On January 15, 1910, this administration was merged with the French Middle Congo and Gabon as the Ubangi-Shari area of French Equatorial Africa (FEA). On April 12, 1916, it again became the separate colony of Ubangi-Shari, but in 1920 lost the territory around Lake Chad, and on June 30, 1934, was again folded into FEA. As a part of FEA, it was declared an overseas territory on December 31, 1937.[1]