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The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) is an international public institution headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. It is the issuing institute common to the member states of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU). When it was founded on May 12, 1962, it united the Republics of Côte d'Ivoire, Dahomey, Upper Volta, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Senegal and the Togolese Republic.