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French Algeria

1830 – 1962
ColonyAfrica

Settler colony integrated as French departments until the bloody war of independence.

French Algeria ended after the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962): the Évian Accords of 18 March 1962 granted independence, ratified by a referendum on 1 July 1962 in which over 99% voted for independence; President de Gaulle recognized Algeria as independent on 3 July 1962.

Borders in 1953 · drawn from 6 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 6 border frames for French Algeria — the shape you scrub through changes in 1830 · 1907 · 1917 · 1925 · 1938 · 1953.

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