Capitals of Africa Quiz
Match 46 countries in Africa to their capital cities. Each round asks 10 questions with four choices, all real capitals from Africa. Play as many rounds as you like, then check yourself against the study list below.
The northernmost capital in this quiz is Tunis (Tunisia, about 36.8°N) and the southernmost is Maseru (Lesotho, about 29.3°S), based on Wikidata coordinates.
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Study list: all 46 capitals of Africa
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Algiers |
| Angola | Luanda |
| Botswana | Gaborone |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé |
| Cape Verde | Praia |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | N'Djamena |
| Comoros | Moroni |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| Eritrea | Asmara |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| Gabon | Libreville |
| Gambia | Banjul |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| Lesotho | Maseru |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Libya | Tripoli |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | Lilongwe |
| Mali | Bamako |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Morocco | Rabat |
| Mozambique | Maputo |
| Namibia | Windhoek |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Abuja |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville |
| Rwanda | Kigali |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé |
| Senegal | Dakar |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Somalia | Mogadishu |
| South Sudan | Juba |
| Sudan | Khartoum |
| Tanzania | Dodoma |
| Togo | Lomé |
| Tunisia | Tunis |
| Uganda | Kampala |
| Zambia | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | Harare |
FAQ
- How many countries are in the capitals of africa quiz?
- 46. We include the countries in our dataset whose continent is the same in all our sources and whose capital is confirmed by two independent sources.
- Why are some countries missing?
- Benin, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ivory Coast, South Africa are left out because the capital is split between several cities, disputed, or not confirmed by two sources. We only ask questions with one clear answer.
- Why aren’t Russia, Turkey or Cyprus here?
- Some countries are classified on different continents by different sources, so we leave them out of continent quizzes: Cyprus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Mauritius, Russia, Seychelles, Turkey. You will still meet them in the daily games.
- Is it free? Do I need an account?
- Yes, it is free, and there is no account. Practice rounds are unlimited and are not counted in your daily streak.