Country
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City
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Hint
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Egypt
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Cairo
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Capital, Biggest
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Egypt
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Alexandria
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2nd Largest, Famous (now destroyed) Library
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Egypt
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Suez
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Namesake of famous canal
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Egypt
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Giza
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Great Pyramids, Sphynx
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Egypt
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Port Said
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First buildings ever made out of reinforced concrete
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Egypt
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Shubra El-Kheima
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4th Lagest, Suburb of Capital
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Egypt
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Luxor
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"Worlds greatest open air museum"
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Egypt
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Aswan
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Famous Dam with namesake, formerly Assuan
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Libya
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Tripoli
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Capital, Biggest
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Libya
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Benghazi
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2nd Largest, US embassy attack
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Libya
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Misrata
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3rd Largest, 'Business capital of Libya'
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Tunisia
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Tunis
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Capital, Biggest
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Tunisia
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Sfax
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2nd Largest, Built on the ruins of Thaenae and Taparura
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Tunisia
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Carthage
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Historically important city
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Algeria
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Algiers
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Capital, Biggest
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Algeria
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Oran
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2nd Largest, Major port, named for extinct Lions
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Algeria
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Constantine
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'City of Bridges' once called Cirta, Renamed for a Roman Emperor
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Algeria
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Annaba
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Often called 'Balad Al Unnab', leading industrial center in Algeria
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Morocco
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Casablanca
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Biggest, Moroccos chief port
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Morocco
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Fez
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2nd Largest, National capital until 1925
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Morocco
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Tangier
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Former Berber town, phoenician trading town and colonial town
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Morocco
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Marrakesh
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one of Moroccos greatest economic and tourist destinations, one of the 4 'Imperial Cities'
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Morocco
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Sale
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Former independant republic and pirate haven
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Morocco
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Rabat
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Capital, 4th Largest
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Morocco
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Meknes
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Former national capital, named for the Berber tribe Miknasa
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Spain (exclave)
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Ceuta
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Moroccan dispute
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Spain (exclave)
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Melilla
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Moroccan dispute
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Canary Islands (Spain)
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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Joint Capital, 2nd Largest
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Canary Islands (Spain)
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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Joint Capital, Biggest
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Madeira (Portugal)
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Funchal
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Capital, Biggest
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Western Sahara
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El Aaiun
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Breakaway Moroccan region, Capital, Biggest
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Mauritania
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Nouakchott
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Capital, Biggest
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Mauritania
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Nouadhibou
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2nd Largest
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Mali
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Bamako
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Capital, Biggest
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Mali
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Sikasso
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2nd Largest
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Mali/Azawad
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Timbuktu
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Slang for a remote place, declared capital of Azawad
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Mali/Azawad
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Gao
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Azawad provisional Capital
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Cabo Verde
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Praia
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Capital, Biggest
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Cabo Verde
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Mindelo
|
2nd Largest
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Senegal
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Dakar
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Capital, Biggest
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Senegal
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Pikine
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2nd Largest
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The Gambia
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Banjul
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Capital
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The Gambia
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Serekunda
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Biggest
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The Gambia
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Brikama
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2nd Largest
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Guinea Bissau
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Bissau
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Capital, Biggest
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Guinea Bissau
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Bafata
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2nd Largest
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Guinea
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Conakry
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Capital, Biggest
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Guinea
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Nzerekore
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2nd Largest
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Sierra Leone
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Freetown
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Capital, Biggest
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Sierra Leone
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Bo
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2nd Largest
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Liberia
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Monrovia
|
Capital, Largest
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Liberia
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Gbarnga
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2nd Largest
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Ivory Coast
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Abidjan
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Biggest
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Ivory Coast
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Yamoussoukro
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Capital
|
Ivory Coast
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Bouake
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2nd Largest City
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Ivory Coast
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Abobo
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2nd Largest Metro
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Ghana
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Accra
|
Capital, Biggest
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Ghana
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Kumasi
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2nd Largest
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Ghana
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Tamale
|
3rd Largest, fastest growing city in West Africa
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Burkina Faso
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Ouagadougou
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Capital, Biggest
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Burkina Faso
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Bobo-Dioulasso
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2nd Largest
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Togo
|
Lome
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Capital, Biggest
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Togo
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Sokode
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2nd Largest
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Benin
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Porto Novo
|
Official Capital
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Benin
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Cotonou
|
Biggest, Seat of Government but not official capital
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Benin
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Abomey-Calavi
|
2nd Largest
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Niger
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Niamey
|
Capital, Biggest
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Niger
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Zinder
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2nd Largest
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Nigeria
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Abuja
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Capital
|
Nigeria
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Lagos
|
Biggest
|
Nigeria
|
Kaduna
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Founded by the British, City symbol is the Kada (Crocodile)
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Nigeria
|
Ibadan
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3rd largest, Yoruba ethnicity, walled city, Capital Oyo State
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Nigeria
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Kano
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2nd Largest
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Nigeria
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Port Harcourt
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Bonny River, Oil exporter
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Nigeria
|
Ogbomosho
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Walled City, Yoruba ethnicity, Capital of the River States
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Nigeria
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Aba
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Founded by the Ngwa, Aba River
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Nigeria
|
Maiduguri
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Capital of Borno State, called 'Yerwa' by locals
|
Nigeria
|
Zaria
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Formerly 'Zazzau', one of the original 7 Hausa City States
|
Nigeria
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Benin City
|
Capital of Edo State, center for Nigerian Rubber
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Sao Tome
|
Capital, Biggest
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Santo Amaro
|
2nd Largest
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Cameroon
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Yaounde
|
Capital, 2nd Largest
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Cameroon
|
Douala
|
Biggest
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Equatorial Guinea
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Malabo
|
Capital, 2nd Largest, Bioko Island
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Equatorial Guinea
|
Bata
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Biggest, Mainland
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Gabon
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Libreville
|
Capital, Biggest
|
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Country
|
City
|
Hint
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Gabon
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Port-Gentil
|
2nd Largest
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Chad
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N'djamena
|
Capital, Biggest
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Chad
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Moundou
|
2nd Largest
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Central African Republic
|
Bangui
|
Capital, Biggest
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Central African Republic
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Bimbo
|
2nd Largest
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Sudan
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Khartoum
|
Capital, Biggest
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Sudan
|
Omdurman
|
2nd Largest
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Sudan
|
Kassala
|
Gash River, famous for its fruit gardens
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Sudan
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Port Sudan
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Sudans main port, biggest Sudanese city on Red Sea
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South Sudan
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Juba
|
Capital, Biggest
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South Sudan
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Malakal
|
2nd Largest
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Eritrea
|
Asmara
|
Capital, Biggest
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Eritrea
|
Keren
|
2nd Largest
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Djibouti
|
Djibouti City
|
Capital, Biggest
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Djibouti
|
Ali Sabieh
|
2nd Largest
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Ethiopia
|
Addis Ababa
|
Capital, Biggest
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Ethiopia
|
Adama
|
2nd Largest, formerly known as Nazret
|
Ethiopia
|
Axum
|
Former capital of Kingdom of Aksum, one of the oldest continually inhabited places in the world
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Ethiopia
|
Gondar
|
3rd Largest, Former capital of Kingdom of Ethiopia, 'Camelot of Africa'
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Ethiopia
|
Mek'ele
|
Economic, cultural, and political hub, divided into 7 sub cities
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Somalia
|
Mogadishu
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Somalia
|
Bosaso
|
2nd Largest
|
Somaliland
|
Hargeisa
|
Capital, Biggest (2nd largest all of Somalia)
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Kenya
|
Nairobi
|
Capital, Biggest
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Kenya
|
Mombasa
|
2nd Largest
|
Kenya
|
Kisumu
|
3rd Largest, name means 'A place of barter trade'
|
Uganda
|
Kampala
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Uganda
|
Kira
|
2nd Largest
|
Rwanda
|
Kigali
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Rwanda
|
Butare
|
2nd Largest
|
Burundi
|
Bujumbura
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Burundi
|
Muyinga
|
2nd Largest
|
Tanzania
|
Dar es Salaam
|
Biggest, Biggest city in East Africa, Largest population of Swahili speakers in the world
|
Tanzania
|
Mwanza
|
2nd Largest, LakeVictoria
|
Tanzania
|
Arusha
|
Major international diplomatic hub, de facto capital of East Africa
|
Tanzania
|
Dodoma
|
Capital
|
Tanzania
|
Zanzibar City
|
UNESCO world heritage site
|
Republic of the Congo
|
Brazzaville
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Republic of the Congo
|
Pointe-Noire
|
2nd Largest
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Kinshasa
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Lubumbashi
|
2nd Largest, Formerly Elizabethville
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Mbuji-Mayi
|
3rd Largest, name means 'Goat Water', Sankuru River
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Kisangani
|
Formerly 'Stanleyville'
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Goma
|
Ravaged by Rwandan Genocide and the two Congo Wars
|
Angola
|
Luanda
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Angola
|
Huambo
|
2nd Largest, Formerly 'New Lisbon'
|
Angola
|
Lobito
|
3rd Largest, 'Flamingo City'
|
Zambia
|
Lusaka
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Zambia
|
Ndola
|
3rd Largest, Industrial Center of Zambias Copper belt
|
Zambia
|
Kitwe
|
2nd Largest
|
Namibia
|
Windhoek
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Namibia
|
Walvis Bay
|
2nd Largest
|
Botswana
|
Gaborone
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Botswana
|
Francistown
|
2nd Largest
|
Zimbabwe
|
Harare
|
Capital, Biggest
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Zimbabwe
|
Bulawayo
|
2nd Largest, 'City of Kings'
|
Zimbabwe
|
Chitungwiza
|
3rd largest, 'Chi town'
|
Malawi
|
Lilongwe
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Malawi
|
Blantyre
|
2nd Largest
|
Mozambique
|
Maputo
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Mozambique
|
Matola
|
2nd Largest, suburb of capital
|
Mozambique
|
Beira
|
3rd Largest, developed by Portugal, 2nd largest non Suburb City
|
Mauritius
|
Port Louis
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Mauritius
|
Vacoas
|
2nd Largest
|
Seychelles
|
Victoria
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Comoros
|
Moroni
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Comoros
|
Mutsamudu
|
2nd Largest
|
Madagascar
|
Antananarivo
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Madagascar
|
Toamasina
|
2nd Largest
|
Lesotho
|
Maseru
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Lesotho
|
Teyateyneng
|
2nd Largest
|
Swaziland
|
Mbabane
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Swaziland
|
Manzini
|
2nd Largest
|
South Africa
|
Pretoria
|
Executive (administrative) capital, De Facto National Capital
|
South Africa
|
Cape Town
|
2nd Largest, Legislative Capital
|
South Africa
|
Bloemfontein
|
Judicial Capital, 'Fountain of Flowers'
|
South Africa
|
Johannesburg
|
Biggest, seat of South Africas Constitutional Court
|
South Africa
|
Soweto
|
Very large suburb of Biggest City
|
South Africa
|
Durban
|
Virtually tied with Cape town for 2nd Largest, SAs largest port
|
South Africa
|
Port Elizabeth
|
AKA 'The Bay', 'The Windy City' 'The Friendliest City'
|
South Africa
|
Tembisa
|
Zulu for 'Promise'
|
Mayotte (France)
|
Mamoudzou
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Reunion (France)
|
Saint Denis
|
Capital, Biggest
|
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)
|
Port-aux-francais
|
Capital, Biggest
|
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cahuna (UK)
|
Jamestown
|
Capital, Biggest
|
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