Regions of the African Union
The member states of the African Union are divided into five geographic regions of the African Union.[1]

Regions of the AU:
North
Southern
East
West Zone A & B
Central
Note that the African Union includes the African diaspora as a region and that Ceuta and Melilla in northern Africa are part of Spain.
North
Southern
East
West Zone A & B
Central
Note that the African Union includes the African diaspora as a region and that Ceuta and Melilla in northern Africa are part of Spain.
List (In alphabetical order)
North
# | Member state | Capital | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Algiers | 2,381,740 |
2 | ![]() | Cairo | 1,001,451 |
3 | ![]() | Tripoli | 1,759,540 |
4 | ![]() | Nouakchott | 1,030,700 |
5 | ![]() | Rabat | 446,550 |
6 | ![]() | El Aaiún (proclaimed) | 266,060 |
7 | ![]() | Tunis | 163,610 |
Southern
# | Member state | Capital(s) | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Luanda | 1,246,700 |
2 | ![]() | Gaborone | 581,726 |
3 | ![]() | Mbabane | 17,364 |
4 | ![]() | Maseru | 30,355 |
5 | ![]() | Lilongwe | 118,484 |
6 | ![]() | Maputo | 801,590 |
7 | ![]() | Windhoek | 824,116 |
8 | ![]() | Pretoria Cape Town Bloemfontein | 1,221,037 |
9 | ![]() | Lusaka | 752,618 |
10 | ![]() | Harare | 390,757 |
East
# | Member state | Capital | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Moroni | 2,235 |
2 | ![]() | Djibouti | 23,200 |
3 | ![]() | Asmara | 117,600 |
4 | ![]() | Addis Ababa | 1,104,300 |
5 | ![]() | Nairobi | 580,367 |
6 | ![]() | Antananarivo | 587,041 |
7 | ![]() | Port Louis | 2,040 |
8 | ![]() | Kigali | 26,798 |
9 | ![]() | Victoria | 451 |
10 | ![]() | Mogadishu | 637,661 |
11 | ![]() | Juba | 619,745 |
12 | ![]() | Khartoum | 1,886,068 |
13 | ![]() | Dodoma | 945,087 |
14 | ![]() | Kampala | 236,040 |
West
# | Member state | Capital | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Porto-Novo | 112,622 |
2 | ![]() | Ouagadougou | 274,000 |
3 | ![]() | Praia | 4,033 |
4 | ![]() | Yamoussoukro | 322,462 |
5 | ![]() | Banjul | 10,380 |
6 | ![]() | Accra | 238,534 |
7 | ![]() | Bissau | 36,125 |
8 | ![]() | Conakry | 245,857 |
9 | ![]() | Monrovia | 111,369 |
10 | ![]() | Bamako | 1,240,192 |
11 | ![]() | Niamey | 1,267,000 |
12 | ![]() | Abuja | 923,768 |
13 | ![]() | Dakar | 196,723 |
14 | ![]() | Freetown | 71,740 |
15 | ![]() | Lomé | 56,785 |
Central
# | Member state | Capital | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Gitega | 27,834 |
2 | ![]() | Yaounde | 475,442 |
3 | ![]() | Bangui | 622,984 |
4 | ![]() | N'Djamena | 1,284,000 |
5 | ![]() | Brazzaville | 342,000 |
6 | ![]() | Kinshasa | 2,345,409 |
7 | ![]() | Malabo | 28,051 |
8 | ![]() | Libreville | 267,667 |
9 | ![]() | São Tomé | 964 |
The AU considers the African diaspora as its sixth region.[2]
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See also
- United Nations geoscheme for Africa
- Regions of Africa
References
- "Appendix 1: AU Regions, Strengthening PoPular ParticiPation in the African Union" (PDF). OSISA and Oxfam. 2009. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- Khamis, Kassim (4 March 2013). "Abolish the African Diaspora as the 6th Region and Bring Back Pan African Congresses". africansuntimes.com/. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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