Africa · DX entity · DXCC 408

Central Africa

Central Africa is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 36 and ITU zone 47. Its primary prefix is TL.

Flag of Central Africa.

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Figure 1. Central Africa and its prefectures, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.009226 degrees, about 1 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 6.6° N 20.9° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	408
Name in the ADIF standard	CENTRAL AFRICA
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	TL
CQ zone	36
ITU zone	47

Prefixes

TL is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Central Africa.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.