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    Émile Gentil (French pronunciation: [emil ʒɑ̃ti]; 4 April 1866 – 30 March 1914) was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and military leader...
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  • Gentil may refer to: People: Jean-Paul Alaux, called Gentil, French landscape painter and lithographer Émile Gentil, a French colonial administrator Guillaume...
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    plywood. The town was named after the French colonial administrator Émile Gentil in 1900. After World War I it became a port for timber, but it grew rapidly...
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    palace which was to win later the admiration of the French governor Émile Gentil. Local legend says that during construction there was a shortage of water...
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    where one finds rest") was founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil on 29 May 1900, and named after Amédée-François Lamy, an army officer...
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    was killed, as was Rabih. In his honour, the first French governor, Émile Gentil, named the capital of the new French territory of Chad Fort-Lamy, which...
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  • Africa) Louis de Freycinet (Pacific Ocean) Joseph Paul Gaimard (Arctic) Émile Gentil (Central Africa) Henri Grout de Beaufort (West Africa) Charles Guillain...
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    Diocese of Kaga–Bandoro. The town has been renamed twice. In March 1897, Émile Gentil established a post in what is known as Kaga-Bandoro. On the next year...
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  • French - Freedom Villages - French Equatorial Africa Galoa (Galwa) - Émile Gentil - King Glass (R'Ogouarowe) - Gold in Gabon - Paul Indjenjet Gondjout...
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    the neighboring Sokoto Caliphate. In 1897 the French colonial officer Émile Gentil travelled via the Congo and Ubangi to the Chari, and then to Bagirmi...
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