The following is a list of the largest cities by population and of
capital
Capital may refer to:
Common uses
* Capital city, a municipality of primary status
** List of national capital cities
* Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences
* Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...
cities in the geographic region of
East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the historical ...
. Because population counts in each country occur at different times, the list of numbers is meant as a rough indicator of relative size.
List of capital cities
See also
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List of metropolitan areas in Africa
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Lists of cities in Africa, mostly by country
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List of largest cities in the Arab world
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Urbanization in Africa
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References
{{Africa topic, List of cities in
Cities
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