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100 Biggest Cities in Africa in 1900 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the 100 most populous cities of Africa, each with an estimated population of over 15,000 in 1900?
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Sources used for population estimates listed in this Pastebin.
Some of these cities do not exist anymore and have since been absorbed into larger cities.
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Population
Cities
595,000
Cairo
314,000
Alexandria
204,000
Ibadan
156,000
Tunis
140,000
Algiers
120,000
Marrakesh
108,000
Fez
87,000
Oran
77,000
Cape Town
75,000
Ogbomosho
70,000
Ilorin
60,000
Abeokuta
60,000
Bida
60,000
Iwo
57,000
Durban
56,000
Tanta
55,000
Omdurman
54,000
Tananarive
(Antananarivo)
52,000
Constantine
52,000
Port Louis
50,000
Bauchi
50,000
Dikwa
50,000
Meknes
50,000
Modakeke
50,000
Osogbo
Population
Cities
45,000
Oyo
44,000
Las Palmas
44,000
Port Said
42,000
Asyut
40,000
Harar
40,000
Kano
40,000
Rabat
40,000
Zanzibar City
40,000
Zaria
39,000
El Mahalla El Kubra
39,000
Lagos
38,000
Mustapha
(Sidi M'Hamed, Algiers)
38,000
Pretoria
37,000
Mansoura
35,000
Addis Ababa
35,000
Iseyin
35,000
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
35,000
Zagazig
34,000
Freetown
34,000
Kimberley
33,000
Damanhur
33,000
Tlemcen
32,000
Bône
(Annaba)
32,000
Cape Coast
32,000
Faiyum
Population
Cities
32,000
Port Elizabeth
(Gqeberha)
32,000
Saint-Denis
30,000
Berbera
30,000
Damietta
30,000
Mengo
(Kampala)
30,000
Pietermaritzburg
30,000
Tangier
30,000
Tripoli
28,000
Blida
28,000
Saint-Pierre
27,000
Mombasa
27,000
Tizi Ouzou
25,000
Akhmim
25,000
Bloemfontein
25,000
East London
25,000
Sfax
25,000
Sidi Bel Abbès
25,000
Tetouan
23,000
Minya
22,000
Qena
21,000
Dar es Salaam
21,000
Funchal
21,000
Menouf
21,000
Philippeville
(Skikda)
21,000
Shibin El Kom
Population
Cities
20,000
Benghazi
20,000
Johannesburg
20,000
Luanda
20,000
Mascara
20,000
Wurno
19,000
Beni Suef
19,000
Saint-Paul
18,000
Essaouira
18,000
Mostaganem
18,000
Suez
17,000
Girga
17,000
Mallawi
16,000
Giza
16,000
Onitsha
16,000
Tabora
16,000
Tahta
15,000
Bagamoyo
15,000
Benin City
15,000
Calabar
15,000
Djibouti
15,000
El-Obeid
15,000
Kairouan
15,000
Manfalut
15,000
Médéa
15,000
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4 Comments
OohAngelo
+2
Level 49
Oct 14, 2025
Nice quiz bro
OohAngelo
+2
Level 49
Oct 14, 2025
Imma nominate it
Dekkie
+2
Level 55
Oct 14, 2025
Thanks!
OohAngelo
+1
Level 49
Oct 14, 2025
Your welcome
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