List of African dependencies

List of African dependencies — 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

Portugal

•  Azores[note 4] — Ponta Delgada

•  Madeira[note 4] — Funchal
  • Savage Islands — N/A

South Africa

• Prince Edward Islands[note 5] — N/A

Spain

•  Canary Islands[note 6] — Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  •  Province of Las Palmas[note 7] — Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  •  Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife[note 7] — Santa Cruz de Tenerife

•  Ceuta — Ceuta[note 8]

•  Melilla — Melilla[note 8]

• Plazas de soberanía[note 9] — N/A

Tanzania

•  Zanzibar[note 10] — Zanzibar City

Condominium

•  Abyei Area[note 11] — Abyei Town

Terra nullius

•  Bir Tawil[note 12] — N/A

Disputed territories

See also: Political status of Western Sahara

•  Halayib Triangle

•  Ilemi Triangle

•  Kafia Kingi

•  Western Sahara[2]
  • 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. Autonomous region of Portugal
5. Overseas possession of South Africa
6. Autonomous community of Spain
7. Province of Spain
8. Autonomous city of Spain
9. Unincorporated overseas minor territories of Spain
10. Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
11. Condominium between South Sudan and Sudan[1]
12. No man's land

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

Notes

1. Pending the result of a future referendum. Currently, the area is jointly administered by South Sudan and Sudan.
2. 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.