List of concessionnaires of the French Congo
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In an attempt to develop the French Congo
French Congo
The French Congo was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic...

 the government of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 divided the territory in concessions for companies to develop. These several dozen companies controlled huge swaths of land, but had only limited success in trying to develop them. Most were merged into several larger companies that were more strictly controlled by the state after the French Congo was dissolved in 1906.

List of companies

With the size of their concessions in km2.
  • Société agricole et commerciale de du Bas-Ogooué, 1200
  • Société brettone du Congo, 2000
  • Compagnie du Bavili-M'Banio, 2800
  • Société de l'Ogooué-N'Gouiné, 3350
  • Société coloniale du Baniembé, 3600
  • Compagnie franco-congolaise de la Sangha, 3800
  • Société de la K'Keni et N'Kémé, 3950
  • Société des factoreries de N'Ddjolé, 4200
  • Compagnie de la Sangha, 5300
  • Société de la Sangha équatoriale, 5490
  • Société commerciale coloniale de la Mamberé-Sangha, 5600
  • Société commerciale et agricole de la Kadéï-Sangha, 6500
  • Compagnie française de l'Oubanghi-Ombella, 7000
  • Compagnie de la Haute-N'Gounié, 7100
  • Société de l'Ekela-Sangha, 7800
  • Compagnie de la Mobaye, 8000
  • Société de l'Ongomo, 8200
  • Société de l'Afrique française, 9350
  • Compagnie commerciale de Colonisation du Congo français
    Compagnie Commerciale de Colonisation du Congo Français
    The Compagnie Commerciale de Colonisation du Congo Français, also known as the CCCCF or 4CF, was a colonial concession company set up in the Sangha River region of the Republic of the Congo in the early 20th century. - See also :* Congo Free State...

    , 12,400
  • Société de la Kadéï-Sangha, 12,900
  • Société de la Haut-Sangha, 13,050
  • Compagnie agricole et coloniale et industrielle de la Léfini, 13,700
  • Compagnie de la N'Goko Ouesso, 14,000
  • Compagnie du Kouango français, 15,000
  • Société de l'Ibenga, 15,000
  • Compagnie du Kouango-Oubanghi, 15,300
  • Société des établissments Gratry M'Poko, 16,500
  • Compagnie générale du Fernand Vaz, 17,300
  • Compagnie des produits de la Sangha Lipa-Ouesso, 18,000
  • Société de la Setté Cama, 19,000
  • Société agricole et commerciale de l'Alima, 20,200
  • Compagnie française du Congo occidental, 21,700
  • Compagnie des Caoutchoucs et produits de la Lobay, 32,400
  • Société de l'Afrique équatorial, 33,850
  • Compagnie française du Haut-Congo, 36,000
  • Compagnie française du Congo, 43,000
  • Société commerciale, industrielle, et agricole, du Haut-Ogooué, 104,000
  • Société des Sultanats du Haut-Oubanghi, 140,000
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