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African capitals quiz

We name a capital and you tap it on the map: its dot or the country it’s in both count. Play 10, 20 or all 54, practice the ones you miss and challenge your class with a link.

Capitals of Africa

Tap the capital it asks for on the map.

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The 54 capitals in the quiz

They’re the capitals of the 54 countries of Africa. Tapping the capital’s dot or anywhere in its country both count.

How to play

In Point mode we name a capital and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: which country it belongs to and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

50 of the 54 don’t share the name of their country, and that’s where it gets tricky: Abuja (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Algiers (Algeria), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Asmara (Eritrea), Bamako (Mali), Bangui (Central African Republic), Banjul (Gambia), and Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)….

Tips to learn them

  • Several capitals share or echo their country’s name: Algiers (Algeria), Tunis (Tunisia), Djibouti or São Tomé. Start with those, then go region by region from north to south.
  • 4 of the 54 share (or nearly share) their country’s name: those come for free.

Playing in class

Play the countries first and their capitals afterward: that way each capital sticks to its place on the map.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 54 capitals

  1. Abuja Nigeria
  2. Accra Ghana
  3. Addis Ababa Ethiopia
  4. Algiers Algeria
  5. Antananarivo Madagascar
  6. Asmara Eritrea
  7. Bamako Mali
  8. Bangui Central African Republic
  9. Banjul Gambia
  10. Bissau Guinea-Bissau
  11. Brazzaville Republic of the Congo
  12. Cairo Egypt
  13. Conakry Guinea
  14. Dakar Senegal
  15. Djibouti Djibouti
  16. Dodoma Tanzania
  17. Freetown Sierra Leone
  18. Gaborone Botswana
  19. Gitega Burundi
  20. Harare Zimbabwe
  21. Juba South Sudan
  22. Kampala Uganda
  23. Khartoum Sudan
  24. Kigali Rwanda
  25. Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo
  26. Libreville Gabon
  27. Lilongwe Malawi
  28. Lomé Togo
  29. Luanda Angola
  30. Lusaka Zambia
  31. Malabo Equatorial Guinea
  32. Maputo Mozambique
  33. Maseru Lesotho
  34. Mbabane Eswatini
  35. Mogadishu Somalia
  36. Monrovia Liberia
  37. Moroni Comoros
  38. N'Djamena Chad
  39. Nairobi Kenya
  40. Niamey Niger
  41. Nouakchott Mauritania
  42. Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
  43. Port Louis Mauritius
  44. Porto-Novo Benin
  45. Praia Cape Verde
  46. Pretoria South Africa
  47. Rabat Morocco
  48. São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe
  49. Tripoli Libya
  50. Tunis Tunisia
  51. Victoria Seychelles
  52. Windhoek Namibia
  53. Yamoussoukro Ivory Coast
  54. Yaoundé Cameroon

Frequently asked questions

How many capitals are there in Africa?

54 in the quiz, one for each UN member country.

Can I learn where each country is first?

Yes: “Countries of Africa”, on its own page. The Countries button in the quiz panel takes you there.

Where is my best score saved?

In this browser: your best score for each mode and number of questions. Neither we nor anyone else can see it; if you clear your browser data, it’s gone.

Is there a printable worksheet of Africa?

Yes: a worksheet with the numbered map, three activities and an answer key. You’ll find it under Printable worksheets below, next to the blank map.

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