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Usage of: West African CFA franc (XOF) Central African CFA franc (XAF) The CFA franc (French: franc CFA, [fʁɑ̃ seɛfɑ]) is the name of two currencies used by 210 million people (as of 2023) in fourteen African countries: the West African CFA franc (where "CFA" stands for Communauté Financière Africaine, i.e. "African Financial Community" in English), used in eight West African countries ...
Usage of: West African CFA franc Central African CFA franc The West African CFA franc (French: franc CFA or simply franc, ISO 4217 code: XOF; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA): Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
The CFA franc was introduced to the French colonies in Equatorial Africa in 1945, replacing the French Equatorial African franc. The Equatorial African colonies and territories using the CFA franc were Chad, French Cameroun, French Congo, Gabon and Ubangi-Shari. [citation needed]
The West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) has proposed to create a common currency for all West Africa states, the Eco. In May 2020, an agreement between the French government and 8 West African countries was reached, meaning to change the CFA franc to the Eco; though no plan had been established as of January 2021. [4]
Burundian franc: Bank of the Republic of Burundi Cape Verde: Cape Verdean escudo: Bank of Cape Verde: 1 EUR = CVE$110.265 Comoros: Comorian franc: Central Bank of the Comoros: 1 EUR = 491.96775 francs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Congolese franc: Central Bank of the Congo Djibouti: Djiboutian franc: Central Bank of Djibouti: US$1 = 177.721 ...
Fourteen African countries use the franc CFA (in west Africa, Communauté financière africaine; in equatorial Africa, Coopération financière en Afrique centrale), originally (1945) worth 1.7 French francs and then from 1948, 2 francs (from 1960: 0.02 new franc) but after January 1994 worth only 0.01 French franc. Therefore, from January 1999 ...
Exchange rate arrangement (Number of countries) Exchange rate anchor Monetary aggregate target (25) Inflation Targeting framework (45) Others (43) US Dollar (37) Euro (28) Composite (8) Other (9) No separate legal tender (16) Ecuador El Salvador Marshall Islands Micronesia Palau Panama Timor-Leste Andorra Monaco San Marino Vatican City Kosovo
Central African CFA franc: F.CFA XAF Centime: 100 Cook Islands: Cook Islands dollar $ (none) Cent: 100 New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent: 100 Costa Rica: Costa Rican colón ₡ CRC Céntimo: 100 Côte d'Ivoire: West African CFA franc: F.CFA XOF Centime: 100 Croatia: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Cuba: Cuban peso $ CUP Centavo: 100 Curaçao: Netherlands ...