List of African dependencies

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

External territories

France

French Southern Territories — 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 — Camp Justice
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha — Jamestown
- Ascension Island — Georgetown
- Saint Helena — Jamestown
- Tristan da Cunha — Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
  - Gough Island — N/A

Internal territories

France

Mayotte — Mamoudzou
Réunion — Saint Denis

Italy

Sicily^[A] — Palermo
- Pantelleria
- Pelagian Islands

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

Tanzania

Zanzibar — Zanzibar City

Condominium

Abyei Area — Abyei Town

Terra nullius

Bir Tawil — N/A

Disputed territories

Halaib Triangle
Ilemi Triangle
Kafia Kingi
Western Sahara
- 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

↑ Overseas territory of France
1 2 British overseas territory
1 2 Overseas department and region of France
↑ Region of Italy
↑ Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
↑ Condominium between South Sudan and the Sudan
↑ Terra nullius

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.