French Togoland
Territory of Togoland | |||||||||
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| 1916–1960 | |||||||||
| Status | Mandate of France | ||||||||
| Capital | Lomé | ||||||||
| Common languages | French (official), Ewe, Kabye, Kotokoli etc | ||||||||
| Commissioner | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 27 August 1914 | |||||||||
• Togoland partitioned | 27 December 1916 | ||||||||
| 20 July 1922 | |||||||||
• Autonomy | 1956 | ||||||||
• Independence | 27 April 1960 | ||||||||
| Currency | CFA franc | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | TG | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Togo | ||||||||
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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.