Regions of the African Union
Appearance
The member states of the African Union are divided into five geographic regions of the African Union.[1]
List
North
# | Member state | Capital | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Algeria | Algiers | 2,381,740 |
2 | Egypt | Cairo | 1,001,451 |
3 | Libya | Tripoli | 1,759,540 |
4 | Mauritania | Nouakchott | 1,030,700 |
5 | Morocco | Rabat | 446,550 |
6 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | El Aaiún (proclaimed) | 266,060 |
7 | Tunisia | Tunis | 163,610 |
Southern
# | Member state | Capital | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Angola | Luanda | 1,246,700 |
2 | Botswana | Gaborone | 581,726 |
3 | Lesotho | Maseru | 30,355 |
4 | Malawi | Lilongwe | 118,484 |
5 | Mozambique | Maputo | 801,590 |
6 | Namibia | Windhoek | 824,116 |
7 | South Africa | Pretoria Cape Town Bloemfontein |
1,221,037 |
8 | Eswatini | Mbabane | 17,364 |
9 | Zambia | Lusaka | 752,618 |
10 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 390,757 |
East
# | Member state | Capital | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Comoros | Moroni | 2,235 |
2 | Djibouti | Djibouti | 23,200 |
3 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 1,104,300 |
4 | Eritrea | Asmara | 117,600 |
5 | Kenya | Nairobi | 580,367 |
6 | Madagascar | Antananarivo | 587,041 |
7 | Mauritius | Port Louis | 2,040 |
8 | Rwanda | Kigali | 26,798 |
9 | Seychelles | Victoria | 451 |
10 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 637,661 |
11 | South Sudan | Juba | 619,745 |
12 | Sudan | Khartoum | 1,886,068 |
13 | Tanzania | Dodoma | 945,087 |
14 | Uganda | Kampala | 236,040 |
West
# | Member state | Capital | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Benin | Porto-Novo | 112,622 |
2 | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 274,000 |
3 | Cabo Verde | Praia | 4,033 |
4 | Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 322,462 |
5 | Gambia | Banjul | 10,380 |
6 | Ghana | Accra | 238,534 |
7 | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 36,125 |
8 | Guinea | Conakry | 245,857 |
9 | Liberia | Monrovia | 111,369 |
10 | Mali | Bamako | 1,240,192 |
11 | Niger | Niamey | 1,267,000 |
12 | Nigeria | Abuja | 923,768 |
13 | Senegal | Dakar | 196,723 |
14 | Sierra Leone | Freetown | 71,740 |
15 | Togo | Lomé | 56,785 |
Central
# | Member state | Capital | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Burundi | Bujumbura | 27,834 |
2 | Cameroon | Yaounde | 475,442 |
3 | Central African Republic | Bangui | 622,984 |
4 | Chad | N'Djamena | 1,284,000 |
5 | Congo Republic | Brazzaville | 342,000 |
6 | DR Congo | Kinshasa | 2,345,409 |
7 | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 28,051 |
8 | Gabon | Libreville | 267,667 |
9 | São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 964 |
Sixth Region
The AU considers the African diaspora as its sixth region.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Appendix 1: AU Regions, Strengthening PoPular ParticiPation in the African Union" (PDF). OSISA and Oxfam. 2009. p. 62. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ Khamis, Kassim (4 March 2013). "Abolish the African Diaspora as the 6th Region and Bring Back Pan African Congresses". http://africansuntimes.com/. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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