This is a list of historical African place names. The names on the left are linked to the corresponding subregion(s) from History of Africa.
Abyssinia - EthiopiaAfrica (province) - TunisiaBarbary Coast - AlgeriaBechuanaland - BotswanaBelgian Congo - Democratic Republic of the CongoCarthage - TunisiaCentral African Empire - Central African RepublicCongo Free State - Democratic Republic of the CongoDahomey - BeninEquatoria - Sudan and UgandaFernando Pó - BiokoFrench Congo - Gabon and Republic of the CongoFrench Equatorial Africa - Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the CongoFrench Sudan - MaliFrench West Africa - Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Burkina Faso, and BeninGerman East Africa - Tanzania and ZanzibarGerman South-West Africa - NamibiaThe Gold Coast - GhanaGuineaGrain Coast or Pepper Coast - LiberiaMalagasy Republic - MadagascarMonomotapa -Middle Congo - Republic of the CongoNubia - Sudan and EgyptNumidia - Algeria, Libya and TunisiaNyasaland - MalawiWestern Pentapolis - LibyaPortuguese Guinea - Guinea-BissauRhodesia -Northern Rhodesia - ZambiaSouthern Rhodesia - Zimbabwe(Southern Rhodesia was commonly referred to simply as Rhodesia from 1964 to 1980)Rwanda-Urundi - Rwanda and BurundiThe Slave Coast - BeninSomaliland - SomaliaSouth-West Africa - NamibiaSpanish Sahara - Western SaharaFrench Upper Volta - Republic of Upper Volta - Burkina FasoZaire - Republic of the Congo - Democratic Republic of the CongoSee also: List of extinct countries, empires, etc.
