|
|
 ALGERIA
الجزائر
|
Location |
North Africa |
|
Capital |
El Djazaïr [Algiers] |
|
Religion |
Islam (Sunni) |
|
Languages |
Arabic. Berber, French. |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1962. |
|
Intl Oval Oval |
DZ |
|
 |
 ANGOLA
(Portuguese West Africa)
|
Location |
Southern Africa |
|
Capital |
Luanda |
|
Religions |
Indigenous beliefs, Christianity |
|
Languages |
Portuguese. Bantu |
|
History |
Portuguese
occupation ended 1975. |
|
Intl Oval |
ANG |
|
 |
BASSAS DA INDIA
(Baixo da Judia)
French Southern and Antarctic Territory (FSAT)
Island
offshore Mozambique, administered by France as a nature
reserve. |
 |
 BIAFRA
See also NIGERIA
The Republic of Biafra was a short-lived secessionist
state in southeastern Nigeria.
It existed from May 30, 1967 to January 15, 1970.
|
 |
 BENIN
(Dahomey)
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Porto Novo |
|
Religions |
Indigenous beliefs,
Christianity |
|
Languages |
French, Fon, Yoruba |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960. renamed
1975. |
|
Intl Oval |
DY |
|
 |
 BOTSWANA
(Bechuanaland)
|
Location |
Southern Africa |
|
Capital |
Gaborone |
|
Religions |
Indigenous beliefs, Christianity |
|
Language |
English, Setswana. |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1966. Name change
1966. |
|
Intl Oval |
RB |
|
 |
 BRITISH
INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (BIOT)
Chagos Archipelago - Diego
Garcia
|
Location |
Indian Ocean / East of Madagascar |
|
Capital |
Diego Garcia |
|
Language |
English |
|
History |
British overseas territory |
| |
Originally included Mauritius, Seychelles,
Chagos Archipelago (main island Diego Garcia).
After independence of Mauritius (1968) and
Seychelles (1976), only the Chagos Archipelago
remains. |
|
Intl Oval |
GB
|
|
 |
 BURKINA
FASO
(Upper Volta)
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Ouagadougou |
|
Religions |
Indigenous beliefs, Islam (Sunni) |
|
Language |
French, native African languages |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960. Renamed Burkina
Faso 1984. |
|
Intl Oval |
BF |
|
 |
 BURUNDI
(Ruanda-Urundi)
|
Location |
Central Africa |
|
Capital |
Bujumbura |
|
Religions |
Christianity and
indigenous beliefs |
|
Languages |
French, Kirundi,
Swahili |
|
History |
German occupation
ended 1918, Belgian to 1962. |
|
Intl Oval |
(none) |
|
 |
 CAMEROON
(Includes part of West Cameroon)
|
Location |
Central Africa |
|
Capital |
Yaoundé |
|
Religions |
Christianity,
indigenous beliefs, Islam (Sunni) |
|
Languages |
French, English,
native languages |
|
History |
German occupation
ended 1918, French/British to 1962. |
|
Intl Oval |
CAM |
|
 |
 CAPE
VERDE
|
Location |
Off the coast of West Africa |
|
Capital |
Praía |
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Language |
Portuguese. Crioulo |
|
History |
Portuguese occupation ended 1975 |
|
Intl Oval |
CV |
|
 |
CHAD
تشاد
(Tchad) (French Equatorial Africa)
|
Location |
North Africa |
|
Capital |
N'Djamena |
|
Religions |
Islam, Christianity |
|
Languages |
French, Arabic |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960 |
|
Intl Oval |
TCH |
|
 |
 COMOROS
|
Location |
Indian Ocean / NW of Madagascar |
|
Capital |
Moroni |
|
Religion |
Islam (sunni) |
|
Languages |
Comorian, Arabic, French |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1975. |
|
Intl Oval |
COM |
|
 |
 CONGO-Brazzaville Republic
of the Congo
(French Congo)
(Middle Congo)
|
Location |
Central Africa |
|
Capital |
Brazzaville |
|
Religions |
Christianity, indigenous beliefs |
|
Languages |
French. Lingala, Monokutuba. |
|
History |
French occupation ended
1960. |
|
Intl Oval |
RCB |
|
 |
 CONGO-Kinshasa
DR Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Belgian
Congo) (Zaire)
(Congo Free State) (Congo-Léopoldville)
|
Location |
Central Africa |
|
Capital |
Kinshasa |
|
Religions |
Christianity |
|
Languages |
French, Lingala,
Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba. |
|
History |
Belgian occupation
ended 1960. |
|
Intl Oval |
CGO |
|
 |
 DJIBOUTI
(French
Somaliland)
(Afar and Issa Land)
|
Location |
East Africa |
|
Capital |
Djibouti |
|
Religion |
Islam (sunni) |
|
Languages |
Arabic, French,
Somali, Afar. |
|
History |
French occupation
ended 1977. |
|
Intl Oval |
DJI |
|
 |
 EGYPT
مصر
|
Location |
North Africa
|
|
Capital |
al-Qahira [Cairo] |
|
Religion |
Islam (sunni),
Christian (koptic) |
|
Language |
Arabic
|
|
History |
British occupation
ended 1922. |
|
Intl Oval |
ET |
|
 |
 EQUATORIAL GUINEA
(Spanish Guinea)
(Rio Muni)
(Fernando Po)
|
Location |
Central Africa
|
|
Capital |
Malabo
|
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Language |
Spanish, Fang, Bubi.
|
|
History |
Spanish occupation
ended 1968. |
|
Intl Oval |
GQ |
|
 |
 ERITREA
|
Location |
East Africa
|
|
Capital |
Asmara
|
|
Religions |
Christianity, Islam
(Sunni) |
|
Languages |
Trigre, Kunama,
Afar, Amharic, Kunama. |
|
History |
Independence from
Ethiopia in 1993 |
|
Intl Oval |
ER |
|
 |
 ETHIOPIA
(Abyssinia) (Italian East Africa)
|
Location |
East Africa |
|
Capital |
Addis Ababa |
|
Religions |
Christianity, Islam (Sunni) |
|
Language |
Amharian, Tigray, Oromo. |
|
History |
Italian occupation 1936 - 1941. |
|
Intl Oval |
ETH |
|
|
|
 EUROPA
French
Southern and Antarctic Territory (FSAT)
Island offshore Mozambique, administered by France as a
nature reserve. |
 |
 GABON
Gabonese Republic
|
Location |
Central Africa |
|
Capital |
Libreville |
|
Religions |
Christianity, indigenous beliefs
|
|
Language |
French, Fang, Bantu. |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960 |
|
Intl Oval |
G |
|
 |
 GAMBIA
Republic of The Gambia
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Banjul |
|
Religion |
Islam (Sunni) |
|
Language |
English, Mandinko, Wolof. |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1965 |
|
Intl Oval |
WAG |
|
 |
 GHANA
(Gold Coast)
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Accra |
|
Religions |
Christianity, indigenous beliefs
|
|
Languages |
English, Kwa, Gur. |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1957 |
|
Intl Oval |
GH |
|
 |
 GUINEA BISSAU
(Portuguese Guinea)
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Bissau |
|
Religions |
Indigenous beliefs, Islam (Sunni)
|
|
Languages |
Portuguese. Crioulo. |
|
History |
Portuguese occupation ended 1974 |
|
Intl Oval |
RGB |
|
 |
 GUINEA
Republic of Guinea
(French Guinea)
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Conakry |
|
Religion |
Islam (Sunni) |
|
Language |
French, Mande, Susu. |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1958 |
|
Intl Oval |
RG |
|
 |
 IVORY
COAST
Cote d'Ivoire
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Yamoussoukro |
|
Religions |
Islam (Sunni), Christianity, indigenous beliefs |
|
Language |
French. Dioula |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960 |
|
Intl Oval |
CI |
|
|
|
JUAN
DE NOVA
French
Southern and Antarctic Territory (FSAT)
Island offshore
Mozambique, administered by France as a nature reserve.
Claimed by Madagascar. |
 |
 KENYA
|
Location |
East Africa |
|
Capital |
Nairobi |
|
Religions |
Christianity, indigenous beliefs |
|
Languages |
Swahili, English |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1963 |
|
Intl Oval |
EAK |
|
 |
 LESOTHO
(Basutoland)
|
Location |
South Africa |
|
Capital |
Maser |
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Languages |
SeSotho, English |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1966. |
|
Intl Oval |
LS |
|
 |
 LIBERIA
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Monrovia |
|
Religions |
Indigenous religions, Islam, Christianity
|
|
Language |
English |
|
History |
Liberia founded in 1847. |
|
Intl Oval |
LB |
|
 |
 LIBYA
|
Location |
North Africa |
|
Capital |
Tripoli |
|
Religion |
Islam |
|
Language |
Arabic |
|
History |
Italian occupation ended 1951 |
|
Intl Oval |
LAR |
|
 |
 MADAGASCAR
(Malagasy)
|
Location |
Southern Africa/Indian Ocean |
|
Capital |
Antananarivo |
|
Religions |
Indigenous religions, Christianity
|
|
Languages |
Malagasy, French |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960. |
|
Intl Oval |
RM |
|
 |
 MALAWI
(Nyassaland)
|
Location |
Southern Africa |
|
Capital |
Lilongwe |
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Languages |
Chichewa, English |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1964 |
|
Intl Oval |
MW |
|
 |
 MALI
(French Sudan)
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Bamako |
| Religion |
Islam |
|
Languages |
Bambara, French, Songhai |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960. |
|
Intl Oval |
RMM |
|
 |
 MAURITANIA
|
Location |
North Africa |
|
Capital |
Nouakchott |
|
Religion |
Islam |
|
Languages |
Arabic, French |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960 |
|
Intl Oval |
RIM |
|
 |
 MAURITIUS
|
Location |
Indian Ocean / East of Madagascar |
|
Capital |
Port Louis |
|
Religions |
Hinduism, Christianity, Islam |
|
Languages |
Mauritian (Creole), Bhojipuri, English, French |
|
History |
British occupation ended1968. |
|
Intl Oval |
MS |
|
 |
 MAYOTTE
|
Location |
Indian Ocean / NW of Madagascar |
|
Capital |
Mamoudzou |
|
Religion |
Islam (sunni) |
|
Language |
French,Mahoran dialect of Comorian.
|
|
History |
Overseas collectivity of France. |
|
Intl Oval |
F |
|
 |
 MOROCCO
(Spanish Morocco)
|
Location |
North Africa |
|
Capital |
Rabat |
|
Religion |
Islam |
|
Languages |
Arabic, Berber |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1956. |
|
Intl Oval |
MA |
|
 |
 MOZAMBIQUE
|
Location |
Southern Africa |
|
Capital |
Maputo |
|
Religions |
Indigenous religions, Christianity, Islam
|
|
Languages |
Portuguese, Swahili |
|
History |
Portuguese occupation ended 1975 |
|
Intl Oval |
MOC |
|
 |
 NAMIBIA
((German) South West
Africa)
|
Location |
Southern Africa |
|
Capital |
Windhoek |
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Languages |
English, Bantu, Afrikaans, German
|
|
History |
South African occupation ended 1990 |
|
Intl Oval |
NAM |
|
 |
 NIGERIA
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Lagos |
|
Religions |
Christianity, Islam |
|
Languages |
English, Yoruba, Ibo, Ful, Hausa
|
|
History |
British occupation ended 1960. |
|
Intl Oval |
NGR |
|
 |
 NIGER
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Niamey |
|
Religion |
Islam |
|
Languages |
Hausa, Songhai, French |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960 |
|
Intl Oval |
RN |
|
 |
 REUNION
|
Location |
Indian Ocean / East of Madagascar |
|
Capital |
Saint-Denis |
|
Religion |
Christianity. Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism |
|
Language |
French |
|
History |
Overseas département of France |
|
Intl Oval |
F |
|
 |
RHODESIA, SOUTHERN RHODESIA SEE ZIMBABWE
Rhodesia
(1932 - 1960) Southern Rhodesia, (1960 - 1979) became
independent from Great Britain in 1980. It is now the
nation of
Zimbabwe. |
 |
 RWANDA
(Ruanda-Urundi)
|
Location |
Central Africa |
|
Capital |
Kigali |
|
Religions |
Christianity, Indigenous religions
|
|
Languages |
French, English |
|
History |
Belgian occupation ended 1962. |
|
Intl Oval |
RWA |
|
 |
 SAINT
HELENA
|
Location |
Mid-South Atlantic / West Africa
|
|
Capital |
Jamestown |
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Language |
English |
|
History |
Self-governing territory of Great Britain,
includes the dependencies of Ascension Island
and Tristan da Cunha. |
|
Intl Oval |
GB |
|
 |
 SAO
TOME and PRINCIPE
|
Location |
Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic) |
|
Capital |
São Tomé |
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Languages |
Portuguese, Crioulo |
|
History |
Portuguese occupation ended 1975 |
|
Intl Oval Oval |
STP |
|
 |
 SENEGAL
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Dakar |
|
Religion |
Islam |
|
Languages |
Wolof, French, Mande |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960. Briefly part of
Mali Federation. |
|
Intl Oval |
SN |
|
 |
 SEYCELLES
|
Location |
Indian Ocean |
|
Capital |
Victoria |
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Languages |
Creole, English |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1976. |
|
Intl Oval |
SY |
|
 |
 SIERRA
LEONE
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Freetown |
|
Religions |
Indigenous religions, Islam |
|
Languages |
English, Mande, Krio |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1961 |
|
Intl Oval Oval |
WAL |
|
 |
 SOMALILAND
See also SOMALIA
The Italian UN Trust
Territory of Somaliland merged with British Somaliland
into independent Somalia in 1960. The former British
portion of Somalia seceded in 1991 but is not recognized
officially.
|
 |
SOMALIA
(British + Italian Somaliland)
|
Location |
East Africa |
|
Capital |
Hargeisa |
|
Religion |
Islam (Sunni) |
|
Languages |
Somali, Arabic, English |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1960. |
|
|
SO |
|
1928-1994
1994 >> |
 SOUTH
AFRICA
Location
Southern Africa
Click map for
detail
Capital
Pretoria. Cape Town
Religion
Christianity
Languages English, Afrikaans, Zulu,
Xhosa
History
British occupation ended 1960. It was
divided into 4 provinces:
Cape
maps2\south_africa.gif
Province, Natal, Orange Free State,
and Transvaal. Within those
provinces, 10 homelands were created, four of
which were granted
independence by South Africa, not recognized
by any other
country. They were Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei,
and Venda. In addition, non-independent
homelands existed within
the borders of South Africa. They were Gazankulu,
KaNgwane,
KwaNdebele, KwaZulu, Lebowa, and Qwaqwa. All
ceased to exist
in 1994 and have all been reincorporated into
South Africa.
Intl Oval ZA |
|
 |
 SUDAN
|
Location |
North Africa |
|
Capital |
Khartoum |
|
Religions |
Islam, Indigenous religions, Christianity
|
|
Languages |
Arabic, African languages |
|
History |
British-Egyptian occupation ended 1956
Conflict Map 2006 |
|
Intl Oval |
SUD |
|
 |
SOUTH
SUDAN
|
Location |
North Africa |
|
Capital |
Juba |
|
Religions |
Islam, Indigenous religions, Christianity
|
|
Languages |
Arabic, African languages |
|
History |
British-Egyptian occupation ended 1956. Final
independence from Sudan July 2011
Conflict Map 2006 |
|
Intl Oval |
SS |
|
 |
 SWAZILAND
Ngwane
|
Location |
Southern Africa |
|
Capital |
Mbabane |
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Languages |
Siswati, English |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1968 |
|
Intl Oval |
SD |
|
 |
TANGIERS See also MOROCCO
Tangiers was an
Intl Oval zone between 1923 and 1945, and was
reunited with Morocco in 1956. |
 |
 TANZANIA
(Tanganjika)
|
Location |
East Africa |
|
Capital |
Dar es Salaam |
|
Religions |
Christianity, Islam |
|
Languages |
Kiswahili, English |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1961, merged with
Zanzibar in 1964. Includes Pemba Island. |
|
Intl Oval |
EAT |
|
 |
 TOGO
|
Location |
West Africa |
|
Capital |
Lomé |
|
Religions |
Indigenous religions, Christianity, Islam
|
|
Languages |
French, Ewe, Kabyé |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1960 |
|
Intl Oval |
TG |
|
 |
 TRISTAN
DA CUHNA
Tristan da Cunha is a dependency of St. Helena |
 |
 TUNISIA
|
Location |
North Africa |
|
Capital |
Tunis |
|
Religion |
Islam |
|
Languages |
Arab, Berber |
|
History |
French occupation ended 1956 |
|
Intl Oval |
TN |
|
 |
 UGANDA
|
Location |
East Africa |
|
Capital |
Kampala |
|
Religion |
Christianity |
|
Languages |
Kiswahili, English, Buganda, Banyoro
|
|
History |
British occupation ended 1962 |
|
Intl Oval |
EAU |
|
 |
 WESTERN SAHARA
(Spanish Sahara)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)
|
Location |
North Africa |
|
Capital |
El Aaiún |
|
Religion |
Islam |
|
Languages |
Arab, Spanish, Hassani |
|
History |
Spanish occupation until 1976, annexed by
Morocco in 1976. SADR controls only a portion of
Western Sahara. |
|
Intl Oval |
(none) |
|
 |
 ZAIRE
See CONGO (Belgian Congo)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, DR Congo or
Congo-Kinshasa) was known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997.
|
 |
 ZAMBIA
(Northern Rhodesia)
|
Location |
Southern Africa |
|
Capital |
Lusaka |
|
Religions |
Christianity, Islam |
|
Languages |
English, Bantu |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1964 |
|
Intl Oval |
Z |
|
 |
 ZIMBABWE
(Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia)
|
Location |
Southern Africa |
|
Capital |
Harare |
|
Religions |
Christianity, Indigenous religions
|
|
Languages |
English, Fanagolo, Bantu |
|
History |
British occupation ended 1980. |
|
Intl Oval |
ZW |
|
