Can you name the most populous cities of Africa?

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Africa Populous Cities Quiz

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Published: October 25th, 2008
Category: Geography
Plays: 91,250

Tags: City Quizzes, Africa Quizzes, Population Quizzes, populous

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	weizenugb:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 04:37 GMT	48 points
	Hey guys, really want to thank you for these great games! You're doing an awesome job and it must involve a lot of hard work to update every day. Keep up the great work!

	weizenugb:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 04:45 GMT	15 points
	20/25...wow some of those are hard

	tobinw:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 04:58 GMT	5 points
	Ekurhuleni? WTF?

	Laly:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 09:16 GMT	15 points
	As a South African, I can assure you, the "East Rand" is most certainly not a town, or city, but an area of Gauteng.

	Math Chick:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 14:13 GMT	7 points
	Great game! A real challenge-- thank you.

	Laly:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 14:54 GMT	10 points
	ah...cities AND their urban areas...d'oh

	ElDavo:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 14:54 GMT	11 points
	Other continents, I'm fine. Africa, not so good.

	davidr:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 20:31 GMT	10 points
	@ElDavo: just wait 'til you see Oceania. ;-)

	magister:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 22:09 GMT	6 points
	@davidr: Will they all be in Australia? Actually I just looked, and I think it's funny that there's only 4 Oceanic cities in the top 400!

	davidr:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 00:25 GMT	4 points
	@magister: There are some outside Australia. And, as far as I can see, there are only 23 cities in the whole of Oceania with more than 100,000 inhabitants; these are the ones that will be in the quiz. For all the other continents, the 25th-largest city has at least a million.

	Kevin:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 02:02 GMT	2 points
	Wow, I've only heard of seven of these.

	allison raines (simple sentence):	Oct 26th, 2008 at 05:18 GMT	4 points
	I took Geography in college, and our professor almost apologized for leaving out Africa. I was able to name only 7 cities with correct spellings before I chalked this one up to a learning opportunity.

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	Laly:	Oct 28th, 2008 at 09:47 GMT	22 points
	@Catherine Ford- I am South African and there are some cities that I had not heard of. This does not make one ignorant, nor does admitting it make one stupid. These quizzes are in my opinion enjoyable because I think most people will learn a little something from most of them. I most certainly do. Calling people out for being "ignorant" only makes you look so yourself.

	davidr:	Oct 30th, 2008 at 10:50 GMT	7 points
	@Laly, `I am South African and there are some cities that I had not heard of': Even some of the South African ones! ;-) I find this quiz very difficult: even though I did the research for it, I've not managed to get all twenty-five, yet. I think we tend to think of Africa (apart from SA) as not being the sort of place that has big cities.

	Laly:	Oct 30th, 2008 at 15:12 GMT	4 points
	@Davidr- ha! We rename a town or city almost everyday here, so I have a good excuse!

	ZacharyTaylor:	Nov 15th, 2008 at 00:53 GMT	4 points
	I forgot Addis Ababa!

	ZacharyTaylor:	Nov 15th, 2008 at 00:55 GMT	9 points
	Hey, whoever this "Cathrine Ford" is, you should not be mean to other players!

	jcstahl:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 15:33 GMT	5 points
	I've only heard of 8 of them (Casablanca from the movie only, and Tripoli from the USMC anthem only). Guess I'm no good in CF's book either. heh heh. Seriously, I use these quizzes as some use Brain Age or Sodoku. Keeps the mind fresh.

	Tony:	Dec 13th, 2008 at 21:31 GMT	-3 points
	10/25, I knew the capitals, and that's what I got, plus Casablanca and Tripoli.

	davidr:	Dec 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 GMT	5 points
	@Tony: Tripoli is a capital! :-) I'm surprised you didn't get some of the South African ones, too, but maybe the UK's close sporting links with South Africa give me an advantage.

	Tony:	Jan 8th, 2009 at 01:29 GMT	3 points
	Yeah I realized that after I left the comment. Doy on me. Probably the UK advantage is a big one, but I am just not as good at African geography as on other continents. I can get about 23+ on others, but usually I'm not logged in, I'll go do 'em now :)

	OscilatingGibbon:	Jan 15th, 2009 at 13:52 GMT	3 points
	I found some of these easy (the capitals quiz helped!) and some of these a lot harder. Good quiz!

	some_guy:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 15:24 GMT	3 points
	I can't believe that I lived in South Africa and missed Durban. D'oh

	Kitnaz:	Jan 28th, 2009 at 12:04 GMT	2 points
	I can't beleive I missed Alexandria!

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	Mountleek:	Feb 5th, 2009 at 17:57 GMT	1 point
	I think that it should be possible to enter the LOCAL spelling as well - not everyone is an English speaker :)

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	nhrafan:	Mar 13th, 2009 at 22:43 GMT	8 points
	@Patrick: Why? The two are entirely different cities. Dodoma is the official capital, but many government offices remain in Dar Es Salaam. That's why both are accepted in the capitals quiz. However, this quiz is for the largest cities, and Dodoma doesn't even come close to cracking the top 25.

	Dahlia:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 18:55 GMT	2 points
	Feel so stupid at missing Durban and Johannesburg--I was trying too hard to spell all three capitals correctly to think of the other cities! Great quiz.

	GeoExpert:	May 18th, 2009 at 23:35 GMT	1 point
	I was pleasantly surprised, I only missed three. East Rand? Is that Pretoria and if so Pretoria should be accepted. Missed Daoula and Ibadan

	GeoExpert:	May 18th, 2009 at 23:37 GMT	4 points
	Just looked it up. East Rand is part of the Johannesburg metro system- like its twin city. Minneapolis-St Paul, Dallas-Ft Worth, Tampa-St Pete, Beijing-Tianjin. Hey! That would make a pretty good quiz! Twin cities

	czechman:	May 31st, 2009 at 18:56 GMT	1 point
	Ok. 23/25. One of the hardest quizzes on the site. I missed Douala, Cameroon and somehow i missed the capital of Madagascar; Antananarivo.

	GeoExpert:	Jun 11th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT	2 points
	Hey davidr, I have a question. When making this quiz did you just tell Sporcle to use a map when sending it in?

	HiddenPalace:	Jun 14th, 2009 at 05:57 GMT	2 points
	18/25 I don't feel this is bad for a first try.

	subway24:	Jun 16th, 2009 at 15:55 GMT	4 points
	I thought Pretoria would be on there. I got 7/25. This is a great quiz. I couldn't figure out how to spell Antananarivo.

	Garble86:	Jul 5th, 2009 at 19:53 GMT	1 point
	Another Saffer... Got 18/25. I object to Ekurhuleni/East Rand/Benoni... The quiz says "cities and their urban areas" and the East Rand is patently part of Johannesburg's Urban Area, though not its municipality. Pretoria is also part of its urban area BTW, but it's not officially recognized as such... YET. I'd also like double points for spelling Antananarivo right first time!

	motomoto:	Aug 6th, 2009 at 14:15 GMT	1 point
	I thought I knew a lot about Africa, but this challenge certainly made me realize I have some work to do! Thanks! (19/25)

	xXbassmanXx88:	Aug 11th, 2009 at 18:01 GMT	0 points
	at those complaining about the english thing, this is a UK/US website, and most inhabitants of those countries speak English. Sorry for the inconvenience, but that's how it is.