Geography quiz
Capitals of Africa
54 capitals. The map lights up one country at a time; skip with Prev and Next, or switch to any order on the start panel.
- Format
- Map quiz
- Items
- 54 on the map
- Limit
- 8:00
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
Answer the highlighted place, then the next.
- Answers
- 54
- Time limit
- 8:00
- Order
- One at a time, skip allowed
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- The highlighted place is the one to answer; the map moves to it.
- Prev and Next skip around, and so does a click on it.
- Enter on an empty box skips.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the capital city of every country of Africa.
Drawing the map
About this quiz
A capital cities quiz on the map of Africa. Each capital you type fills its country. Where a country has more than one capital, any of them counts.
- South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein. Any of them counts.
- Porto-Novo is the capital of Benin, while the government sits in Cotonou. Both are accepted.
- Burundi made Gitega its political capital; Bujumbura, the old capital, is still accepted.
- Yamoussoukro is the capital of Ivory Coast, while the government sits in Abidjan. Both are accepted.
Sources
- [1]US Department of State. Independent States in the World.
- [2]Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Decreto Ley por el que se declara la Ciudad de la Paz, Djibloho, capital de la Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial.
- [3]United Nations. Member States.
- [4]United Nations. Non-member States.
- [5]United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49).
Last checked October 3, 2026
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