Capitals of the African countries (2023)

1. INTRODUCTION

Below you can find a list with all the current African countries and their capitals (2023).

I hope you find the information interesting.

2. AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND THEIR CAPITALS (54)

1. Algeria: Algiers
2. Angola: Luanda
3. Benin: Porto Nuevo and Cotonou
4. Botswana: Gaborone
5. Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
6. Burundi: Bujumbura
7. Cabo Verde: Praia
8. Cameroon: Yaoundé
9. Central African Republic: Bangui
10. Chad: N’Djamena
11. Comoros: Moroni
12. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa
13. Djibouti: Djibouti
14. Egypt: Cairo
15. Equatorial Guinea: Malabo
16. Eritrea: Asmara
17. Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
18. Gabon: Libreville
19. Gambia: Banjul
20. Ghana: Accra
21. Guinea: Conakry
22. Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
23. Ivory Coast: Yamoussoukro
24. Kenya: Nairobi
25. Lesotho: Maseru
26. Liberia: Monrovia
27. Libya: Tripoli
28. Madagascar: Antananarivo
29. Malawi: Lilongwe
30. Mali: Bamako
31. Mauritania: Nouakchott
32. Mauritius: Port Louis
33. Morocco: Rabat
34. Mozambique: Maputo
35. Namibia: Windhoek
36. Niger: Niamey
37. Nigeria: Abuja
38. Republic of Congo: Brazaville
39. Rwanda: Kigali
40. Sao Tome and Principe: Sao Tome
41. Senegal: Dakar
42. Seychelles: Victoria
43. Sierra Leone: Freetown
44. Somalia: Mogadishu
45. South Africa: Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Pretoria
46. South Sudan: Yuba
47. Sudan: Khartoum
48. Swaziland: Babane and Lobamba
49. Tanzania: Dodoma
50. Togo: Lomé
51. Tunisia: Tunisia
52. Uganda: Kampala
53. Zambia: Lusaka
54. Zimbabwe: Harare

3. MAP WITH THE LOCATION OF THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Location of the african countries. (*) Western Sahara is not a sovereign country. More info [HERE].

4. NOTES AND CLARIFICATIONS

• Western Sahara is not a sovereign country, but a disputed territory between the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Morocco.
• The Republic of South Africa has three official capitals:
  • Pretoria: administrative capital.
  • Bloemfontein: judicial capital.
  • Cape Town: legislative capital.

5. REFERENCES

• Un.org – United Nations (2023). Member States. Avaliable [HERE].
• Saberespractico.com (2023). Países y capitales de África. Text in Spanish. Avaliable [HERE].
• D-maps.com (2019). Map with the location of all the countries in Africa. Avaliable [HERE].