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List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa

List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa

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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa. It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non-African sovereign states. Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are located on the African continental plate, some considerably closer to the African mainland than the European mainland but, politically, are generally considered to be European by convention. Egypt, although extending into Asia through the Sinai Peninsula, is considered an African state.

Sovereign states

Further information: Sovereign state

Recognised sovereign states

The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations[1] and the African Union.[2][3][4][5]

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Sovereign states with limited or no international recognition

Further information: List of states with limited recognition

The following two entities have declared themselves to be sovereign states and are in control of some territory but have limited or no recognition from other states. Neither entity is a member state of the United Nations, although the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a member of the African Union.

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Non-sovereign territories

There are currently 11 non-sovereign territories in Africa. Except two Spanish autonomous cities and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, all the remaining territories are islands off the continent's coast.

Dependent territories

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Other territories

This list contains 9 territories that are administered as incorporated areas of a primarily non-African country.

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See also

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    Also known as Congo-Kinshasa and formerly as Zaire.
  2. [n 2]
    Also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  3. [n 3]
    Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Africa.
  4. [n 4]
    Ciudad de la Paz is to be the future capital of Equatorial Guinea; currently under construction.
  5. [n 5]
    Also known as Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from neighboring Guinea-Bissau.
  6. [n 6]
    Occupies part of the territory of Western Sahara, disputed with Morocco.
  7. [n 7]
    Currently under Moroccan administration. Tifariti is the factual temporary capital, but Tindouf located in Algeria is the place of some government and military facilities.
  8. [n 8]
    Only the Îles Éparses are considered part of the African continent. The remaining four districts lie outside the continental shelf in the Indian Ocean or Antarctica.
  9. [n 9]
    The main station on the Îles Éparses is on Tromelin. The headquarters of the district chief, however, is Saint Pierre, in Réunion.
  10. [N 10]
    Geographically part of the archipelago (Lampedusa and Lampione) belongs to the African continent; politically and administratively, the islands fall within the Province of Agrigento in Sicily

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