National Paralympic Committee

      A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.

      The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games, in the same host city.

      As of 2012, there are 174 NPC members of the IPC.[1] Only NPCs in good standing may enter athletes in the Paralympic Games. Within countries, some NPCs serve as the national governing body for one or more sports, while others only act as the IPC member with responsibility for Paralympic Games.

      List of NPCs by continent

      There are five regional organizations[1]:

      Continent Association NPCs
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        Africa
      African Paralympic Committee 47
        America
      Americas Paralympic Committee 28
        Asia
      Asian Paralympic Committee 42
        Europe
      European Paralympic Committee 49
        Oceania
      Oceania Paralympic Committee 8

      Africa

      •  Algeria - Algerian National Paralympic Committee
      •  Angola - Comite Paralimpico Angolano
      •  Benin - Federation Handisport du Benin-Comité National Paralympique
      •  Botswana - Paralympic Association of Botswana
      •  Burkina Faso - National Paralympic Committee Burkina Faso
      •  Burundi - Burundi Paralympic Committee
      •  Cameroon - Cameroonian Paralympic Committee
      •  Cape Verde - Comité Caboverdeano Desp. Para Deficientes
      •  Central African Republic - Comité National Paralympique Centrafricain
      •  Comoros - Comité National Paralympic des Comores
      •  Congo - Comité National Paralympique Congolais
      •  DR Congo - Paralympic Committee of the Democratic Republic of Congo
      •  Côte d'Ivoire - Fédération Ivoirienne des Sports Paralympiques
      •  Djibouti - National Paralympic Committee of Djibouti
      •  Egypt - Egyptian Paralympic Committee
      •  Ethiopia - Ethiopian Paralympic Committee
      •  Gabon - Federation Gabonaise Omnisports pour Paralympique pour Handicapées
      •  Gambia - Gambia Association of the Physically Disabled
      •  Ghana - National Paralympic Committee of Ghana
      •  Guinea - Guinea Paralympic Committee
      •  Guinea-Bissau - Fédération des Sports des Handicapés
      •  Kenya - Kenya National Paralympic Committee
      •  Lesotho - National Paralympic Committee of Lesotho
      •  Liberia - Liberia National Paralympic Committee
      •  Libya - Libyan Paralympic Committee
      •  Madagascar - Fédération Malagasy Handisport
      •  Malawi - Malawi Paralympic Committee
      •  Mali - National Paralympic Committee of Mali
      •  Mauritania - National Paralympic Committee of Mauritania
      •  Mauritius - Mauritius National Paralympic Committee
      •  Morocco - Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
      •  Mozambique - Paralympic Committee Mozambique
      •  Namibia - Namibia National Paralympic Committee
      •  Niger - Fédération Nigérienne des Sports Paralympiques
      •  Nigeria - Nigeria Paralympic Committee
      •  Rwanda - National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda
      •  Senegal - Comité National Provisoire Handisport et Paralympique Sénégalais
      •  Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Paralympic Committee
      •  Somalia - Somali Paralympic Committee
      •  South Africa - South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
      •  Sudan - Sudan National Paralympic Committee
      •  Tanzania - Tanzania Paralympic Committee
      •  Togo - Federation Togolaise de Sports pour Personnes Handicapees
      •  Tunisia - Tunisian Paralympic Committee
      •  Uganda - Uganda National Paralympic Committee
      •  Zambia - National Paralympic Committee of Zambia
      •  Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Paralympic Committee

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