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Hierarchy Chart of African Countries

The continent of Africa is traditionally divided into five distinct regions, each with its own unique cultural, historical, and geographical characteristics. These are: Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, and Western Africa.

The following table summarizes provides the data that generated this chart.

Region	Country	Capital	Subdivisions Count
Eastern Africa	🇧🇮 Burundi	Bujumbura	17
Eastern Africa	🇰🇲 Comoros	Moroni	3
Eastern Africa	🇩🇯 Djibouti	Djibouti	6
Eastern Africa	🇪🇷 Eritrea	Asmara	6
Eastern Africa	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	11
Eastern Africa	🇰🇪 Kenya	Nairobi	8
Eastern Africa	🇲🇬 Madagascar	Antananarivo	6
Eastern Africa	🇲🇼 Malawi	Lilongwe	3
Eastern Africa	🇲🇺 Mauritius	Port Louis	17
Eastern Africa	🇲🇿 Mozambique	Maputo	11
Eastern Africa	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Kigali	5
Eastern Africa	🇸🇨 Seychelles	Victoria	25
Eastern Africa	🇸🇴 Somalia	Mogadishu	18
Eastern Africa	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Dodoma	26
Eastern Africa	🇺🇬 Uganda	Kampala	4
Eastern Africa	🇿🇲 Zambia	Lusaka	9
Eastern Africa	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Harare	10
Middle Africa	🇦🇴 Angola	Luanda	18
Middle Africa	🇨🇲 Cameroon	Yaoundé	10
Middle Africa	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	Bangui	17
Middle Africa	🇹🇩 Chad	N'Djamena	22
Middle Africa	🇨🇩 DRC	Kinshasa	11
Middle Africa	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	2
Middle Africa	🇬🇦 Gabon	Libreville	9
Middle Africa	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	12
Middle Africa	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	2
Middle Africa	🇸🇸 South Sudan	Juba	10
Northern Africa	🇩🇿 Algeria	Algiers	48
Northern Africa	🇪🇬 Egypt	Cairo	29
Northern Africa	🇱🇾 Libya	Tripoli	22
Northern Africa	🇲🇦 Morocco	Rabat	16
Northern Africa	🇸🇩 Sudan	Khartoum	17
Northern Africa	🇹🇳 Tunisia	Tunis	24
Southern Africa	🇧🇼 Botswana	Gaborone	16
Southern Africa	🇱🇸 Lesotho	Maseru	10
Southern Africa	🇳🇦 Namibia	Windhoek	14
Southern Africa	🇿🇦 South Africa	Pretoria	9
Southern Africa	🇸🇿 Swaziland	Lobamba	4
Western Africa	🇧🇯 Benin	Porto-Novo	12
Western Africa	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	13
Western Africa	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	Praia	2
Western Africa	🇬🇭 Ghana	Accra	10
Western Africa	🇬🇳 Guinea	Conakry	8
Western Africa	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	3
Western Africa	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	19
Western Africa	🇱🇷 Liberia	Monrovia	15
Western Africa	🇲🇱 Mali	Bamako	9
Western Africa	🇲🇷 Mauritania	Nouakchott	13
Western Africa	🇳🇪 Niger	Niamey	8
Western Africa	🇳🇬 Nigeria	Abuja	37
Western Africa	🇸🇭 Saint Helena	Jamestown	3
Western Africa	🇸🇳 Senegal	Dakar	14
Western Africa	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	Freetown	4
Western Africa	🇬🇲 The Gambia	Banjul	6
Western Africa	🇹🇬 Togo	Lomé	5

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Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa, the region with the largest number of countries, includes 17 nations, each with its own capital city and varying number of subdivisions. The country with the most subdivisions in this region is Tanzania, with 26, while Comoros, Malawi, and Uganda have the fewest, with only 3 each. Major cities in this region include Nairobi in Kenya, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, and Dodoma in Tanzania.

Middle Africa

Middle Africa, home to the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of the Congo, among others, includes nine countries. Of these, Angola and Chad have the most subdivisions, with 18 and 22 respectively, while Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe have the fewest, with only 2 each.

Northern Africa

Northern Africa comprises six countries, including Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco. Algeria has the most subdivisions in this region with 48, while Morocco has the fewest with 16. This region includes notable capitals such as Cairo, Algiers, and Rabat.

Southern Africa

Southern Africa is composed of five countries, including South Africa and Namibia. Botswana leads with the most subdivisions at 16, while Swaziland has the fewest at 4. Major cities in this region include Pretoria in South Africa and Gaborone in Botswana.

Western Africa

Lastly, Western Africa, with a total of 17 countries, is home to populous Nigeria and historical nations like Ghana. Nigeria leads the pack with 37 subdivisions, while Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Saint Helena each have just 2. Capitals in this region include Abuja in Nigeria, Accra in Ghana, and Dakar in Senegal.

Conclusion: The Hierarchy of African Jurisdictions

This hierarchy chart serves as a comprehensive guide to the administrative divisions of African countries.

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