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Geographic Locations > Africa > Africa South of the Sahara

Preferred term

Africa South of the Sahara  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Subsaharan Africa

Note

  • all of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Scope note

  • All of Africa except Northern Africa (AFRICA, NORTHERN) including ANGOLA; BENIN; BOTSWANA; BURKINA FASO; CABO VERDE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DJIBOUTI; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; ERITREA; ESWATINI; ETHIOPIA; GABON; GAMBIA; GHANA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; KENYA; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; MALAWI; MALI; MAURITANIA; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NIGER; NIGERIA; RWANDA; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH SUDAN; SUDAN; TANZANIA; TOGO; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; and ZIMBABWE.

History note

  • 1994

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017954

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