Senegambia and Niger explained

Native Name:
السنغامبيا والنيجر (Arabic)Al-singhambia walnayjar
Conventional Long Name:Senegambia and Niger
Common Name:Senegambia and Niger
Status:Colony
Empire:France
Year Start:1902
Year End:1904
Event Start:Established
Event End:Disestablished
P1:French Sudan
Flag P1:Flag of France.svg
S1:Upper Senegal and Niger
Flag S1:Flag of France.svg
Flag:Flag of France
Flag Type:Flag
Common Languages:French
Currency:French West African franc

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

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

Stamps

See 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

Notes and References

  1. Book: Imperato . Pascal James . Imperato . Gavin H. . Historical Dictionary of Mali . https://books.google.com/books?id=zf6xAAAAQBAJ&dq=Senegambia+and+Niger%2C+1902&pg=PR83 . 2008 . . Lanham, Maryland . 978-0-8108-5603-5 . lxxi-xcvii . Introduction.