African Countries and Territories

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A comprehensive geographic dataset of the African continent, providing administrative boundaries, ISO standard codes, and regional classifications for 55 countries and territories.

At a glance

Records: 55
Geometry: Polygon
Location: Africa
Country: global

How this was made

This dataset was created by filtering a global administrative boundary layer to include only features where the continent is classified as Africa.

Columns (14)

Column	Type	Statistics	Description
ISO 2-Letter Code	string	—	Two-letter country code as defined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.
ISO 3-Letter Code	string	—	Three-letter country code as defined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.
ISO Numeric Code	string	—	Three-digit country code as defined by ISO 3166-1 numeric.
Admin Code	string	—	Level 0 administrative boundary code, typically matching the ISO 3-letter code.
Name	string	—	Common short name of the country or territory.
Full Name	string	—	The full descriptive name of the country.
English Name	string	—	Standard English name of the country.
Formal Name	string	—	The official formal English name of the sovereign state.
Admin Name	string	—	The name of the administrative entity.
Sovereignty	string	—	The sovereign state that holds legal jurisdiction over the territory.
Status	string	2 unique	The political status of the entity, such as a sovereign country or indeterminate territory.
Continent	string	1 unique	The continent where the entity is located.
UN Region	string	1 unique	Regional classification according to the United Nations.
Subregion	string	5 unique	Specific geographic sub-division within the African continent.

Data preview

ISO 2-Letter Code	ISO 3-Letter Code	ISO Numeric Code	Admin Code	Name	Full Name	English Name	Formal Name	Admin Name	Sovereignty	Status	Continent	UN Region	Subregion
LS	LSO	426	LSO	Lesotho	Lesotho	Lesotho	Kingdom of Lesotho	Lesotho	Lesotho	Sovereign country	Africa	Africa	Southern Africa
SO	SOM	706	SOM	Somalia	Somalia	Somalia	Federal Republic of Somalia	Somalia	Somalia	Sovereign country	Africa	Africa	Eastern Africa
EH	ESH	732	SAH	W. Sahara	Western Sahara	Western Sahara	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Western Sahara	Western Sahara	Indeterminate	Africa	Africa	Northern Africa
BF	BFA	854	BFA	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Sovereign country	Africa	Africa	Western Africa
RW	RWA	646	RWA	Rwanda	Rwanda	Rwanda	Republic of Rwanda	Rwanda	Rwanda	Sovereign country	Africa	Africa	Eastern Africa
NG	NGA	566	NGA	Nigeria	Nigeria	Nigeria	Federal Republic of Nigeria	Nigeria	Nigeria	Sovereign country	Africa	Africa	Western Africa
ZW	ZWE	716	ZWE	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Republic of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Sovereign country	Africa	Africa	Eastern Africa
GH	GHA	288	GHA	Ghana	Ghana	Ghana	Republic of Ghana	Ghana	Ghana	Sovereign country	Africa	Africa	Western Africa
GN	GIN	324	GIN	Guinea	Guinea	Guinea	Republic of Guinea	Guinea	Guinea	Sovereign country	Africa	Africa	Western Africa
CM	CMR	120	CMR	Cameroon	Cameroon	Cameroon	Republic of Cameroon	Cameroon	Cameroon	Sovereign country	Africa	Africa	Middle Africa

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