Capitals of Africa Flashcards
Algeria
Algiers
Angola
Luanda
Benin*
Porto-Novo
*Seat of government: Cotonou
Botswana
Gaborone
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Burundi
Gitega
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Cape Verde
Praia
Central African Republic
Bangui
Chad
N’Djamena
Comoros
Moroni
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville
Djibouti
Djibouti
Egypt
Cairo
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
Eritrea
Asmara
Eswatini*
Mbabane
*Executive: Mbabane
Legislative: Lobamba
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Gabon
Libreville
Gambia
Banjul
Ghana
Accra
Guinea
Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
*Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
*“Economic capital”: Abidjan
Kenya
Nairobi
Lesotho
Maseru
Liberia
Monrovia
Libya
Tripoli
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Malawi
Lilongwe
Mali
Bamako
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Mauritius
Port Louis
Morocco
Rabat
Mozambique
Maputo
Namibia
Windhoek
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria*
Abuja
*Former capital/economic hub: Lagos
Rwanda
Kigali
São Tomé & Principe
São Tomé
Senegal
Dakar
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Somalia
Mogadishu
South Africa*
Administrative: Pretoria
Legislative/Seat of Parliament: Cape Town
Judicial: Bloemfontein
South Sudan
Juba
Sudan
Khartoum
Tanzania*
Dodoma
*The former capital of Dar es Salaam still houses government offices + serves as Tanzania’s economic hub
Togo
Lomé
Tunisia
Tunis
Uganda
Kampala
Zambia
Lusaka
Zimbabwe
Harare