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the capital city of Nigeria located in the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It is a planned city and was built mainly in the 1980s, replacing the country's most populous city of Lagos as the capital on 12 December 1991	Abuja	100%
the capital and largest city of Ghana... ______ served as the capital of the British Gold Coast between 1877 and 1957 and has since transitioned into a modern metropolis	Accra	100%
the second-largest city in Egypt and a major economic centre, extending about 32 km (20 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country	Alexandria	100%
the capital and largest city of Algeria. In 2011, the city's population was estimated to be around 3,500,000	Algiers	100%
the capital and largest city of Mali, with a population of 2,009,109. In 2006, it was estimated to be the fastest-growing city in Africa and sixth-fastest in the world	Bamako	100%
the capital city of the African Republic of Guinea-Bissau... ______ is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and military centre	Bissau	100%
Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants as of 2018. It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe	Blantyre	100%
the capital city of the province of Free State of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation... ______ is popularly and poetically known as "the city of roses", for its abundance of these flowers and the annual rose festival held there	Bloemfontein	100%
the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Constituting the financial and administrative centre of the country, it is located on the north side of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	100%
the capital of Egypt. The city's metropolitan area is one of the largest in Africa, the largest in the Middle East and 15th-largest in the world	Cairo	100%
the largest city in Morocco and is located in the central-western part of Morocco bordering the Atlantic Ocean	Casablanca	100%
the eponymous capital and largest city of ______. It is located in the coastal ______ Region on the Gulf of Tadjoura	Djibouti	100%
the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region	Douala	100%
a city in northern inland Morocco... It is the second largest city in Morocco after Casablanca... It has the University of Al Quaraouiyine which was founded in 859 and the oldest continuously functioning university in the world. It also has Chouara Tannery from the 11th century, one of the oldest tanneries in the world. The city has been called the "Mecca of the West" and the "Athens of Africa," a nickname it shares with Cyrene in Libya	Fes	100%
the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe... The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the British prime minister Lord Salisbury	Harare	100%
a city in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. It is one of the country's main tourist centres located on the Red Sea coast	Hurghada	100%
the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, Nigeria... the third most populous city in Nigeria... At the time of Nigeria's independence in 1960, ______ was the largest and most populous city in the country, and the second most populous in Africa behind Cairo	Ibadan	100%
the largest city in South Africa and one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world... The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade	Johannesburg	100%
the capital and largest city of Uganda... ______ was named the 13th fastest growing city on the planet, with an annual population growth rate of 4.03 percent, by City Mayors. ______ has been ranked the best city to live in East Africa ahead of Nairobi and Kigali by Mercer	Kampala	100%
the capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo... ______ is Africa's third-largest urban area... also the world's largest Francophone urban area (surpassing Paris in population)	Kinshasa	100%
the largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara and de facto administered by Morocco. The modern city is thought to have been founded by the Spanish colonizer Antonio de Oro in 1938. In 1940, Spain designated it as the capital of the Spanish Sahara	Laâyoune	100%
the most populous in Nigeria and on the African continent. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world... a major financial centre in Africa... houses one of the largest and busiest seaports on the continent	Lagos	100%
capital and largest city of Gabon, in western central Africa. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region	Libreville	100%
the capital and most populated city of the African state of Malawi... The city is located in the central region of Malawi, in the district of the same name, near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia, and it is an important economic and transportation hub for central Malawi	Lilongwe	100%
the capital and largest city of Togo... Located on the Gulf of Guinea, ______ is the country's administrative and industrial center, which includes an oil refinery, and its chief port, where it exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels	Lomé	100%
the capital and largest city in Angola, It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre	Luanda	100%
the capital and largest city of Zambia. One of the fastest developing cities in southern Africa, ______ is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about 1,279 metres (4,196 ft)	Lusaka	100%
a city in Upper (southern) Egypt... As the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Waset, known to the Greeks as Thebes, ______ has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open-air museum", as the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and ______ stand within the modern city	Luxor	100%
the capital of Equatorial Guinea and the province of Bioko Norte. It is located on the north coast of the island of Bioko... Ciudad de la Paz is a planned city currently under construction... designed to replace ______ as the capital. The institutions of governance of Equatorial Guinea began the process of locating to Oyala in February 2017	Malabo	100%
the capital and most populous city of Mozambique... ______ is a port city, with an economy centered on commerce. It is also noted for its vibrant cultural scene and distinctive, eclectic architecture	Maputo	100%
a major city of the Kingdom of Morocco. It is the fourth largest city in the country... ______ is possibly the second most important of Morocco's four former imperial cities after Fez	Marrakesh	100%
the capital and largest city of Lesotho... Located on the Caledon River, ______ lies directly on the Lesotho-South Africa border... The city was established as a police camp and assigned as the capital after the country became a British protectorate in 1869	Maseru	100%
a Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa, sharing a border with Morocco, with an area of 12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi). ______ is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish cities in mainland Africa, the other being Ceuta	Melilla	100%
a coastal city of Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It is the country's oldest (circa 900 AD) and second-largest city	Mombasa	100%
the capital and the largest city of Kenya... ______ was founded in 1899 by the colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda Railway	Nairobi	100%
the capital and largest city of the West African country of Niger. ______ lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank	Niamey	100%
the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city	Ouagadougou	100%
one of the major cities in South Africa; it is situated in the Eastern Cape Province. The city... nicknamed "The Windy City", stretches for 16 kilometres (10 mi) along Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa	Port Elizabeth	100%
the capital and largest city of Rivers State, Nigeria. It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta... In 1956 crude oil was discovered in commercial quantities... and ______'s economy turned to petroleum when the first shipment of Nigerian crude oil was exported through the city in 1958	Port Harcourt	100%
a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 kilometres (19 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787 (2010)	Port Said	100%
a port city in eastern Sudan, and the capital of the state of Red Sea. As of 2007, it has 489,725 residents. Located on the Red Sea, it is the Republic of Sudan's main port city	Port Sudan	100%
the capital and largest city of Republic of Cabo Verde. Located on the southern coast of Santiago island, within the Sotavento Islands group... ______ is the economic, political, and cultural center of Cabo Verde	Praia	100%
the administrative capital of South Africa. It straddles the Apies River and has spread eastwards into the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains... ______ has a reputation for being an academic city with three universities... within South Africa sometimes called the "Jacaranda City" due to the thousands of jacaranda trees planted in its streets, parks and gardens	Pretoria	100%
the capital city and the largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.158 million people in 2018	Tripoli	100%
the capital and the largest city of Tunisia... Situated on a large Mediterranean Sea gulf (the Gulf of ______), behind the Lake of ______ and the port of La Goulette (Ḥalq il-Wād), the city extends along the coastal plain and the hills that surround it	Tunis	100%
the capital and largest city of Seychelles, situated on the north-eastern side of Mahé island, the archipelago's main island. The city was first established as the seat of the British colonial government	Victoria	100%
the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre	Windhoek	100%
the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala	Yaounde	100%
the capital and largest city of Edo State in southern Nigeria... ______ is the centre of Nigeria's rubber industry, and oil production is also a significant industry	Benin City	67%
a city situated in the Woqooyi Galbeed region of the self-declared but internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa. It is the capital and largest city of Somaliland	Hargeisa	67%
the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre. The city has been Rwanda's economic, cultural, and transport hub since it became capital at independence in 1962	Kigali	67%
the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014)	Rabat	67%
a city in the south of Egypt... ______ is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the ______ Dam on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract	Aswan	50%
the capital and largest city of Sofala Province... in the central region of Mozambique. It is the fourth-largest city by population in Mozambique... ______ is the second largest seaport for international cargo transportation to Mozambique after Maputo. In March 2019, the city was heavily damaged by Cyclone Idai, destroying up to 90% of the city	Beira	50%
the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea	Conakry	50%
the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.... has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries. Because of its high cultural and historical value, ______ is one of Portugal's main tourist attractions	Funchal	50%
the capital and largest city of Botswana... in the south-eastern corner of Botswana, and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the South African border	Gaborone	50%
the state capital of ______ State in North West, Nigeria. It is situated in the Sahelian geographic region, south of the Sahara. ______ is the commercial nerve centre of Northern Nigeria and is the second largest city in Nigeria	Kano	50%
the capital and largest city of Sudan... It is located at the confluence of the White Nile... and the Blue Nile... Divided by the two Rivers Nile, ______ is a tripartite metropolis with an estimated overall population of over five million people, consisting of ______ proper, and linked by bridges to ______ North and Omdurman to the west	Khartoum	50%
the capital of Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the third largest urbanized city in the country and the largest of the cities that lie in the tropical woodlands of the Congo	Kisangani	50%
the capital and largest city of Chad. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kousséri	N'Djamena	50%
a city in Tunisia... Located 140 km (87 mi) south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). _____ is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea	Sousse	50%
one of the two political capitals and administrative capital of Ivory Coast and an autonomous district of the country, while the other capital of the country is Abidjan	Yamoussoukro	50%
the capital and largest city of Mauritania. It is one of the largest cities in the Sahel. The city also serves as the administrative and economic center of Mauritania	Nouakchott	33%
the economic capital of Ivory Coast and one of the most populous French-speaking cities in Africa	Abidjan	0%
the capital and largest city of Ethiopia... It is where the African Union is headquartered... It also hosts the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), as well as various other continental and international organizations. ______ is therefore often referred to as "the political capital of Africa" for its historical, diplomatic and political significance for the continent	Addis Ababa	0%
a major city in Morocco. ______ is located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Sus River flows into the ocean and 316 miles (509 km) south of Casablanca	Agadir	0%
the capital and largest city of Madagascar... The city sits at 1,280 m (4,199 ft) above sea level in the center of the island, the highest national capital by elevation among the island countries	Antananarivo	0%
the capital and most populous city of Eritrea, in the country's Central Region. It sits at an elevation of 2,325 metres (7,628 ft), making it the sixth highest capital in the world by altitude	Asmara	0%
the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic... ______ has been the scene of intense rebel activity and destruction during decades of political upheaval, including the recent rebellion. As a result of political unrest, the city was named in 1996 as one of the most dangerous in the world	Bangui	0%
a city in Libya. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean, ______ is a major seaport and the second-most populous city in the country	Benghazi	0%
the former capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore	Bujumbura	0%
the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland... ______ is, at least historically, the principal industrial centre of Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	0%
a legislative capital of South Africa, colloquially named the Mother City. It is the legislative capital of South Africa and primate city of the Western Cape province	Cape Town	0%
the largest city and economic centre of Benin... In addition to being Benin's largest city, it is the seat of government, although Porto-Novo is the official capital. It is home to most of the country's government buildings and diplomatic services	Cotonou	0%
the capital and largest city of Senegal... The Portuguese established a presence on the island of Gorée... and used it as a base for the Atlantic slave trade... Following the abolition of the slave trade and French annexation of the mainland area in the 19th century, ______ grew into a major regional port and a major city of the French colonial empire. In 1902, ______ replaced Saint-Louis as the capital of French West Africa	Dakar	0%
the former capital as well as the most populous city in Tanzania and a regionally important economic centre. Located on the Swahili coast, the city is one of the fastest growing cities in the world	Dar es Salaam	0%
the third most populous city in South Africa... and the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Located on the east coast of South Africa, ______ is famous for being the busiest port in the country	Durban	0%
a city on the southeast coast of South Africa in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of the Eastern Cape province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the Nahoon River, and hosts the country's only river port	East London	0%
the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city... The city's economy revolves largely around its harbour... ______ is the oldest capital to be founded by African Americans, having been founded thirty years before Monrovia, Liberia and is noted for its unique Creole architecture reflecting American and Caribbean influences	Freetown	0%
the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of Jubek State	Juba	0%
a city in Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. ______ is near Lake Bosomtwe, in a rain forest region, and is the commercial, industrial and cultural capital of Asanteman	Kumasi	0%
a city and capital of Gran Canaria island, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, and the ninth-largest city in Spain with a population of 383,308 in 2010	Las Palmas	0%
a city in Southern Province of Zambia. Until 2012, it served as the province's capital. Lying 10 km (6.2 mi) to the north of the Zambezi River, it is a tourism centre for the Victoria Falls and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Victoria Falls	Livingstone	0%
a city in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the second-largest in the country... ______ is the mining capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, acting as a hub for many of the country's biggest mining companies	Lubumbashi	0%
the capital city of Kasai-Oriental Province in the south-central Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the third largest city in the country... Despite its large population, the city remains remote, having little connection to surrounding provinces or to Kinshasa and Lubumbashi	Mbuji-Mayi	0%
locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. Located in the coastal Banadir region on the Somali Sea, the city has served as an important port for millennia	Mogadishu	0%
the capital city of the West African country of Liberia... Founded on April 25, 1822, ______ was the second permanent African American settlement in Africa after Freetown, Sierra Leone. ______'s economy is shaped primarily by its harbour and its role as the location of Liberia's government offices	Monrovia	0%
a port city on the southern shore of Lake Victoria in north-western Tanzania. With a population of more than 800,000, it is Tanzania's second largest city	Mwanza	0%
a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Nigeria's Anambra State. A metropolitan city, ______ is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. It hosts the ______ Main Market, the largest market in Africa in terms of geographical size and volume of goods	Onitsha	0%
a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its commercial, industrial, and cultural importance	Oran	0%
the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville... It is situated on a headland between ______ Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. ______ is the main commercial centre of the country	Pointe-Noire	0%
the capital city of Mauritius... ______ is the country's economic, cultural and political centre, and most populous city	Port Louis	0%
the préfecture (administrative capital) of the French overseas region and department of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. It is located at the island's northernmost point, close to the mouth of the Rivière ______	Saint-Denis	0%
the largest urban centre in The Gambia. It is situated close to the Atlantic coast, 13 km (8 mi) south-west of the capital, Banjul, and is formed of nine villages which have grown together into a larger urban area	Serekunda	0%
a city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Roman Taparura... The city is often described as Tunisia's "second city", being the second-most populous city after the capital Tunis	Sfax	0%
a seaport city (population of about 750,000 as of August 2018) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal	Suez	0%
a major city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Maghreb coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel	Tangier	0%
an ancient city in Mali, situated 20 km (12 mi) north of the Niger River... the golden age of the city, during which it was a major learning and cultural centre of the Mali Empire, was over, and it entered a long period of decline... Presently, ______ is impoverished and suffers from desertification	Timbuktu	0%
the capital and largest city of ______, in Tanzania. It is located on the west coast of Unguja... Stone Town is the historical core of the city, former capital of the ______ Sultanate; because of its unique architecture and culture, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000	Zanzibar	0%