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It was created as a French territory on September 9 , 1880 as "Upper Senegal", and was renamed the "French Sudan Territory" on August 18 , 1890 , with its capital at Kayes . On October 10 , 1899 French Sudan was broken up; 11 southern provinces went to French Guinea , the Côte D'Ivoire and Dahomey , although two were returned in the following year. In 1902 the parts of the colony not organized into military districts became Senegambia And Niger , then Upper Senegal And Niger in 1904 , then the old name came back in a reorganization of 1920 . When Upper Volta was abolished in 1933 , French Sudan picked up some of its provinces. On November 25 , 1958 French Sudan gained autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community . French Sudan was granted independence on September 22, 1960 as Mali . |