Can you name the largest cities in each of Africa's countries?

created by Ben

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Source: World Gazetteer
More largest cities: Asia and Europe
Updated July 2011

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Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Republic of Congo

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

Cote d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

The Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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Africa's Largest Cities Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: September 29th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 22,751

Tags: Africa Quizzes, City Quizzes, Country Quizzes, largest

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	Dirk:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT	30 points
	If anyone gets 100% on this without cheating I'd be amazed.

	enough:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:10 GMT	37 points
	If anyone gets 50% I would be impressed

	Gumpster:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:13 GMT	18 points
	honest answer to the question asked by the quiz title: ah... no

	007:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:13 GMT	28 points
	I believe we have a new contender for toughest quiz on sporcle...

	nearlyextinct:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:14 GMT	11 points
	I think when they get to the version of the largest cities of the world it will be ridiculous.

	NoVan:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:15 GMT	14 points
	Wait a minute, Sporcle can always teach us new things! Who's been getting uppity enough to suggest otherwise?

	Jordan117:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:20 GMT	4 points
	I'm surprised Mombasa ranks so low. It featured pretty prominently in the Somali pirate story a few months ago, and the new video game Halo 3: ODST takes place exclusively in the city of New Mombasa. Not that it's a household name, but you'd think it would get more than 5% recall, especially in a quiz that's all about African cities. Also: I got Bo by accident. :)

	andrew430:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:23 GMT	14 points
	I find it amusing that one of the cities on the list (from the Central African Republic) is called Bimbo.

	Kazbar:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:24 GMT	16 points
	Oh Ouagadougou, where would I be without memorizing your hideously overcomplicated name?

	xxdogofgleexx:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:27 GMT	9 points
	what's sad is, I'm sure there's someone who's gonna practice through the night, and still end up shouting, "That Beau Bassin-Rose Hill gets me EVERY TIME." It's bad enough that sometimes I forget Cairo.

	Psycho:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:27 GMT	19 points
	For me, this was a "Name the capitals of Africa" quiz.

	ferebend:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:38 GMT	1 point
	I'm fairly sure Sousse is Tunisia's third-largest city. Although I've only passed through there on the way to Tunis, I did do a lot of research before my trip. Wikipedia backs me up, but I'd have to check another source.

	Rifsun:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:39 GMT	5 points
	At this point either one person is twice is over twice as smart as everyone else who took the quiz, or someone cheated.

	Wildcat612:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:48 GMT	8 points
	2 things I didn't like: "Giza" should be accepted for "Gizeh." The breakdown in percentages ought to separate out a little differently. As is, the range "49-70" includes everyone who can name all the capitals in Africa plus those who can name up to 17 other cities. That's a pretty big difference in ability (if you get 53, you probably just memorized the capitals; if you get 70, you probably know a little bit about the geography of many of these countries).

	Guinevere:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 05:48 GMT	22 points
	I should've known when I did the Meatloaf quiz that there would be a catch.

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Angola

	shakescene:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 06:03 GMT	10 points
	What happened to Banjul (formerly Bathurst), the capital of (and thus the only place whose name I remember in) the Gambia? Has it changed its name yet again, or is it eclipsed by three places upriver that I never heard of?

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	Niques:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 06:14 GMT	7 points
	Oh. my. god. I have finally learnt to spell Ouagadougou! I have not felt this proud in quite some time - ta, Sporcle!

	geowiz85:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 06:32 GMT	8 points
	@shakes, Banjul is indeed not in the top 3, it only has 34,828 people in the city proper

	alexhaz64:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 08:43 GMT	3 points
	way to balance out the meatloaf quiz! (seriously this is hard, lol)

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	originalduncstar:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 09:41 GMT	2 points
	I've been to Madagascar and I could still only get two of the top three cities :( Fun quiz, though

	tbh444:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 09:53 GMT	7 points
	@Jordan117 Agreed, probably the effect of those on here who've learnt every obscure capital! I'd say that here in Britain, cities like Mombasa and Zanzibar are fairly well known as tourist destinations, but I guess less so in the USA

	WCRoentgen:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 10:01 GMT	-1 points
	Darn, missed "Khartoum North."

	jrnels:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 10:57 GMT	-1 points
	Ariana should be accepted for Tunisia. That's the standard spelling in my research.

	sub:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 12:54 GMT	6 points
	Does anyone here know the capital of Djibouti? An old man with a coke zero, perhaps?

	zalagreensbury:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 13:05 GMT	8 points
	How do you say 'give up' in Swahili?

	Rockdan:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 13:06 GMT	3 points
	And here I thought the other cities in Burkina Faso couldn't possibly compare to Ouagadougou.

	Haunter:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 13:13 GMT	2 points
	Holy impossible, Batman!

	smarty:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 13:23 GMT	1 point
	how embarrassing, i only got all three on south africa and morocco

	elnok:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 13:45 GMT	1 point
	No, smarty, what's embarrassing is that I missed a couple I've actually been to. Argh! 74's just not good enough for someone who used to have to know the continent professionally...

Madagascar

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	tobinw:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 14:28 GMT	2 points
	Was able to get all three in Morocco, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Algeria, and Egypt. Got two for a couple others (Kenya, Namibia, Sudan, Libya, Tanzania). Capitals of several others. Overall, though....sheesh. 71 overall. I like quizzes that make me think and teach me something new, though. Well done again, Sporcle.

	Jordan117:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 14:34 GMT	5 points
	@zalagreensbury: "Mimi waislamu!"

	Jelle:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 16:26 GMT	1 point
	Kaapstad doesn't work for Cape Town. :( The only one I got all three for was morocco. Quite sad.

Niger

	superineficaz:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 18:00 GMT	4 points
	of the 104 that i did not get, i had heard of ... five. i will be returning to this quiz every time i need to get taken down a notch.