Home›Africa›Modern AreaBrowse ByModern AreaThis page groups sacred regions by the present-day country or countries they actually fall inside. Wikipedia notes that the Holy Land "today ... chiefly overlaps with the combined areas of Israel and parts of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Palestine." Browsing by modern-area lets a visitor find every sacred region that falls inside the same present-day country.FactsModern AreaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRegions 1Modern AreaFilter Results54 entriesParent RegionAllWest Africa (1)Principal TraditionAllBwiti (9)Christianity (45)Islam (40)Judaism (6)San Religion (5)Waaqeffanna (18)Zulu Traditional Religion (5)Principal Tradition OfAllBwiti (9)Christianity (45)Islam (40)Judaism (6)San Religion (5)Waaqeffanna (18)Zulu Traditional Religion (5)Sacred ToAllChristianity (4)Yorùbá Religion (Ifá) (1)Sacred LanguagesAllArabic (40)English (1)Ge'ez (18)Latin (6)Swahili (18)Yoruba (16)Established YearAll1847 (1)1910 (1)1922 (1)1951 (1)1956 (3)1957 (1)1958 (1)1960 (17)1961 (1)1962 (4)1963 (1)1964 (3)1965 (1)1966 (2)1968 (3)1974 (1)1975 (5)1976 (1)1977 (1)1980 (1)1990 (1)1993 (1)2011 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (4)Disestablished (1)Established (8)No Establishment (30)Privileged Never Established (2)Secular State Declared (7)Varies by Province (2)Sovereignty StatusAllSovereign UN member state (54)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAlgeriaModern Area1 entryAngolaModern Area1 entryBeninModern Area1 entryBotswanaModern Area1 entryBurkina FasoModern Area1 entryBurundiModern Area1 entryCabo VerdeModern Area1 entryCameroonModern Area1 entryCentral African RepublicModern Area1 entryChadModern Area1 entryComorosModern Area1 entryDemocratic Republic of the CongoModern Area2 entriesDjiboutiModern Area2 entriesEgyptModern Area1 entryEquatorial GuineaModern Area1 entryEritreaModern Area2 entriesEswatiniModern Area1 entryEthiopiaModern Area3 entriesGabonModern Area1 entryGambiaModern Area1 entryGhanaModern Area1 entryGuineaModern Area1 entryGuinea-BissauModern Area1 entryIvory CoastModern Area1 entryKenyaModern Area2 entriesLesothoModern Area1 entryLiberiaModern Area1 entryLibyaModern Area1 entryMadagascarModern Area1 entryMalawiModern Area1 entryMaliModern Area1 entryMauritaniaModern Area1 entryMauritiusModern Area1 entryMoroccoModern Area1 entryMozambiqueModern Area1 entryNamibiaModern Area1 entryNigerModern Area1 entryNigeriaModern Area2 entriesRepublic of the CongoModern Area1 entryRwandaModern Area1 entrySao Tome and PrincipeModern Area1 entrySenegalModern Area1 entrySeychellesModern Area1 entrySierra LeoneModern Area1 entrySomaliaModern Area2 entriesSouth AfricaModern Area1 entrySouth SudanModern Area1 entrySudanModern Area2 entriesTanzaniaModern Area2 entriesTogoModern Area1 entryShowing 1 to 50 of 54, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: RegionsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.