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electric power in Africa |
The letters for the plugs and sockets are arbitrary.
| Nation | Freq. (Hz) |
Phases | Nominal voltage |
No. of wires | Plugs & Sockets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | |||||
| 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, F | |
| Angola | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C |
| —Lago Colony | 60 | 1 | 115/230 | 2, 3 | |
| Benin | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | D |
| Botswana | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 4 | D, G |
| Burkina Faso | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, E |
| Burundi | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, E |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, D, E, G, K |
| —Yaounde and several other cities also offer | 50 | 1, 3 | 127/220 | 2, 4 | |
| —Buea, Limbe | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 4 | |
| —Doula, Edea, Garoua | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | |
| Cape Verde | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | C, F |
| Central African Rep. | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, E |
| Chad | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | D, E, F |
| Comoros | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, E |
| Congo, P. Rep. | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, E |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 3, 4 | C, E |
| Djibouti, Rep. of | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, E |
| Egypt | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | C |
| Eq. Guinea | 50 | 1 | 220 | 2 | C, E |
| Ethiopia | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, D, J, L |
| French Guiana | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | C, D, E |
| Gabon | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C |
| Gambia | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | G |
| Ghana | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 3, 4 | D, G |
| —Sekondi, Takoradi, Tamale | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 4 | |
| Guinea | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | C, F, K |
| Guinea-Bissau | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | C |
| 60 | 1, 3 | 100/200 | 2, 3 | ||
| Kenya | 50 | 1, 3 | 240/415 | 2, 4 | D, G |
| Lesotho | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | D |
| Liberia | 60 | 1, 3 | 120/240 | 2, 3, 4 | A, G |
| 60 | 1, 3 | 120/208 | 2, 3, 4 | ||
| Libya | 50 | 1, 3 | 127/220 | 2, 4 | D |
| —Barce, Benghazi, Derna, and Tobruk | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 4 | |
| —Sebha | 50 | 1 | 230 | 2 | |
| Madagascar | 50 | 1, 3 | 127/220 | 2, 4 | C, D, E, J, K |
| 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | ||
| —Ambatolampy, Ambatondrazaka, and Tulear | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | |
| Madeira | direct | NA | 220/440 | 2, 3 | C, F |
| 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | ||
| Malawi | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 3, 4 | G |
| Maldives | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 4 | A, D, G, J, K, L |
| Mali | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, E |
| Mauritania | 50 | 1, 3 | 220 | 2, 3 | C |
| Mauritius | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 4 | C, G |
| Morocco | 50 | 1, 3 | 127/220 | 2, 4 | C, E |
| —Agadir, Beni-Mellal, El-Hoceima, Khemisset, Khenifra, Oued-Zem, Sidi Kacem, Sidi Slimane, and Souk-El-Arba Gharb also have | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | |
| Mozambique | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | C, F |
| Namibia | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | D |
| Niger | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | A through F |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/415 | 2, 4 | D, G |
| Rwanda | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, J |
| Senegal | 50 | 1, 3 | 127/220 | 2, 3, 4 | C, D, E, K |
| Seychelles | 50 | 1, 3 | 240 | 2, 3 | G |
| Sierra Leone | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 4 | D, G |
| Somalia | 50 | 1, 3 | 220 | 2, 3 | C |
| —Mogadishu | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | |
| —Brava | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/440 | 2, 4 | |
| —Berbera | 50 | 1, 3 | 230 | 2, 3 | |
| —Merca | 50 | 1, 3 | 110/220 | 2, 4 | |
| South Africa | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | D, G |
| —Alberton, Brakpan, Kimberley, Parys, Senekal | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | |
| —Beaufort West, Boksburg, Cradock, Roodeport, Somerset West, Virginia, Wellington, Worcester | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 4 | . |
| —Benoni, Germiston, Klerksdorp, Kroonstad, Vryheid, Walvis Bay, Umtata | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 3, 4 | |
| —Grahamstad, Port Elizabeth | 50 | 1, 3 | 250/430 | 2, 4 | |
| —Johannesburg | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | |
| 50 | 1, 3 | 230/460 | 2, 3 | ||
| —King Williams | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | |
| 50 | 1, 3 | 250/440 | 2, 3, 4 | ||
| —Pretoria | 50 | 1, 3 | 240/415 | 2, 3, 4 | |
| —Springs | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | |
| 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 3, 4 | ||
| —Stellenbosch | 50 | 3 | 220/380 | 4 | |
| Sudan | 50 | 1, 3 | 240/415 | 2, 4 | C, D |
| —Wau | 50 | 1 | 240 | 2 | |
| Swaziland | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 4 | D |
| Tanzania | 50 | 1, 3 | 230/400 | 2, 3, 4 | D, G |
| Togo | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C |
| —Lome also has | 50 | 1, 3 | 127/220 | 2, 4 | |
| Tunisia | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, E, F, K, L |
| —Tunis, Ariana, Bizerte, Kairouan, La Marsa, Mateur, Menzel Bourgiba, Sfax, and Souse also have | 50 | 1, 3 | 127/220 | 2, 4 | |
| —Hammam-Lif, La Goulette, and La Manouba have only | 50 | 1, 3 | 127/220 | 2, 4 | |
| Uganda | 50 | 1, 3 | 240/415 | 2, 4 | G |
| Congo | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | C, D |
| Zambia | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 4 | C, D, G |
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1, 3 | 220/380 | 2, 3, 4 | D, G |
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