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Countries formerly held by France

27 countries, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, tell its flag from three others, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

Free to play, with no account needed. What you miss comes back for review until it sticks.

The countries

  1. 1Algeria2,381,741 km²
  2. 2Chad1,284,000 km²
  3. 3Niger1,267,000 km²
  4. 4Mali1,240,192 km²
  5. 5Mauritania1,030,700 km²
  6. 6Central African Republic622,984 km²
  7. 7Madagascar587,295 km²
  8. 8Cameroon475,442 km²
  9. 9Morocco446,550 km²
  10. 10Republic of the Congo342,000 km²
  11. 11Vietnam331,690 km²
  12. 12Côte d'Ivoire322,463 km²
  13. 13Burkina Faso274,200 km²
  14. 14Gabon267,667 km²
  15. 15Guinea245,857 km²
  16. 16Laos236,800 km²
  17. 17Senegal196,722 km²
  18. 18Syria185,180 km²
  19. 19Cambodia181,035 km²
  20. 20Tunisia163,610 km²
  21. 21Benin114,763 km²
  22. 22Togo56,785 km²
  23. 23Haiti27,750 km²
  24. 24Djibouti23,200 km²
  25. 25Vanuatu12,190 km²
  26. 26Lebanon10,452 km²
  27. 27Comoros2,034 km²

Area in km²: standard reference totals including inland water, as in the Countries set. France (with the French colonial empire): places once under its rule and not now, from Wikidata’s dated country statements and colonial-empire membership, and the CIA World Factbook’s independence dates; military occupations of a few years are left out. Sources: Wikidata (CC0), Natural Earth 1:50m admin-0.

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