French Congo Congo français (French) | |||||||||||||
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| 1882–1960 | |||||||||||||
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| Status | French colony | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Brazzaville | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | French (official) Fang, Myene, Kongo, Lingala | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Christianity, Bwiti, Islam, traditional religions | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1882[1] | ||||||||||||
• Renamed Middle Congo | 1903 | ||||||||||||
• Reestablished as French Equatorial Africa | 1910 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | French franc | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Republic of the Congo | ||||||||||||
The French Congo (French: Congo français), also known as Middle Congo (French: Moyen-Congo), was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo and parts of Gabon, and the Central African Republic. In 1910, it was made part of the larger French Equatorial Africa.
The modern Republic of the Congo is considered French Congo's successor state, having virtually identical borders, and having inherited rights to sovereignty and independence from France through the dissolution of French Equatorial Africa in the late 1950s.
- ^ Histoire militaire des colonies, pays de protectorat et pays sous mandat. 7. "Histoire militaire de l'Afrique Équatoriale française". 1931. Accessed 9 October 2011. (in French)