French Speaking Countries

French is spoken on most continents. There are French territories called France d'Outre-Mer (Overseas territories). These include: 

A. Central America: 

    1) Martinique (Capital: Port-de-France)

    2) Guadeloupe (Capital: Basse-Tierre)

    3) Saint Barthélemy (Capital: Gustavia)

    4) Saint Martin (Capital: Marigot)

B. South America:

    1) French Guiana (Capital: Cayenne)

C.  North America:

    1) Saint Pierre et Miquelon (Capital: Saint-Pierre)

D. Europe:

    1) Corsica (Capital: Ajaccio)

E. Africa:

    1) Mayotte (Capital: Mamouzou)

    2) La Réunion (Capital: Saint-Denis)

F. Australia:

    1) La Nouvelle Calédonie (Capital: Nouméa)

    2) TAAF (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises) (Capital: Saint-Pierre, Réunion)

G. The South Pacific:

    1) La Polynésie Française (Capital: Papeete (Haiti)

    2) Wallis-et-Futuna (Capital: Mata Utu)

French is also spoken in many sovereign countries in Europe, North America and Africa as one of the official languages or as the official language:

  A. In Europe:

    1) La Belgique (Capital: Bruxelles)

    2) Le Luxembourg (Capital: Luxembourg)

    3) Monaco (Capital: Monaco)

    4) La Suisse (Capital: Berne)

B.  North America:

    1) Canada- Province Quebec (Capital: La ville de Quebec)

C. Africa:

    1) Le Côte d’Ivoire (Capital: Yamoussoukro)

    2) Bénin (Capital: Porto Novo)

    3) Burkina Faso (Capital: Ouagadougou)

    4) Mali (Capital: Bamako)

    5) La République de Guinée (Capital: Conakry)

    6) Sénégal (Capital: Dakar)

    7) Togo (Capital: Lomé)

    8) Niger (Capital: Niamey)

    9) La République Centrafricaine (Capital: Bangui)

    10) République Démocratique de Congo (RDC) (Capital: Kinshasa)

    11) République de Burundi (Capital: Bujumbura)

    12) République du Congo (Capital: Brazzaville)

    13) Gabon (Capital: Libreville)

  

French is also spoken in many countries as a second language as many countries are part of the Francophone Community such as:

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