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]

Tanzania

• Zanzibar^{[note 5]} — Zanzibar City

Condominium

Further information: Condominium (international law)

•  Abyei Area^{[note 6]} — Abyei Town

Terra nullius

Further information: Terra nullius

•  Bir Tawil^{[note 7]} — 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. Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
6. Condominium between South Sudan and the Sudan^[4]
7. 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