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African Capitals by Map

How many capitals in Africa can you name using only the map?
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First submittedMay 13, 2016
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Capital
Abuja
Accra
Addis Ababa
Algiers
Antananarivo
Asmara
Bamako
Bangui
Banjul
Bissau
Brazzaville
Capital
Cairo
Conakry
Dakar
Dodoma
Djibouti
Freetown
Gaborone
Gitega
Harare
Juba
Kampala
Capital
Khartoum
Kigali
Kinshasa
Libreville
Lilongwe
Lome
Luanda
Lusaka
Ciudad de la Paz
Maputo
Maseru
Capital
Mbabane
Mogadishu
Monrovia
Moroni
Nairobi
N'Djamena
Niamey
Nouakchott
Ouagadougou
Port Louis
Porto-Novo /
Cotonou
Capital
Praia
Pretoria /
Cape Town /
Bloemfontein
Rabat
São Tomé
Tripoli
Tunis
Victoria
Windhoek
Yamoussoukro
Yaoundé
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44 Comments
+5
Level 68
Dec 26, 2016
Pretty hard. Got 46 though.
+2
Level 78
Apr 10, 2020
50!
+4
Level 25
Jan 12, 2021
Very hard. I got 47. Missed Monrovia, Juba, Gaborone, Conakry, Banjul, Moroni and Malabo
+10
Level 75
Oct 5, 2018
Shouldn't the dots on the continent change to green once guessed also? Not just the ones in the ocean.
+1
Level 76
Oct 6, 2018
I think that too - surely the dots should go green, not the countries?
+2
Level ∞
Oct 6, 2018
Yes, that was how it was intended to work, and it is fixed now.
+5
Level 80
Oct 6, 2018
I would have the dots go green, and require to type each South African capital etc. Also, the way it currenly is Rwanda-Burundi-Swaziland-Lesotho are hardly visible because they are mostly 'covered' by dots
+3
Level 68
Oct 18, 2018
Finally trying to learn which is which! Thanks for this quiz!
+16
Level 55
Oct 18, 2018
Isn't Cotonou also acceptable for Benin?
+5
Level 80
Dec 17, 2018
Yes, I tried that, too. If it is accepted in the Capitals of the World, it should be here as well.
+1
Level 50
Dec 12, 2024
It isn't the official though. Porto-Novo is
+3
Level 80
Nov 5, 2018
The map on the thumbnail gives you some freebies! :)
+5
Level 80
Dec 17, 2018
If you can read anything on it, that is...
+4
Level 72
Dec 17, 2018
I think Dodoma and Djibouti are out of order.
+3
Level 65
Dec 17, 2018
Easy quiz, 100%. Also, Dodoma and Djibouti are out of order.
+1
Level 47
Dec 17, 2018
Forgot like two, but found them on thumbnail :)
+4
Level 52
Dec 17, 2018
cotonou should be accepted
+2
Level 82
Apr 18, 2019
Interesting to note that already the new capital of Burundi is no longer the least well-known African capital.
+1
Level 60
Dec 7, 2019
I got everything except for Comoros.
+8
Level 45
Dec 12, 2019
Dodoma and Djibouti are out of order and Cotonou should be accepted on this quiz. Also, I think the idea for making people type each individual South African capital is a good idea, seeing as they are all marked by different dots.
+5
Level 80
Apr 7, 2020
Dodoma and Djibouti are out of order and Cotonou should be accepted as a capital of Benin
+1
Level 86
Sep 14, 2020
This should be easy. But, I couldn't recall banjul in time. 53/54.
+1
Level 86
Aug 11, 2021
Did it this time with many seconds remaining (actually only 2 seconds....)
+5
Level 71
Dec 17, 2020
Accept Cotonou for Benin
+5
Level 59
Feb 4, 2021
what about cotonou
+2
Level 38
May 6, 2021
Oh no...... this might cause a Beninese capital debate.

:(

(What are you even thinking?)

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Level 41
Aug 17, 2021
Looking at the thumbnail closely u can see some capitals
+2
Level 72
Sep 3, 2021
The thumbnail is also a pre-South Sudanese map

uPDaTe bExausE inAcurAt

+1
Level 67
Dec 4, 2021
Cotonou
+2
Level 27
Dec 31, 2021
Finally got all capitals. Very challenging quiz.
+1
Level 70
Jul 12, 2022
Gaberone is a little too far northwest.
+1
Level 34
Jun 2, 2023
with more time i would have gotten more
+2
Level 75
Jul 21, 2023
Thank you for whatever variant spelling of "Yamoussoukro" you allowed that let me get a perfect score. Man, I can never learn how to spell that one correctly.
+1
Level 44
Feb 28, 2024
I used to be able to get them all, a few years ago. I'm very out of practice, got 51/54, missed Kenya, Gabon, and Rwanda.. :(
+1
Level 69
Mar 27, 2024
Is it just me? Algeria and Tunisia don't turn green when guessed.
+2
Level 64
Mar 27, 2024
Might just be you - on my end they're fine
+1
Level 70
Mar 27, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster.
+1
Level 51
Apr 27, 2024
Got them all. Them being alphabetical helped me get Nouakchott
+1
Level 55
Apr 19, 2025
Took me forever to spell Yamoussoukro, Ouagadougou, and Mbabane….
+1
Level 70
Oct 3, 2025
You only need to type Ouaga
+1
Level 35
Jul 21, 2025
3:50, very slow
+1
Level 28
Dec 25, 2025
I got 54 so far, I finally learned how to spell "Antananarivo"
+1
Level 45
Feb 28, 2026
It has helped me to discover that the capital of Equatorial Guinea is no longer Malabo, but Ciudad de la Paz.
+1
Level 64
Apr 17, 2026
Woah, just found out the capital of equitorial guinea changed... cant tell you how many times i typed malabo thinking i was spelling it wrong.