(1890-1959)
Capital: Kayes (1892-99), Bamako (1899-1959) Population: 11,995,402 Land Area: 1,241,238 sq km (479,245 sq miles) Land Division: 8 Regions (Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou) Currency: French Sudanese Franc at par with French Franc Languages: French (Off.), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages National Day: 14 July (Bastille Day) Religions: Muslim 90%, Christian 1%, Indigenous Beliefs 9% Ethnicity: Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5% 
Gouvernement Général de l 'Afrique Occidentale Française - General Government of French West Africa
Colonie du Soudan Française - Colony of French Sudan
1917 WWI Emergency Issue
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