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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
Namibia	464	V5	38	57
Niger	187	5U	35	46
Nigeria	450	5N	35	46
Prince Edward and Marion Island	201	ZS8	38	57
Republic of the Congo	412	TN	36	52
Reunion Island	453	FR	39	53
Rodrigues Island	207	3B9	39	53
Rwanda	454	9X	36	52
Sao Tome and Principe	219	S9	36	47
Senegal	456	6W	35	46
Seychelles	379	S7	39	53
Sierra Leone	458	9L	35	46
Somalia	232	T5	37	48
South Africa	462	ZS	38	57
South Sudan	521	Z8	34	48
St Helena	250	ZD7	36	66
Sudan	466	ST	34	47, 48
Tanzania	470	5H	37	53
Togo	483	5V	35	46
Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island	274	ZD9	38	66
Tromelin Island	276	FT	39	53
Tunisia	474	3V	33	37
Uganda	286	5X	37	48
Western Sahara	302	S0	33	46
Zambia	482	9J	36	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).