Franc Zone

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The Franc Zone is a monetary union of several African countries that share common currencies guaranteed by the French Treasury, facilitating economic stability and integration with France.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Franc Zone canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency union ⓘ
economic zone ⓘ
monetary union ⓘ
aimsAt facilitating trade with France ⓘ
low inflation ⓘ
monetary stability ⓘ
regional economic integration ⓘ
guaranteedBy French Treasury ⓘ
linked to: Treasury of France
hasControversy monetary sovereignty debate ⓘ
post-colonial dependency debate ⓘ
hasKeyInstitution Banque Centrale de Madagascar et des Comores ⓘ
Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest ⓘ
Banque de France ⓘ
linked to: Bank of France

Banque des États de l’Afrique Centrale ⓘ
hasMemberCurrency CFA franc ⓘ
Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Comorian franc ⓘ
West African CFA franc ⓘ
hasMemberState Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
historicallyPeggedTo French franc ⓘ
historicalOrigin French colonial empire ⓘ
includesRegion Central Africa ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
isLinkedTo France ⓘ
languageOfAdministration French ⓘ
originatedFrom French franc area ⓘ
provides convertibility guarantee ⓘ
fixed exchange rate with euro ⓘ
uses common monetary policy frameworks ⓘ
usesExchangeRatePeg euro ⓘ
wasFormalizedIn 1945 ⓘ
wasReorganizedIn 1994 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bank of Central African States → memberOf → Franc Zone ⓘ
subject linked to: BEAC