List of African dependencies

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

External territories edit

France edit

French Southern Territories^{[note 1]} — Saint Pierre, Réunion
- Crozet Islands — Alfred Faure
- Kerguelen Islands — Port-aux-Français
- Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands — Martin-de-Viviès
- Scattered Islands — Saint Pierre, Réunion
  - Bassas da India — N/A
  - Europa Island — N/A
  - Glorioso Islands — N/A
    - Banc du Geyser — N/A
  - Juan de Nova Island — N/A
  - Tromelin Island — N/A

United Kingdom edit

British Indian Ocean Territory^{[note 2]} — Camp Justice
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha^{[note 2]} — Jamestown
- Ascension Island — Georgetown
- Saint Helena — Jamestown
- Tristan da Cunha — Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
  - Gough Island — N/A

Internal territories edit

France edit

Mayotte^{[note 3]} — Mamoudzou
Réunion^{[note 3]} — Saint Denis

Italy edit

Sicily^{[note 4]}^[A] — Palermo
- Pantelleria^[1]
- Pelagie Islands^[2]

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

Portugal edit

Madeira^{[note 5]} — Funchal
- Savage Islands — N/A

South Africa edit

Prince Edward Islands^{[note 6]} — N/A

Spain edit

Canary Islands^{[note 7]} — Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Province of Las Palmas^{[note 8]} — Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife^{[note 8]} — Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Ceuta — Ceuta^{[note 9]}
Melilla — Melilla^{[note 9]}
Plazas de soberanía^{[note 10]} — N/A

Tanzania edit

Zanzibar^{[note 11]} — Zanzibar City

Condominium edit

Abyei Area^{[note 12]} — Abyei Town

Terra nullius edit

Bir Tawil^{[note 13]} — N/A

Disputed territories edit

Halaib Triangle
Ilemi Triangle
Kafia Kingi
Western Sahara^[5]
- Free Zone — Tifariti (de facto) / Laayoune (claimed)
- Southern Provinces
  - Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab^[A] — Dakhla^[B]
  - Guelmim-Oued Noun^[C] — Guelmim^[D]
  - Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra^[E] — Laayoune^[B]

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 edit

^ Overseas territory of France
^ ^a ^b British overseas territory
^ ^a ^b Overseas department and region of France
^ Region of Italy
^ Autonomous region of Portugal
^ Overseas possession of South Africa
^ Autonomous community of Spain
^ ^a ^b Province of Spain
^ ^a ^b Autonomous city of Spain
^ Unincorporated overseas minor territories of Spain
^ Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
^ Condominium between South Sudan and the Sudan^[4]
^ Terra nullius

See also edit

Notes edit

^ Tanaka, Yoshifumi (July 14, 2006). Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation. Hart. ISBN 9781841135816 – via Google Books.
^ Continental shelf boundary: Italy – Tunisia
^ Facts About the African Plate
^ Pending the result of a future referendum. Currently, the area is jointly administered by South Sudan and the Sudan.
^ 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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