Africa has 54 widely recognized sovereign states, which means the capital round gets serious before I have finished my coffee. These 120 questions travel region by region, reverse the map, and finish with the rivers, mountains, deserts, and borders worth remembering.
North, West & Central African Capitals
Q: What is the capital of Algeria?
A: Algiers. Both the country and its capital are in North Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Angola?
A: Luanda. Both the country and its capital are in Central Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Benin?
A: Porto-Novo is the official capital, while the government works mainly from Cotonou.
Q: What is the capital of Botswana?
A: Gaborone. Both the country and its capital are in Southern Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Burkina Faso?
A: Ouagadougou. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Burundi?
A: Gitega. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Cabo Verde?
A: Praia. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Cameroon?
A: Yaounde. Both the country and its capital are in Central Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Central African Republic?
A: Bangui. Both the country and its capital are in Central Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Chad?
A: N’Djamena. Both the country and its capital are in Central Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Comoros?
A: Moroni. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo?
A: Kinshasa. Both the country and its capital are in Central Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Republic of the Congo?
A: Brazzaville. Both the country and its capital are in Central Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Cote d’Ivoire?
A: Yamoussoukro is the official capital, while Abidjan remains the largest city and economic center.
Q: What is the capital of Djibouti?
A: Djibouti. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Egypt?
A: Cairo. Both the country and its capital are in North Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Equatorial Guinea?
A: Malabo. Both the country and its capital are in Central Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Eritrea?
A: Asmara. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Eswatini?
A: Mbabane is the administrative capital, while Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.
Q: What is the capital of Ethiopia?
A: Addis Ababa. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Gabon?
A: Libreville. Both the country and its capital are in Central Africa.
Q: What is the capital of The Gambia?
A: Banjul. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Ghana?
A: Accra. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Guinea?
A: Conakry. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?
A: Bissau. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Kenya?
A: Nairobi. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Lesotho?
A: Maseru. Both the country and its capital are in Southern Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Liberia?
A: Monrovia. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Libya?
A: Tripoli. Both the country and its capital are in North Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Madagascar?
A: Antananarivo. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
East & Southern African Capitals
Q: What is the capital of Malawi?
A: Lilongwe. Both the country and its capital are in Southern Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Mali?
A: Bamako. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Mauritania?
A: Nouakchott. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Mauritius?
A: Port Louis. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Morocco?
A: Rabat. Both the country and its capital are in North Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Mozambique?
A: Maputo. Both the country and its capital are in Southern Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Namibia?
A: Windhoek. Both the country and its capital are in Southern Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Niger?
A: Niamey. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Nigeria?
A: Abuja. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Rwanda?
A: Kigali. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Sao Tome and Principe?
A: Sao Tome. Both the country and its capital are in Central Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Senegal?
A: Dakar. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Seychelles?
A: Victoria. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
A: Freetown. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Somalia?
A: Mogadishu. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of South Africa?
A: Pretoria is the executive capital; Cape Town is legislative and Bloemfontein is judicial.
Q: What is the capital of South Sudan?
A: Juba. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Sudan?
A: Khartoum. Both the country and its capital are in North Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Tanzania?
A: Dodoma. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Togo?
A: Lome. Both the country and its capital are in West Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Tunisia?
A: Tunis. Both the country and its capital are in North Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Uganda?
A: Kampala. Both the country and its capital are in East Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Zambia?
A: Lusaka. Both the country and its capital are in Southern Africa.
Q: What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
A: Harare. Both the country and its capital are in Southern Africa.
Q: Which African country has Algiers as its capital?
A: Algeria. It is generally grouped with North Africa.
Q: Which African country has Luanda as its capital?
A: Angola. It is generally grouped with Central Africa.
Q: Which African country has Porto-Novo as its capital?
A: Benin. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Gaborone as its capital?
A: Botswana. It is generally grouped with Southern Africa.
Q: Which African country has Ouagadougou as its capital?
A: Burkina Faso. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Gitega as its capital?
A: Burundi. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Name the Country from Its Capital
Q: Which African country has Praia as its capital?
A: Cabo Verde. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Yaounde as its capital?
A: Cameroon. It is generally grouped with Central Africa.
Q: Which African country has Bangui as its capital?
A: Central African Republic. It is generally grouped with Central Africa.
Q: Which African country has N’Djamena as its capital?
A: Chad. It is generally grouped with Central Africa.
Q: Which African country has Moroni as its capital?
A: Comoros. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Kinshasa as its capital?
A: Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is generally grouped with Central Africa.
Q: Which African country has Brazzaville as its capital?
A: Republic of the Congo. It is generally grouped with Central Africa.
Q: Which African country has Yamoussoukro as its capital?
A: Cote d’Ivoire. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Djibouti as its capital?
A: Djibouti. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Cairo as its capital?
A: Egypt. It is generally grouped with North Africa.
Q: Which African country has Malabo as its capital?
A: Equatorial Guinea. It is generally grouped with Central Africa.
Q: Which African country has Asmara as its capital?
A: Eritrea. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Mbabane as its capital?
A: Eswatini. It is generally grouped with Southern Africa.
Q: Which African country has Addis Ababa as its capital?
A: Ethiopia. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Libreville as its capital?
A: Gabon. It is generally grouped with Central Africa.
Q: Which African country has Banjul as its capital?
A: The Gambia. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Accra as its capital?
A: Ghana. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Conakry as its capital?
A: Guinea. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Bissau as its capital?
A: Guinea-Bissau. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Nairobi as its capital?
A: Kenya. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Maseru as its capital?
A: Lesotho. It is generally grouped with Southern Africa.
Q: Which African country has Monrovia as its capital?
A: Liberia. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Tripoli as its capital?
A: Libya. It is generally grouped with North Africa.
Q: Which African country has Antananarivo as its capital?
A: Madagascar. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Lilongwe as its capital?
A: Malawi. It is generally grouped with Southern Africa.
Q: Which African country has Bamako as its capital?
A: Mali. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Nouakchott as its capital?
A: Mauritania. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Port Louis as its capital?
A: Mauritius. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Rabat as its capital?
A: Morocco. It is generally grouped with North Africa.
Q: Which African country has Maputo as its capital?
A: Mozambique. It is generally grouped with Southern Africa.
Africa Geography, Records & Map Traps
Q: Which African country has Windhoek as its capital?
A: Namibia. It is generally grouped with Southern Africa.
Q: Which African country has Niamey as its capital?
A: Niger. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Abuja as its capital?
A: Nigeria. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Kigali as its capital?
A: Rwanda. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Sao Tome as its capital?
A: Sao Tome and Principe. It is generally grouped with Central Africa.
Q: Which African country has Dakar as its capital?
A: Senegal. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Victoria as its capital?
A: Seychelles. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Freetown as its capital?
A: Sierra Leone. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Mogadishu as its capital?
A: Somalia. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Pretoria as its capital?
A: South Africa. It is generally grouped with Southern Africa.
Q: Which African country has Juba as its capital?
A: South Sudan. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Khartoum as its capital?
A: Sudan. It is generally grouped with North Africa.
Q: Which African country has Dodoma as its capital?
A: Tanzania. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Lome as its capital?
A: Togo. It is generally grouped with West Africa.
Q: Which African country has Tunis as its capital?
A: Tunisia. It is generally grouped with North Africa.
Q: Which African country has Kampala as its capital?
A: Uganda. It is generally grouped with East Africa.
Q: Which African country has Lusaka as its capital?
A: Zambia. It is generally grouped with Southern Africa.
Q: Which African country has Harare as its capital?
A: Zimbabwe. It is generally grouped with Southern Africa.
Q: Which African country has three capital cities?
A: South Africa. Pretoria is executive, Cape Town is legislative, and Bloemfontein is judicial.
Q: Which city is Tanzania’s official capital?
A: Dodoma. Dar es Salaam remains the country’s largest city and major commercial center.
Q: Which city replaced Lagos as Nigeria’s capital in 1991?
A: Abuja. Its central location was one reason for developing the planned capital.
Q: Which African capital faces Kinshasa across the Congo River?
A: Brazzaville. The two national capitals sit unusually close on opposite banks.
Q: Which desert covers much of North Africa?
A: The Sahara. It is the world’s largest hot desert.
Q: Which river is commonly described as the world’s longest?
A: The Nile. Measurements and definitions create debate with the Amazon over the record.
Q: Which lake is Africa’s largest by surface area?
A: Lake Victoria. Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania share its shores.
Q: Which mountain is Africa’s highest?
A: Mount Kilimanjaro. Its summit in Tanzania rises about 19,341 feet.
Q: Which island country is Africa’s largest island by area?
A: Madagascar. The Mozambique Channel separates it from mainland Africa.
Q: Which narrow waterway separates Morocco from Spain?
A: The Strait of Gibraltar. It links the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Q: Which African country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
A: Lesotho. Its entire territory lies at high elevation.
Q: Which line of latitude crosses central Africa?
A: The equator. It passes through countries including Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia.
How Did You Score?
If Yamoussoukro, Gitega, Porto-Novo, and Dodoma all came before their larger-city decoys, your Africa map is sharp. I still pronounce Ouagadougou slowly enough to make it a group project.
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