| Category | Pop. | City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| in the entire Africa | 21.0 mil | Cairo | 99%
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| in Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.4 mil | Lagos | 95%
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| south of the Equator | 13.9 mil | Johannesburg | 93%
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| on the Mediterranean Sea | 5.80 mil | Alexandria | 87%
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| in Horn of Africa | 3.80 mil | Addis Ababa | 86%
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| on an island | 1.34 mil | Antananarivo | 82%
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| Portuguese-speaking | 8.15 mil | Luanda | 82%
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| French-speaking | 12.4 mil | Kinshasa | 78%
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| on Lake Victoria | 3.52 mil | Kampala | 77%
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| in Ivory Coast | 5.60 mil | Abidjan | 71%
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| ending in "ville" | 2.25 mil | Brazzaville | 71%
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| ending in "town" | 4.22 mil | Cape Town | 68%
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| in Maghreb | 4.47 mil | Casablanca | 67%
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| in northern Nigeria | 4.70 mil | Kano | 65%
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| starting with the letter D | 6.45 mil | Dar es Salaam | 64%
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| on Niger River | 3.52 mil | Bamako | 53%
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| in the Zambezi basin | 2.67 mil | Lusaka | 50%
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| on Gulf of Aden | 562 k | Djibouti | 47%
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| on the Red Sea | 517 k | Port Sudan | 37%
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| with a 3 letter name | 1.27 mil | Fes | 30%
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| on Lake Tanganyika | 1.50 mil | Bujumbura | 23%
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