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Africa

Africa holds 76 current DX entities and 18 deleted ones in the DXCC list.

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Figure 1. Africa: its DX entities in colour, the rest of the world in grey, with a 10-degree graticule, the Maidenhead fields lettered, and the notable parallels dashed. Hover for the code and name; 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 0.045 degrees, about 5 km at the equator; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 5° S 20° E.

Current entities

Entity	DXCC	Prefix	CQ zone	ITU zone
Eswatini	468	3DA	38	57
Ethiopia	053	ET	37	48
Gabon	420	TR	36	52
Gambia	422	C5	35	46
Ghana	424	9G	35	46
Glorioso Islands	099	FT	39	53
Guinea	107	3X	35	46
Guinea-Bissau	109	J5	35	46
Heard Island	111	VK0H	39	68
Ivory Coast	428	TU	35	46
Juan de Nova, Europa	124	FT	39	53
Kenya	430	5Z	37	48
Kerguelen Islands	131	FT	39	68
Lesotho	432	7P	38	57
Liberia	434	EL	35	46
Libya	436	5A	34	38
Madagascar	438	5R	39	53
Madeira Island	256	CT3	33	36
Malawi	440	7Q	37	53
Mali	442	TZ	35	46
Mauritania	444	5T	35	46
Mauritius	165	3B8	39	53
Mayotte	169	FH	39	53
Morocco	446	CN	33	37
Mozambique	181	C9	37	53

Deleted entities

Deleted entities no longer count for new contacts. Each counts for contacts made within its dates; the end date shown is the first day contacts no longer count.

Entity	DXCC	Counted from	Deleted	CQ zone	ITU zone
Aldabra	008	the start of DXCC	29 June 1976	39	53
Blenheim Reef	023	4 May 1967	1 July 1975	39	41
British Somaliland	026	the start of DXCC	1 July 1960	37	48
Comoros	039	the start of DXCC	6 July 1975	39	53
Desroches	044	the start of DXCC	29 June 1976	39	53
Farquhar	055	the start of DXCC	29 June 1976	39	53
French Equatorial Africa	057	the start of DXCC	17 August 1960	36	47, 52
French West Africa	059	the start of DXCC	7 August 1960	35	46
Geyser Reef	093	4 May 1967	1 March 1978	39	53
Gold Coast, Togoland	102	the start of DXCC	6 March 1957	35	46
Ifni	113	the start of DXCC	14 May 1969	33	37
Italian Somaliland	115	the start of DXCC	1 July 1960	37	48
Penguin Island	493	the start of DXCC	1 March 1994	38	57
Ruanda-Urundi	208	1 July 1960	1 July 1962	36	52
Southern Sudan	244	7 May 1972	1 January 1995	34	47, 48
Tangier	264	the start of DXCC	1 July 1960	33	37
Walvis Bay	488	1 September 1977	1 March 1994	38	57
Zanzibar	307	the start of DXCC	1 June 1974	37	53

Sources: ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification 3.1.8, DXCC Entity Code enumeration; Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026 (continents, zones, prefixes); ARRL, DXCC List, January 2026 (the authority; deleted entities' dates).