Africa Map by Region (Part 1)
Africa is subdivided into 5 Main Regions
1. Southern Africa (Purple shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
2. West Africa (Blue shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
3. East Africa (Yellow shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
4. Central Africa (Red shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
5. North Africa (Green shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
2. West Africa (Blue shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
3. East Africa (Yellow shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
4. Central Africa (Red shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
5. North Africa (Green shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
With these 5 Main Regions featuring 54 Countries
N.B.
Some Areas of Special Sovereignty (or commonly known as Dependencies) such as Reunion and St. Helena which are considered (by UN Statistics Division) both to be in East Africa and West Africa Region Respectively, are not represented in Figure 2. (above)
And added to this (to maintain that Africa currently has 54 Countries), Figure 2. (above) excludes (disputed) Western Sahara as a country in North Africa Region, even though the UN Statistics Division includes it.
Did you know that the The African Union (AU) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) slightly use different subdivisions other than that of the UN Statistics Division?
The AU includes (disputed) Western Sahara or Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic as 55th African Country and has a designated region entirely for the African Diaspora.
Africa is subdivided into 6 Main Regions
1. Southern Africa (Purple shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
2. West Africa (Blue shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
3. East Africa (Yellow shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
4. Central Africa (Red shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
5. North Africa (Green shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
2. West Africa (Blue shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
3. East Africa (Yellow shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
4. Central Africa (Red shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
5. North Africa (Green shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
6. Diaspora Africa
With these 6 Main Regions featuring 55 Countries
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JANE LePAWAH is the founder of E'Or SOLUTIONS, Inc.™ where she doubles up as MD & (Sr.) FDi Advisor for China & Africa Market. She's also serial entrepreneur, solutions architect and much the brains behind brands like emoH.™ & food'atWORKS.™. Jane loves to grow businesses from ground on upward; and if she's not helping global brands & governments to expand on new projects/ideas/foreign markets, then she's out traveling the world, scouting for more opportunity zones.
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