Preferred Term
AFRICA
Hierarchy
17 - GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTORS
17.01.00 - AFRICA
Narrower Terms
AFRICA
AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA
ALGERIA
ANGOLA
BENIN
BOTSWANA
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
BURKINA FASO
BURUNDI
CABO VERDE
CAMEROON
CAMEROONS UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION
CAMEROONS UNDER FRENCH ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COMORIAN ISLAND OF MAYOTTE
COMOROS
CONGO
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
DJIBOUTI
EAST AFRICA
EGYPT
ENGLISH-SPEAKING AFRICA
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ERITREA
ESWATINI
ETHIOPIA
FEDERATION OF MALI
FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICA
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
INDIAN OCEAN REGION
KENYA
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBYA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALI
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NORTH AFRICA
NORTHEAST AFRICA
PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING AFRICA
RUANDA-URUNDI
RWANDA
SAINT HELENA
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SOMALIA
SOMALILAND UNDER ITALIAN ADMINISTRATION
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH SUDAN
SOUTHERN AFRICA
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
SUDAN
SUDANO-SAHELIAN REGION
TANGANYIKA
TERRITORIES UNDER FRENCH ADMINISTRATION
TERRITORIES UNDER PORTUGUESE ADMINISTRATION
TOGO
TOGOLAND UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION
TOGOLAND UNDER FRENCH ADMINISTRATION
TUNISIA
UGANDA
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
WEST AFRICA
WESTERN SAHARA
ZAMBIA
ZANZIBAR
ZIMBABWE
URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/170100
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