Africa Flashcards
Algeria
Algiers ( Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia )
Angola
Luanda ( Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Benin
Porto-Novo ( Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo )
Botswana
Gaborone ( Southern Africa, north of South Africa )
Bouvet Island
Not a Country: island in the South Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou ( Western Africa, north of Ghana )
Burundi
Bujumbura ( Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of Congo )
Cameroon
Yaounde ( Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between the Equatorial Guinea on Nigeria )
Cape Verde
Praia ( Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal )
Central Africa Republic
Bangui ( Central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of Congo )
Chad
N’Djamena ( Central Africa, south of Lybia )
Comoros
Moroni ( Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique )
Congo, Democratic Republic of The
Kinshasa ( Central Africa, northeast of Angola )
Congo, Republic of the
Brazzaville ( Central Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon )
Cote D’Ivoire
Yamoussoukro ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia )
Djibouti
Djibouti ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia )
Egypt
Cairo ( Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula )
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo ( Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon )
Ertirea
Asmara ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan )
Gabon
Libreville ( Central Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea )
Gambia , The
Banjul ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal )
Ghana
Accra ( Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d’Ivoire and Togo )
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal )
Heard Island and McDonald Islands*
Not a country ( islands in the Indian Ocean, about 2/3 of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica )
Kenya
Nairobi ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania )
Lesotho
Maseru ( Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa )
Liberia
Monrovia ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone )
Libya
Tripoli ( Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia )
Madagascar
Antananarivo ( Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique )
Malawi
Lilongwe ( Southern Africa, east of Zambia, west and north of Mozambique )
Mali
Bamako ( interior of Western Africa, south-west of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger )
Mauritania
Nouakchott ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Africa )
Mauritius
Port Louis ( Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar )
Morocco
Rabat ( Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara )
Mozambique
Maputo ( Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania )
Namibia
Windhoek ( Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa )
Niger
Niamey ( Western Africa, southeast of Algeria )
Nigeria
Abuja ( Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon )
Rwanda
Kigali ( Central Africa, east if Democratic Republic of the Congo )
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha *
Jamestown ( islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa; Ascension Island lies 700 nm northwest of Saint Helena; Tristan da Cunha lies 2300 nm southwest of Saint Helena )
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome ( Central Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon )
Senegal
Dakar ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau Mauritania )
Seychelles
Victoria ( archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar )
Sierra Leone
Freetown ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia )
Somalia
Mogadishu ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia )
South Sudan
Juba ( East-Central Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia )
South Africa
Pretoria [Administrative]; Capetown [Legislative]; Bloemfontein [Judicial] ( Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa )
Sudan
Khartoum ( north-eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea )
Swaziland
Mbabane ( Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa )
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique )
Togo
Lome ( Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana )
Tunisia
Tunis ( Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya )
Uganda
Kampala ( East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo )
Western Sahara
None ( Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco )
Zambia
Lusaka ( Southern Africa, east of Angola, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo )
Zimbabwe
Harare ( Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia )