Africa Flashcards

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Algeria

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Algiers ( Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia )

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Angola

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Luanda ( Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Benin

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Porto-Novo ( Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo )

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Botswana

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Gaborone ( Southern Africa, north of South Africa )

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Bouvet Island

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Not a Country: island in the South Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

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Burkina Faso

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Ouagadougou ( Western Africa, north of Ghana )

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Burundi

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Bujumbura ( Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of Congo )

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Cameroon

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Yaounde ( Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between the Equatorial Guinea on Nigeria )

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Cape Verde

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Praia ( Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal )

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Central Africa Republic

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Bangui ( Central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of Congo )

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Chad

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N’Djamena ( Central Africa, south of Lybia )

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Comoros

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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 )

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Congo, Democratic Republic of The

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Kinshasa ( Central Africa, northeast of Angola )

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Congo, Republic of the

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Brazzaville ( Central Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon )

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Cote D’Ivoire

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Yamoussoukro ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia )

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Djibouti

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Djibouti ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia )

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Egypt

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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 )

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Equatorial Guinea

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Malabo ( Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon )

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Ertirea

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Asmara ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan )

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Gabon

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Libreville ( Central Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea )

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Gambia , The

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Banjul ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal )

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Ghana

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Accra ( Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d’Ivoire and Togo )

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Guinea-Bissau

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Bissau ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal )

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Heard Island and McDonald Islands*

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Not a country ( islands in the Indian Ocean, about 2/3 of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica )

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Kenya

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Nairobi ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania )

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Lesotho

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Maseru ( Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa )

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Liberia

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Monrovia ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone )

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Libya

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Tripoli ( Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia )

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Madagascar

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Antananarivo ( Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique )

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Malawi

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Lilongwe ( Southern Africa, east of Zambia, west and north of Mozambique )

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Mali

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Bamako ( interior of Western Africa, south-west of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger )

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Mauritania

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Nouakchott ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Africa )

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Mauritius

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Port Louis ( Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar )

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Morocco

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Rabat ( Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara )

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Mozambique

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Maputo ( Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania )

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Namibia

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Windhoek ( Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa )

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Niger

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Niamey ( Western Africa, southeast of Algeria )

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Nigeria

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Abuja ( Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon )

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Rwanda

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Kigali ( Central Africa, east if Democratic Republic of the Congo )

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Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha *

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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 )

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Sao Tome and Principe

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Sao Tome ( Central Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon )

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Senegal

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Dakar ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau Mauritania )

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Seychelles

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Victoria ( archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar )

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Sierra Leone

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Freetown ( Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia )

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Somalia

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Mogadishu ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia )

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South Sudan

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Juba ( East-Central Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia )

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South Africa

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Pretoria [Administrative]; Capetown [Legislative]; Bloemfontein [Judicial] ( Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa )

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Sudan

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Khartoum ( north-eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea )

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Swaziland

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Mbabane ( Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa )

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Tanzania

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Dar es Salaam ( Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique )

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Togo

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Lome ( Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana )

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Tunisia

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Tunis ( Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya )

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Uganda

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Kampala ( East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo )

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Western Sahara

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None ( Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco )

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Zambia

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Lusaka ( Southern Africa, east of Angola, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo )

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Zimbabwe

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Harare ( Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia )