WG.9 a - Regions and Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa

 The student will analyze the characteristics of the Sub-Saharan African region by 

a) identifying and analyzing the location of major geographic regions and major cities on maps and globes; 

Africa is the second-largest continent and is situated over both sides of the equator, which provides for the variation in its vegetation, climate, and population structures. 

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic and political development has been influenced by colonialism, local African cultures, and changes in the gold-trading empires.

Major regions and countries 

• West Africa: Senegal, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire 
• Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya 
• Central Africa: Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon 
• Southern Africa: Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Namibia 
  

Major cities 

• Lagos 
• Dakar 
• Johannesburg 
• Nairobi