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Historical African place names
This is a list of historical African place names. The names on the left are linked to the corresponding subregion(s) from History of Africa.
- Abyssinia - Ethiopia
- Africa (province) - Tunisia
- Barbary Coast - Algeria
- Bechuanaland - Botswana
- Belgian Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Carthage - Tunisia
- Central African Empire - Central African Republic
- Congo Free State - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Equatoria - Sudan and Uganda
- Fernando Poo - Bioko
- French Congo - Gabon and Republic of the Congo
- French Equatorial Africa - Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo
- French Sudan - Mali
- French West Africa
- German East Africa - Tanzania
- German South West Africa - Namibia
- The Gold Coast - Ghana
- Guinea
- Malagasy Republic - Madagascar
- Monomotapa -
- Middle Congo - Republic of the Congo
- Nubia - Sudan and Egypt
- Nyasaland - Malawi
- Portuguese Guinea - Guinea-Bissau
- Rhodesia - Zimbabwe and Zambia
- The Slave Coast - Benin
- South-West Africa - Namibia
- Spanish Sahara - Western Sahara
- Upper Volta - Burkina Faso
- Zaire - Democratic Republic of the Congo
See also: List of extinct countries, empires, etc.
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