It was, between 1830 and 1962.
Algeria
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Algeria came under French occupation from 1830 until 1962. The French made the use of the French language mandatory and, accordingly, French has remained one of the official languages of now-independent Algeria.
Algeria is in Africa and lies next to Libya. It was a French colony once upon a time.
Algeria is an example of a country that used to be a French colony. It was under French colonial rule from 1830 to 1962.
Algeria
French Guiana is still an oversees French colony. French Guiana is located in northern South America.
When France refused to allow the colony to govern itself, militants fought an eight-year war that resulted in Algeria's freedom.
France made Algeria a colony in 1830.
Yes, Algeria was a French colony from the end of the first world war until the early 1960's.