What the records say
- When
- 1961
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Dahomey
- Coordinates
- 10.32° N, 2.35° E
- Process
- conquest
- Type
- Conquest (armed force)
- Pop
- 12
- Area km2
- 2
- Gaining
- Benin
- Losing
- Portugal
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
French Dahomey
French colony in West Africa (1894–1958); now Benin
French Dahomey, officially the Colony of Dahomey and Dependencies, was a French colony and part of French West Africa from 1894 to 1958. After World War II, by the establishment of the French Fourth Republic in 1947, Dahomey became part of the French Union with increased autonomy. On 4 October 1958, the French Fifth Republic was established, and the French Union became the French Community.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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