French Togoland

Territory of Togoland
Togo français (French)
1916–1960
StatusMandate of France
CapitalLomé
Common languagesFrench (official), Ewe, Kabye, Kotokoli etc
Commissioner 
History 
27 August 1914
• Togoland partitioned
27 December 1916
20 July 1922
• Autonomy
1956
• Independence
27 April 1960
CurrencyCFA franc
ISO 3166 codeTG
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Togoland
Togo
Today part ofTogo

French Togoland (French: Togo français) was a French colonial League of Nations mandate from 1916 to 1946, and a UN trust territory from 1946 to 1960 in French West Africa. In 1960 it became the independent Togolese Republic.