Upper Senegal and Niger
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: Historical
Summary
Upper Senegal and Niger was a French colonial territory established in 1904 as part of French West Africa. Its administrative center was located in Bamako, covering vast regions of the modern-day Sahel. The colony was eventually dissolved and reorganized into the territories of Upper Volta and French Sudan.
Statistics
Area
632,702.00 km²
Population
69,100,000