List of African dependencies

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

External territories

France

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

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

France

Mayotte[note 3] — Mamoudzou

Réunion[note 3] — Saint Denis

Italy

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

Azores[note 5] — Ponta Delgada

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

South Africa

Prince Edward Islands[note 6] — N/A

Spain

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

Zanzibar[note 11] — Zanzibar City

Condominium

Abyei Area[note 12] — Abyei Town

Terra nullius

Bir Tawil[note 13] — N/A

Disputed territories

Halayib 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

See also

Notes

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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