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- Neighboring countries and territories
DEFINITION:
The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
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Abkhazia | Georgia Russia Turkey (M) Ukraine (M) |
Afghanistan | China (L) Iran (L) Pakistan (L) Tajikistan (L) Turkmenistan (L) Uzbekistan (L) |
Albania | Croatia (M) Greece Italy (M) Republic of Macedonia (L) Montenegro Serbia (L) Kosovo (L) Borders Kosovo , which some countries consider to be part of Serbia |
Algeria | Italy (M) Libya (L) Mali (L) Mauritania (L) Morocco Niger (L) Spain (M) Tunisia Western Sahara (L) |
Andorra | France (L) Spain (L) |
Angola | Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Namibia Zambia (L) |
Antigua and Barbuda | France (M) Saint Kitts and Nevis (M) Anguilla ( United Kingdom ) (M) Montserrat ( United Kingdom ) (M) Saint Barthélemy ( France ) (M) |
Argentina | Bolivia (L) Brazil (L) Chile Paraguay (L) Uruguay Falkland Islands ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
Armenia | Azerbaijan (L) Georgia (L) Iran (L) Turkey (L) Nagorno-Karabakh (L) |
Austria | Czech Republic (L) Germany (L) Hungary (L) Italy (L) Liechtenstein (L) Slovakia (L) Slovenia (L) Switzerland (L) |
Azerbaijan | Armenia (L) Georgia (L) Iran Nagorno-Karabakh (L) Russia Turkey (L) Turkmenistan (M) |
Bahrain | Iran (M) Qatar (M) Saudi Arabia (M) |
Bangladesh | Burma India |
Barbados | France (M) Guyana (M) Saint Lucia (M) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (M) Trinidad and Tobago (M) Venezuela (M) |
Belarus | Latvia (L) Lithuania (L) Poland (L) Russia (L) Ukraine (L) |
Belgium | France Germany (L) Luxembourg (L) Netherlands United Kingdom (M) |
Belize | Guatemala Honduras (M) Mexico |
Benin | Burkina Faso (L) Ghana (M) Niger (L) Nigeria Togo |
Bhutan | China (L) India (L) |
Bolivia | Argentina (L) Brazil (L) Chile (L) Paraguay (L) Peru (L) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia Montenegro (L) Serbia (L) |
Botswana | Namibia (L) South Africa (L) Zambia (L) Zimbabwe (L) |
Brazil | Argentina (L) Bolivia (L) Colombia (L) France Guyana (L) Paraguay (L) Peru (L) Suriname (L) Uruguay Venezuela (L) |
Brunei | Malaysia |
Bulgaria | Greece (L) Republic of Macedonia (L) Romania Serbia (L) Turkey |
Burkina Faso | Benin (L) Côte d'Ivoire (L) Ghana (L) Mali (L) Niger (L) Togo (L) |
Burma | Bangladesh China (L) India Laos (L) Thailand |
Burundi | Democratic Republic of the Congo (L) Rwanda (L) Tanzania (L) |
Cambodia | Laos (L) Thailand Vietnam |
Cameroon | Central African Republic (L) Chad (L) Republic of the Congo (L) Equatorial Guinea Gabon (L) Nigeria |
Canada | United States Greenland ( Denmark ) (M) Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France ) (M) |
Cape Verde | The Gambia (M) Mauritania (M) Senegal (M) |
Central African Republic | Cameroon (L) Chad (L) Democratic Republic of the Congo (L) Republic of the Congo (L) South Sudan (L) Sudan (L) |
Chad | Cameroon (L) Central African Republic (L) Libya (L) Niger (L) Nigeria (L) Sudan (L) |
Chile | Argentina Bolivia (L) Peru |
China | Afghanistan (L) Bhutan (L) Burma (L) India (L) Japan (M) Kazakhstan (L) North Korea South Korea (M) Kyrgyzstan (L) Laos (L) Mongolia (L) Nepal (L) Pakistan (L) Philippines (M) Russia (L) Tajikistan (L) Vietnam Hong Kong ( China ) Macau ( China ) Taiwan (M) |
Colombia | Brazil (L) Costa Rica (M) Dominican Republic (M) Ecuador Haiti (M) Honduras (M) Jamaica (M) Nicaragua (M) Panama Peru (L) Venezuela Cayman Islands ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
Comoros | France (M) Madagascar (M) Mozambique (M) Seychelles (M) Tanzania (M) French Southern and Antarctic Lands ( France ) (M) Mayotte ( France ) (M) |
Costa Rica | Colombia (M) Ecuador (M) Nicaragua Panama |
Croatia | Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary (L) Italy (M) Montenegro Serbia (L) Slovenia |
Cuba | Bahamas (M) Haiti (M) Honduras (M) Jamaica (M) Mexico (M) United States (M) Cayman Islands ( United Kingdom ) (M) Navassa Island ( United States ) (M) |
Cyprus | Egypt (M) Greece (M) Israel (M) Lebanon (M) Syria (M) Turkey (M) Akrotiri and Dhekelia ( United Kingdom ) Northern Cyprus |
Czech Republic | Austria (L) Germany (L) Poland (L) Slovakia (L) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Angola Burundi (L) Central African Republic (L) Republic of the Congo (L) Rwanda (L) South Sudan (L) Tanzania (L) Uganda (L) Zambia (L) |
Denmark | Germany Norway (M) Poland (M) Sweden (M) United Kingdom (M) |
Djibouti | Eritrea Ethiopia (L) Somalia Yemen (M) Somaliland Djibouti borders Somaliland, who is considered by the international community to be part of Somalia |
Dominica | France (M) Venezuela (M) |
Dominican Republic | Colombia (M) Haiti Venezuela (M) Aruba ( Netherlands ) (M) Curaçao ( Netherlands ) (M) Puerto Rico ( United States ) (M) Turks and Caicos Islands ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
East Timor | Australia (M) Indonesia |
Ecuador | Colombia Costa Rica (M) Peru |
Egypt | Cyprus (M) Greece (M) Israel Jordan (M) Libya Saudi Arabia (M) Sudan Turkey (M) Akrotiri and Dhekelia ( United Kingdom ) (M) Gaza Strip ( Palestinian territories ) |
El Salvador | Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua (M) |
Equatorial Guinea | Cameroon Gabon Nigeria (M) São Tomé and Príncipe (M) |
Eritrea | Djibouti Saudi Arabia (M) Sudan Ethiopia (L) Yemen (M) |
Estonia | Finland (M) Latvia Russia Sweden (M) |
Ethiopia | Djibouti (L) Eritrea (L) Kenya (L) Somalia (L) South Sudan (L) Sudan (L) Somaliland (L) |
Federated States of Micronesia | Marshall Islands (M) Palau (M) Papua New Guinea (M) Guam ( United States ) (M) |
Fiji | New Zealand (M) Tonga (M) Tuvalu (M) Vanuatu (M) New Caledonia ( France ) (M) Wallis and Futuna ( France ) (M) |
Finland | Estonia (M) Norway (L) Russia Sweden |
France | Andorra (L) Antigua and Barbuda (M) Barbados (M) Belgium Brazil Comoros (M) Dominica (M) Germany (L) Italy Luxembourg (L) Madagascar (M) Mauritius (M) Mozambique (M) Monaco Saint Lucia (M) Spain Switzerland (L) Suriname United Kingdom (M) Venezuela (M) Guernsey ( United Kingdom ) (M) Jersey ( United Kingdom ) (M) Montserrat ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
Gabon | Cameroon (L) Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea São Tomé and Príncipe (M) |
Georgia | Armenia (L) Azerbaijan (L) Russia Turkey Ukraine (M) Abkhazia South Ossetia (L) |
Germany | Austria (L) Belgium (L) Czech Republic (L) Denmark France (L) Luxembourg (L) Netherlands Poland Sweden (M) Switzerland (L) United Kingdom (M) |
Ghana | Benin (M) Burkina Faso (L) Côte d'Ivoire Nigeria (M) Togo |
Greece | Albania Bulgaria (L) Cyprus (M) Egypt (M) Italy (M) Libya (M) Republic of Macedonia (L) Turkey |
Grenada | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (M) Trinidad and Tobago (M) |
Guatemala | Belize El Salvador Honduras Mexico |
Guinea | Côte d'Ivoire (L) Guinea-Bissau Liberia (L) Mali (L) Senegal (L) Sierra Leone |
Guinea-Bissau | Guinea Senegal |
Guyana | Barbados (M) Brazil (L) Suriname Trinidad and Tobago (M) Venezuela |
Haiti | Bahamas (M) Colombia (M) Cuba (M) Dominican Republic Jamaica (M) Navassa Island ( United States ) (M) Turks and Caicos Islands ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
Holy See (Vatican City) | Italy (L) |
Honduras | Belize (M) Colombia (M) Cuba (M) El Salvador Guatemala Mexico (M) Nicaragua Cayman Islands ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
Howland Island | Kiribati (M) |
Hungary | Austria (L) Croatia (L) Romania (L) Serbia (L) Slovakia (L) Slovenia (L) Ukraine (L) |
Iceland | Faroe Islands ( Denmark ) (M) Greenland ( Denmark ) (M) Jan Mayen ( Norway ) (M) |
India | Afghanistan (L) Bangladesh Bhutan (L) Burma China (L) Indonesia (M) Maldives (M) Nepal (L) Pakistan Sri Lanka (M) Thailand (M) |
Indonesia | Australia (M) East Timor India (M) Malaysia Palau (M) Papua New Guinea Philippines (M) Singapore (M) Thailand (M) Vietnam (M) Ashmore and Cartier Islands ( Australia ) (M) Christmas Island ( Australia ) (M) |
Iran | Afghanistan (L) Armenia (L) Azerbaijan Bahrain (M) Iraq Kuwait (M) Nagorno-Karabakh (L) Oman (M) Pakistan Qatar (M) Saudi Arabia (M) Turkey (L) Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates (M) |
Iraq | Iran Jordan (L) Kuwait Saudi Arabia (L) Syria (L) Turkey (L) |
Ireland | United Kingdom |
Israel | Cyprus (M) Egypt Jordan Lebanon Syria (L) Gaza Strip ( Palestinian territories ) West Bank ( Palestinian territories ) (L) |
Italy | Albania (M) Algeria (M) Austria (L) Croatia (M) France Greece (M) Libya (M) Malta (M) Montenegro (M) San Marino (L) Slovenia Spain (M) Switzerland (L) Tunisia (M) Vatican City (L) |
Jamaica | Colombia (M) Cuba (M) Haiti (M) Cayman Islands ( United Kingdom ) (M) Navassa Island ( United States ) (M) |
Japan | China (M) North Korea (M) South Korea (M) Philippines (M) Russia (M) Northern Mariana Islands ( United States ) (M) Taiwan (M) |
Jersey | France (M) Guernsey ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
Jordan | Egypt (M) Iraq (L) Israel Saudi Arabia Syria (L) West Bank ( Palestinian territories ) (L) |
Kazakhstan | China (L) Kyrgyzstan (L) Russia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan (L) |
Kenya | Ethiopia (L) Somalia South Sudan (L) Tanzania Uganda (L) |
Kingman Reef | Kiribati (M) |
Kiribati | Marshall Islands (M) Nauru (M) Tuvalu (M) Cook Islands ( New Zealand ) (M) French Polynesia ( France ) (M) Howland Island ( United States ) (M) Jarvis Island ( United States ) (M) Kingman Reef ( United States ) (M) Tokelau ( New Zealand ) (M) |
Kosovo | Albania (L) Republic of Macedonia (L) Montenegro (L) Serbia (L) |
Kuwait | Iran (M) Iraq Saudi Arabia |
Kyrgyzstan | China (L) Kazakhstan (L) Tajikistan (L) Uzbekistan (L) |
Laos | Burma (L) Cambodia (L) China (L) Thailand (L) Vietnam (L) |
Latvia | Belarus (L) Estonia Lithuania Russia (L) Sweden (M) |
Lebanon | Cyprus (M) Israel Syria Akrotiri and Dhekelia ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
Lesotho | South Africa (L) |
Liberia | Côte d'Ivoire Guinea (L) Sierra Leone |
Libya | Algeria (L) Chad (L) Egypt Greece (M) Italy (M) Malta (M) Niger (L) Sudan (L) Tunisia |
Liechtenstein | Austria (L) Switzerland (L) |
Lithuania | Belarus (L) Latvia Poland Russia Sweden (M) |
Luxembourg | Belgium (L) France (L) Germany (L) |
Madagascar | Comoros (M) France (M) Mozambique (M) Seychelles (M) French Southern and Antarctic Lands ( France ) (M) Mayotte ( France ) (M) |
Malawi | Mozambique (L) Tanzania (L) Zambia (L) |
Malaysia | Brunei Indonesia Philippines (M) Singapore (M) Thailand Vietnam (M) |
Maldives | India (M) Sri Lanka (M) British Indian Ocean Territory ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
Mali | Algeria (L) Burkina Faso (L) Côte d'Ivoire (L) Guinea (L) Mauritania (L) Niger (L) Senegal (L) |
Malta | Italy (M) Libya (M) |
Marshall Islands | Kiribati (M) Federated States of Micronesia (M) Nauru (M) Wake Island ( United States ) (M) |
Mauritania | Algeria (L) Cape Verde (M) Mali (L) Morocco Senegal Western Sahara Mauritania borders the Western Sahara , which Morocco claims as its territory |
Mauritius | France (M) Seychelles (M) French Southern and Antarctic Lands ( France ) (M) |
Mexico | Belize Cuba (M) Guatemala Honduras (M) United States |
Moldova | Romania (L) Ukraine (L) Transnistria (L) |
Monaco | France |
Mongolia | China (L) Russia (L) |
Montenegro | Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina (L) Croatia Italy (M) Serbia (L) Kosovo (L) |
Morocco | Algeria Portugal (M) Spain Mauritania Western Sahara Morocco claims the Western Sahara, which claims independence. The Western Sahara borders Mauritania |
Mozambique | Comoros (M) France (M) Madagascar (M) Malawi (L) South Africa Swaziland (L) Tanzania Zambia (L) Zimbabwe (L) French Southern and Antarctic Lands ( France ) (M) |
Nagorno-Karabakh | Armenia (L) Azerbaijan (L) Iran (L) |
Namibia | Angola Botswana (L) South Africa Zambia (L) |
Nauru | Kiribati (M) Marshall Islands (M) |
Nepal | India (L) China (L) |
Netherlands | Belgium Germany Saint Kitts and Nevis (M) United Kingdom (M) Venezuela (M) Anguilla ( United Kingdom ) (M) Saint Barthelemy ( France ) (M) Saint Martin ( France ) (M) United States Virgin Islands ( United States ) (M) |
New Zealand | Australia (M) Fiji (M) Tonga (M) Norfolk Island ( Australia ) (M) |
Nicaragua | Colombia (M) Costa Rica El Salvador (M) Honduras |
Niger | Algeria (L) Benin (L) Burkina Faso (L) Chad (L) Libya (L) Mali (L) Nigeria (L) |
Nigeria | Benin Cameroon Chad (L) Equatorial Guinea (M) Ghana (M) Niger (L) São Tomé and Príncipe (M) |
North Korea | China Japan (M) South Korea Russia |
Norway | Denmark (M) Finland (L) Iceland (M) Russia Sweden United Kingdom (M) Greenland ( Denmark ) (M) Faroe Islands ( Denmark ) (M) |
Oman | Iran (M) Pakistan (M) Saudi Arabia (L) United Arab Emirates Yemen |
Pakistan | Afghanistan (L) China (L) India Iran Oman (M) |
Palau | Indonesia (M) Federated States of Micronesia (M) Philippines (M) |
Panama | Colombia Costa Rica |
Papua New Guinea | Australia (M) Indonesia Federated States of Micronesia (M) Solomon Islands (M) New Caledonia ( France ) (M) |
Paraguay | Argentina (L) Bolivia (L) Brazil (L) |
Peru | Bolivia (L) Brazil (L) Chile Colombia (L) Ecuador |
Philippines | China (M) Indonesia (M) Japan (M) Malaysia (M) Palau (M) Vietnam (M) Taiwan (M) |
Poland | Belarus (L) Czech Republic (L) Denmark (M) Germany Lithuania (L) Russia Slovakia (L) Sweden (M) Ukraine (L) |
Portugal | Morocco (M) Spain |
Qatar | Bahrain (M) Iran (M) Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates (M) |
Republic of Macedonia | Albania (L) Bulgaria (L) Greece (L) Serbia (L) Kosovo (L) |
Republic of the Congo | Angola Cameroon (L) Central African Republic (L) Democratic Republic of the Congo (L) Gabon |
Romania | Bulgaria Hungary (L) Moldova (L) Serbia (L) Turkey (M) Ukraine |
Russia | Azerbaijan Belarus (L) China Estonia Finland Georgia Japan (M) Kazakhstan North Korea Latvia (L) Lithuania Mongolia (L) Norway Poland Sweden (M) Turkey (M) Ukraine United States (M) Abkhazia South Ossetia (L) |
Rwanda | Burundi (L) Democratic Republic of the Congo (L) Tanzania (L) Uganda (L) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Antigua and Barbuda (M) Netherlands (M) Venezuela (M) Montserrat ( United Kingdom ) (M) Saint Barthélemy ( France ) (M) |
Saint Lucia | Barbados (M) France (M) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (M) Venezuela (M) |
Saint Martin | Netherlands (M) Anguilla ( United Kingdom ) (M) Sint Maarten ( Netherlands ) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Barbados (M) Grenada (M) Saint Lucia (M) Trinidad and Tobago (M) Venezuela (M) |
Samoa | Tonga (M) American Samoa ( United States ) (M) Tokelau ( New Zealand ) (M) Wallis and Futuna ( France ) (M) |
San Marino | Italy (L) |
Saudi Arabia | Bahrain (M) Egypt (M) Eritrea (M) Iran (M) Iraq (L) Jordan Kuwait Oman (L) Qatar Sudan (M) United Arab Emirates Yemen |
Senegal | Cape Verde (M) The Gambia Guinea (L) Guinea-Bissau Mali (L) Mauritania |
Serbia | Albania (L) Bosnia and Herzegovina (L) Bulgaria (L) Croatia (L) Hungary (L) Republic of Macedonia (L) Montenegro (L) Romania (L) Kosovo (L) Kosovo, which some countries consider part of Serbia, borders Albania |
Seychelles | Comoros (M) Madagascar (M) Mauritius (M) Tanzania (M) ( France ) (M) |
Sierra Leone | Guinea Liberia |
Singapore | Indonesia (M) Malaysia (M) |
Slovakia | Austria (L) Czech Republic (L) Hungary (L) Poland (L) Ukraine (L) |
Slovenia | Austria (L) Croatia Italy Hungary (L) |
Solomon Islands | Australia (M) Papua New Guinea (M) Vanuatu (M) New Caledonia ( France ) (M) |
Somalia | Djibouti Ethiopia (L) Kenya Yemen (M) Somaliland Somaliland, which considers itself independent, is the only part of Somalia to border Djibouti |
South Africa | Botswana (L) Lesotho (L) Mozambique Namibia Swaziland (L) Zimbabwe (L) |
South Korea | China (M) Japan (M) North Korea |
South Ossetia | Georgia (L) Russia (L) |
South Sudan | Central African Republic (L) Democratic Republic of the Congo (L) Ethiopia (L) Kenya (L) Sudan (L) Uganda (L) |
Spain | Algeria (M) Andorra (L) France Italy (M) Morocco Portugal Gibraltar ( United Kingdom ) Western Sahara (M) |
Sri Lanka | India (M) Maldives (M) |
Sudan | Central African Republic (L) Chad (L) Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia (L) Libya (L) Saudi Arabia (M) South Sudan (L) |
Suriname | Brazil (L) France Guyana |
Swaziland | Mozambique (L) South Africa (L) |
Sweden | Denmark (M) Estonia (M) Finland Germany (M) Latvia (M) Lithuania (M) Norway Poland (M) Russia (M) |
Switzerland | Austria (L) France (L) Italy (L) Liechtenstein (L) Germany (L) |
Syria | Cyprus (M) Iraq (L) Israel (L) Jordan (L) Lebanon Turkey Northern Cyprus (M) |
Taiwan | China (M) Japan (M) Philippines (M) |
Tajikistan | Afghanistan (L) China (L) Kyrgyzstan (L) Uzbekistan (L) |
Tanzania | Burundi (L) Comoros (M) Democratic Republic of the Congo (L) Kenya Malawi (L) Mozambique Rwanda (L) Seychelles (M) Uganda (L) Zambia (L) |
Thailand | Burma Cambodia India (M) Indonesia (M) Laos (L) Malaysia Vietnam (M) |
The Bahamas | Cuba (M) Haiti (M) United States (M) Turks and Caicos Islands ( United Kingdom ) (M) |
The Gambia | Cape Verde (M) Senegal |
Togo | Benin Burkina Faso (L) Ghana |
Tonga | Fiji (M) New Zealand (M) Samoa (M) American Samoa ( United States ) (M) Niue ( New Zealand ) (M) Wallis and Futuna ( France ) (M) |
Transnistria | Moldova (L) Ukraine (L) |
Trinidad and Tobago | Barbados (M) Grenada (M) Guyana (M) Venezuela (M) |
Tunisia | Algeria Italy (M) Libya |
Turkey | Armenia (L) Azerbaijan (L) Bulgaria Cyprus (M) Egypt (M) Georgia Greece Iran (L) Iraq (L) Romania (M) Russia (M) Syria Ukraine (M) Northern Cyprus (M) Turkey has a Maritime border with Northern Cyprus, which all other countries consider to be part of Cyprus |
Turkmenistan | Afghanistan (L) Azerbaijan (M) Iran Kazakhstan Uzbekistan (L) |
Tuvalu | Fiji (M) Kiribati (M) Wallis and Futuna ( France ) (M) |
Uganda | Democratic Republic of the Congo (L) Kenya (L) Rwanda (L) South Sudan (L) Tanzania (L) |
Ukraine | Belarus (L) Hungary (L) Georgia (M) Moldova (L) Poland (L) Romania Russia Slovakia (L) Turkey (M) Transnistria (L) |
United Arab Emirates | Iran (M) Oman Qatar (M) Saudi Arabia |
United Kingdom | Belgium (M) Denmark (M) France (M) Germany (M) Ireland Netherlands (M) Norway (M) Faroe Islands ( Denmark ) (M) |
United States | Bahamas (M) Canada Cuba (M) Kiribati (M) Mexico Russia (M) |
Uruguay | Argentina Brazil |
Uzbekistan | Afghanistan (L) Kazakhstan (L) Kyrgyzstan (L) Tajikistan (L) Turkmenistan (L) |
Vanuatu | Fiji (M) Solomon Islands (M) New Caledonia ( France ) (M) |
Venezuela | Barbados (M) Brazil (L) Colombia Dominica (M) Dominican Republic (M) France (M) Guyana Netherlands (M) Saint Kitts and Nevis (M) Saint Lucia (M) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (M) Trinidad and Tobago (M) Aruba ( Netherlands ) (M) Curaçao ( Netherlands ) (M) Montserrat ( United Kingdom ) (M) Puerto Rico ( United States ) (M) United States Virgin Islands ( United States ) (M) |
Vietnam | Cambodia China Indonesia (M) Laos (L) Malaysia (M) Philippines (M) Thailand (M) |
Western Sahara | Algeria (L) Mauritania Morocco Spain (M) |
Yemen | Djibouti (M) Eritrea (M) Oman Saudi Arabia Somalia (M) Somaliland (M) |
Zambia | Angola (L) Botswana (L) Democratic Republic of the Congo (L) Malawi (L) Mozambique (L) Namibia (L) Tanzania (L) Zimbabwe (L) |
Zimbabwe | Botswana (L) Mozambique (L) South Africa (L) Zambia (L) |