List of African dependencies

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

External territories

Further information: Dependent territory

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

Further information: Administrative division

France

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

Italy

•  Sicily^{[note 4][A]} — Palermo
  •  Pantelleria^[1]
  • Pelagie Islands^[2]
    • Lampedusa
    • Lampione
    • Linosa

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

Portugal

•  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

Further information: Condominium (international law)

•  Abyei Area^{[note 12]} — Abyei Town

Terra nullius

Further information: Terra nullius

•  Bir Tawil^{[note 13]} — N/A

Disputed territories

Further information: List of territorial disputes

See also: Political status of Western Sahara

•  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

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

See also

• Autonomous communities of Spain
• Autonomous Regions of Portugal
• British Overseas Territories
• Dependent territories in Africa
• Overseas department and region
• Overseas territory (France)
• Political status of Western Sahara
• Provinces of Spain
• Regions of Italy

Notes

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