World…

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The Republic of Dahomey (République du Dahomey) was established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Prior to attaining autonomy it had been French Dahomey, part of the French Union. On August 1, 1960, it attained full independence from France. In 1975, the country was…

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The Kingdom of Dahomey was an African kingdom (located within the area of the present-day country of Benin) that existed from about 1600. The kingdom fought the First Franco-Dahomean War and Second Franco-Dahomean War with France. The kingdom was reduced and made a French protectorate in 1894. In 1904 the…

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Neukamerun was the name of Central African territories ceded by the Third French Republic to the German Colonial Empire in 1911. Upon taking office in 1907, Theodor Seitz, governor of Kamerun, advocated the acquisition of territories from the French Congo. Germany’s only major river outlet from its Central African possessions…

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The Gambia Colony and Protectorate was the British colonial administration of the Gambia from 1821 to 1965, part of the British Empire in the New Imperialism era. The colony was the immediate area surrounding Bathurst (now Banjul), and the protectorate was the inland territory situated around the Gambia River, which…

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The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. The Gambia shares historical roots with many other West African nations in the slave trade, which was the key factor in the placing and keeping of a colony on the Gambia River, first by the Portuguese,…

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Senegambia, officially the Senegambia Confederation, was a loose confederation in the late 20th century between the West African countries of Senegal and its neighbour The Gambia, which is almost completely surrounded by Senegal. The confederation was founded on 1 February 1982 following an agreement between the two countries signed on…

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Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal (République du Sénégal) is a country in West Africa. It is a unitary presidential republic and is the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. It owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it to the east and north.…

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