African Union

Summary

African Union is a regional organization^[1]. It draws 2,688 Wikipedia views per month (regional_organization category, ranking #2 of 14).^[2]

Key Facts

• African Union's image is recorded as Map of the African Union with Suspended States.svg^[3].
• African Union's instance of is recorded as regional organization^[4].
• African Union's instance of is recorded as continental union^[5].
• African Union's instance of is recorded as international organization^[6].
• African Union's capital is recorded as Addis Ababa^[7].
• African Union's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• African Union's official language is recorded as Arabic^[9].
• African Union's official language is recorded as French^[10].
• African Union's official language is recorded as Portuguese^[11].
• African Union's official language is recorded as languages of Africa^[12].
• African Union's official language is recorded as Spanish^[13].
• African Union's official language is recorded as Swahili^[14].
• African Union's flag image is recorded as Flag of the African Union.svg^[15].
• African Union's anthem is recorded as Let Us All Unite and Celebrate Together^[16].
• African Union's follows is recorded as Organisation of African Unity^[17].
• African Union's headquarters location is recorded as Addis Ababa^[18].
• African Union's headquarters location is recorded as Johannesburg^[19].
• African Union's flag is recorded as flag of the African Union^[20].
• African Union's legislative body is recorded as Pan-African Parliament^[21].
• African Union's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121899463^[22].
• African Union's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155382974^[23].
• African Union's GND ID is recorded as 10042911-7^[24].
• African Union's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2001048790^[25].
• African Union's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 144997429^[26].
• African Union's IdRef ID is recorded as 086197134^[27].

Body

Founding

+1999-09-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of African Union^[28].

Identity

African Union's follows is recorded as Organisation of African Unity^[17]. Short names include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'UA'}^[29], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'AU'}^[30], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'UA'}^[31], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'UA'}^[32], {'lang': 'sw', 'text': 'UA'}^[33], and {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'AU'}^[34].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Addis Ababa^[18], a region of Ethiopia^[35], in Ethiopia^[36], founded in 1886^[37], headquartered in African Union^[38] and Johannesburg^[19], a city^[39], in South Africa^[40], founded in 1886^[41]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention^[42].

Why It Matters

African Union draws 2,688 Wikipedia views per month (regional_organization category, ranking #2 of 14).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Works attributed to it include International Day of the African Child (if available to be improved)^[45], a document^[46], in Ethiopia^[47], written by it^[48].