Africa

The listings represent recent historical, geographical information, being that of around 1957, unless otherwise noted.

Africa (1900)
Countries and Colonies:
Abyssinia, Algeria, Angola, Bechuanaland, Cabinda, Canary Islands, Cape Colony, Congo Free State, East Africa, British, East Africa, German, East Africa, Portuguese, Egypt, Eritrea, Gold Coast, Guinea, Portuguese, Guinea, Spanish, Kamerun, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, Orange Free State, Rhodesia, Rio de Oro, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, British, Somaliland, French, Somaliland, Italian, Southwest Africa, German, Sudan, Togoland, Transvaal, Tripoli, Tunis, Zanzibar

Africa (1957)
Countries and Colonies:
Algeria, Angola, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Cameroons, Canary Islands, Congo, Belgian, Egypt, Equitorial Africa, French, Ethiopia, Dahomey, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, French, Guinea, Portuguese, Guinea, Spanish, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Nyasaland, Principe, Rhodesia, Rio de Oro, Ruanda-Burundi, São Tomé, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, British, Somaliland, French, Somaliland, Italian, South Africa, Union of, Southwest Africa, Sudan, French, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanganyika, Togoland, Tunisia, Uganda, Upper Volta, West Africa, French, Zanzibar

Africa (1992)
Countries:
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Central African Republic, Ceuta, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Republic of, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zaïre, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Algeria
Departments:
Alger, Batna, Bône, Constantine, Médéa, Mostaganem, Oran, Orléansville, Sétif
Territories:
Tiaret, Tizi-Ouzou, Tiemçen

Angola
Provinces:
Benguela, Bié, Congo, Huíla, Malange
Autonomous Districts:
Cabinda, Luanda

Bechuanaland
Districts:
Chobe, Gabecones, Ghanzi, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng, Kweneng, Lobatsi, Ngamiland, Ngwaketsi, Ngwato, Tati, Tuli

Cameroun, French
Subdivisions:
Adamawa, Bamileké, Bamoun, Benoué, Boumba-Ngoko, Diamare, Dja-et-Lobo, Haut-Nyong, Kribi, Logone-et-Chari, Lom-et-Kadei, Margui Wandala, M'bam, Mungo, N'kam, N'tem, Nyong-et-Sanaga, Sanaga-Maritime, Wouri

Congo, Belgian
Provinces:
Equateur, Kasaï, Katanga, Kivu, Léopoldville, Orientale

Egypt
Governates:
Alexandria, Cairo, Damietta, Ismailia, Port Faud, Port Said, Suez, Western-Qantara
Provinces:
Lower Egypt: Beheira, Dakahliya, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh, Minufiya, Qalyubiya, Sharqiya
Upper Egypt: Aswan, Asyut, Beni Suef, Fayum, Gizeh, Minya, Qena, Sohag
Frontier Districts:
Red Sea, Sinai, Southern Desert, Western Desert

Equatorial Africa, French
Territories:
Chad, Gabun, Middle Congo, Ubangi-Shari

Ethiopia
Provinces:
Arusi, Begemdir, Gamu-Gafa, Gojjam, Harar, Ilubabor, Kaffa, Shoa, Sidamo-Borana, Tigré, Wallaga, Wallo

Ghana
Districts:
Ashanti: Bekwai, Kumasi, Mampong, Wenchi/Sunyani
Gold Coast: Accra, Ahanta-Nzima, Akwapim-New Juaben, Birim, Cape Coast, Keta/Ada, Sefwi, Volta River, Wasaw-Aowin
Northern Territories: Dagomba, Gonja, Mamprusi, Wa
Togoland (British): Dagomba, Gonja, Ho, Krachi, Mamprusi

Kenya
Provinces:
Central, Coast, Northern Frontier, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Southern
Other:
Nairobi Extra Provincial

Liberia
Counties:
Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Maryland, Montserrado, Sinoe
Provinces:
Eastern, Central, Western
Territories:
Marshall, River Cess

Libya
Regions:
Cyrenaica, Fezzan, Tripolitania

Madagascar
Provinces:
Fianarantsoa, Majunga, Tamatave, Tananarive, Tuléar
Dependencies:
Amsterdam Island, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, St. Paul Island

Morocco, French
Regions:
Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakesh, Meknès, Oujda, Rabat

Morocco, Spanish
Regions:
Northern Zone: Gomara, Lucus, Quert, Rif, Yebala
Southern Zone: Tantan, Villa Bens
Possessions:
Alhucemas, Ceuta, Chafarinas, Melilla, Peñon de Vélez de la Gomera

Mozambique
Districts:
Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Lourenço Marques, Manica e Sofala, Moçambique, Niassa, Tete, Zambézia

Nigeria
Provinces:
Eastern Region: Calabar, Ogoja, Onitsha, Owerri, Rivers
Northern Region: Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Bornu, Ilorin, Kabba, Kano, Katsina, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Zaria
Western Region: Abeokuta, Benin, Colony, Delta (Warri), Ibadan, Ijebu, Ondo, Oyo

Rhodesia and Nyasaland
States and Provinces:
Northern Rhodesia: Barotse, Central, Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western
Nyasaland: Central, Northern, Southern
Southern Rhodesia: Bulawayo, Gwelo, Salisbury, Umtali, Victoria

South Africa, Union of
Provinces:
Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal

Somaliland, British
Districts:
Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo, Hargeisa, Las Anod

Somaliland, Italian
Administrative Regions:
Benadir, Lower Jubaland, Mijertain, Mudugh, Upper Jubaland, Webi Shebeli

Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian
Provinces:
Bahr el-Ghazal, Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kordofan, Northern, Upper Nile

South-West Africa
Districts:
Bethanie, Gibeon, Gobabis, Grootfontein, Karibib, Keetmanshoop, Lüberitz, Maltahõhe, Okahandja, Omaruru, Otjiwarongo, Outjo, Rehoboth, Swakopmund, Warmbad, Windhoek
Native Territories:
Kaokaveld, Okavango, Ovamboland, Zipfel

Tanganyika
Provinces:
Central, Eastern, Lake, Northern, Southern, Southern Highlands, Tanga, Western

Tunisia
Caidats:
Ain Draham, Beja, Bizerte, Djebeniana, Djemmal, Djerba, Gabès, Gafsa, Kairouan, La Skhira, Le Kef, Mahdia, Maktar, Mateur, Matmasta, Medjiz-El-Bab, Monastir, Nabeul, Nefzaoua, Ourghemma, Sbeitla, Sfax, Sidi-Bou-Zid, Siliana, Soliman, Souassi, Souk-El-Arba, Souk-El-Khemis, Sousse, Tadjerouine, Tataouine, Teboursouk, Thala, Tozeur, Tunis, Tunis (City), Zaghouan, Zlass

Uganda
Provinces:
Buganda, Eastern, Northern, Western

West Africa, French
Territories:
Dahomey, Guinea, French, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Dakar, Sudan, French, Upper Volta