States of UEMOA

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (or UEMOA from its name in French, Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine) is an organization of states of West Africa established to promote economic integration among countries that share a common currency, the CFA franc. Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: West African Monetary Union ... Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: West African Monetary Union ... West Africa is the region of western Africa that is generally considered to include the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte dIvoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. ... Economic integration is term used to describe how different aspects between economies are integrated. ... The countries using the CFA franc The CFA franc (in French: franc CFA, or just franc in everyday conversation if no ambiguity is possible) is a currency used in 12 formerly French-ruled African countries, as well as in Guinea-Bissau (former Portuguese colony) and in Equatorial Guinea (former Spanish...

UEMOA was created by a Treaty signed at Dakar, Senegal, on January 10, 1994 by the Heads of State and Government of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. On May 2, 1997, Guinea-Bissau became its eighth member state. (City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes darrondissement) City proper (commune) Région Dakar Département Dakar Mayor Pape Diop (PDS) (since 2002) Area 82. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Look up Côte dIvoire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Government Embassy of Côte dIvoire in Japan government information and links News allAfrica - Côte dIvoirenews headline links Overviews BBC News - Country Profile: Ivory Coast CIA World Factbook - Cote dIvoire Library of Congress Country Study... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

UEMOA is a customs union and monetary union between some of the members of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). A customs union is a free trade area with a Common External Tariff. ... In economics, a monetary union is a situation where several countries have agreed to share a single currency among them, for example, the East Caribbean Dollar. ... The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded on May 28, 1975 when fifteen West African countries signed the Treaty of Lagos. ...

See Also

• Eco of the West African Monetary Zone in ECOWAS
• Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)