Capitals of Africa Flashcards
1
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Algeria
A
Algiers
2
Q
Angola
A
Luanda
3
Q
Benin*
A
Porto-Novo
*Seat of government: Cotonou
4
Q
Botswana
A
Gaborone
5
Q
Burkina Faso
A
Ouagadougou
6
Q
Burundi
A
Gitega
7
Q
Cameroon
A
Yaoundé
8
Q
Cape Verde
A
Praia
9
Q
Central African Republic
A
Bangui
10
Q
Chad
A
N’Djamena
11
Q
Comoros
A
Moroni
12
Q
Democratic Republic of the Congo
A
Kinshasa
13
Q
Republic of the Congo
A
Brazzaville
14
Q
Djibouti
A
Djibouti
15
Q
Egypt
A
Cairo
16
Q
Equatorial Guinea
A
Malabo
17
Q
Eritrea
A
Asmara
18
Q
Eswatini*
A
Mbabane
*Executive: Mbabane
Legislative: Lobamba
19
Q
Ethiopia
A
Addis Ababa
20
Q
Gabon
A
Libreville
21
Q
Gambia
A
Banjul
22
Q
Ghana
A
Accra
23
Q
Guinea
A
Conakry
24
Q
Guinea-Bissau
A
Bissau
25
*Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
*"Economic capital": Abidjan
26
Kenya
Nairobi
27
Lesotho
Maseru
28
Liberia
Monrovia
29
Libya
Tripoli
30
Madagascar
Antananarivo
31
Malawi
Lilongwe
32
Mali
Bamako
33
Mauritania
Nouakchott
34
Mauritius
Port Louis
35
Morocco
Rabat
36
Mozambique
Maputo
37
Namibia
Windhoek
38
Niger
Niamey
39
Nigeria*
Abuja
*Former capital/economic hub: Lagos
40
Rwanda
Kigali
41
São Tomé & Principe
São Tomé
42
Senegal
Dakar
43
Sierra Leone
Freetown
44
Somalia
Mogadishu
45
South Africa*
Administrative: **Pretoria**
Legislative/Seat of Parliament: **Cape Town**
Judicial: **Bloemfontein**
46
South Sudan
Juba
47
Sudan
Khartoum
48
Tanzania*
Dodoma
## Footnote
*The former capital of Dar es Salaam still houses government offices + serves as Tanzania's economic hub
49
Togo
Lomé
50
Tunisia
Tunis
51
Uganda
Kampala
52
Zambia
Lusaka
53
Zimbabwe
Harare
