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Regions of the AU
North Southern East West Central
The member states of the African Union are divided into five geographic regions of the African Union.[1]
# |
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 |
710,850 |
6 |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
El Aaiún (proclaimed) |
281,000 |
7 |
Tunisia |
Tunis |
163,610 |
Southern[edit]
# |
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 |
1,221,037 |
8 |
Swaziland |
Mbabane |
17,364 |
9 |
Zambia |
Lusaka |
752,618 |
10 |
Zimbabwe |
Harare |
390,757 |
# |
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 |
# |
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[edit]
# |
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[edit]
The AU considers the African diaspora as its sixth region.[2]
References[edit]