List_of_African_dependencies

List of African dependencies

List of African dependencies

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List of African dependencies and other territories — including their respective capitals:

External territories

Further information: Dependent territory

France

United Kingdom

Internal territories

Further information: Administrative division

France

Italy

A.^ A continental island on the African Plate, Sicily is geologically a part of Africa, but geopolitically a part of Europe.[3]

Portugal

South Africa

Spain

Tanzania

Condominium

Further information: Condominium (international law)

Terra nullius

Further information: Terra nullius

Disputed territories

Further information: List of territorial disputes
See also: Political status of Western Sahara
A.^ Lies completely within the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
B.^ Located in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
C.^ Lies partly within the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
D.^ Located outside the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
E.^ Lies mostly within the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Political status

  1. [N 1]
    Overseas territory of France
  2. [N 2]
    British overseas territory
  3. [N 3]
    Overseas department and region of France
  4. [N 4]
    Region of Italy
  5. [N 5]
    Autonomous region of Portugal
  6. [N 6]
    Overseas possession of South Africa
  7. [N 7]
    Autonomous community of Spain
  8. [N 8]
    Province of Spain
  9. [N 9]
    Autonomous city of Spain
  10. [N 10]
    Unincorporated overseas minor territories of Spain
  11. [N 11]
    Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
  12. [N 12]
    Condominium between South Sudan and the Sudan[4]
  13. [N 13]
    Terra nullius

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Tanaka, Yoshifumi (July 14, 2006). Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation. Hart. ISBN 9781841135816 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    Continental shelf boundary: Italy – Tunisia
  3. [3]
    Facts About the African Plate
  4. [4]
    Pending the result of a future referendum. Currently, the area is jointly administered by South Sudan and the Sudan.
  5. [5]
    Pending the result of a future referendum. Currently, about 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic while the remaining 80% of the territory is occupied and administered by neighboring Morocco.
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