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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from ''citypopulation.de''. Figures for administrative areas are also given. , 3,497,097 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality , 4,618,000 , 4,300,000 , , - ,
Kano Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria * Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State **Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries **Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...
, , data-sort-value=2153225, 2,153,225 (2006)
6 local government areas of Kano proper , 3,999,000 , 4,850,000 , , - ,
Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...
, , data-sort-value=2452656, 2,452,656 (2005)
Région , 3,140,000 , 3,925,000 , , - ,
Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
, , data-sort-value=2738248, 2,738,248 (2007)
Astedader , 4,794,000 , 3,900,000 , , - ,
Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its ...
, , data-sort-value=1338659, 2,559,853 , 3,552,000 , 3,675,000 , , - ,
Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA), it is the com ...
, , data-sort-value=1514978, 1,514,978 (2001)
Wouri département , 3,663,000 , 3,450,000 , , - ,
Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...
, , data-sort-value=3468086, 3,468,086 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality , 3,158,000 , 3,475,000 , , - ,
Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...
, , data-sort-value=1475223, 1,475,223 (2006)
Municipality , 2,780,000 , 2,650,000 , , - ,
Antananarivo Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "A ...
, , data-sort-value=1000000, , 3,369,000 , 2,750,000 , , - ,
Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...
, , data-sort-value=1659136, 2,076,546 (2010)
District (Accra Metropolitan Area) http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613251468182958526/pdf/96449-WP-PUBLIC-GhanaRisingThroughCities-Overview-full.pdf , 2,514,000 , 5,200,000 , , - ,
Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seapo ...
, , data-sort-value=1823282, 1,823,282 (2002)
Provincia , 8,330,000 , 8,450,000 , , - ,
Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger Rive ...
, , data-sort-value=1215335, 1,215,335 (2005)
District , 2,618,000 , 3,675,000 , , - ,
Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plan ...
, , data-sort-value=1405201, 1,405,201 (2006)
Federal Capital Territory , 3,278,000 , 3,725,000 , , - , Port Harcourt , , data-sort-value=541116, 541,116 (2006)
Local government area , 3,020,000 , 2,425,000 , , - ,
Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is t ...
, , data-sort-value=1171311, 2,035,000 (2010)
District (Kumasi Metropolitan Area) , 3,348,000 , 3,075,000 , , - ,
Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was about 3.3 millio ...
, , data-sort-value=1742979, 1,742,979 , 2,774,000 , 2,800,000 , , - ,
Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
, , data-sort-value=2855800, 3,000,000 (2011) , 2,282,000 , 2,000,000 , , - ,
Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foothi ...
, , data-sort-value=2345908, 2,345,908 (2007)
Metropolitan municipality , 2,566,000 , see Greater Johannesburg , , - ,
Lubumbashi Lubumbashi (former names: (French), ( Dutch)) is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katan ...
, , data-sort-value=1000000, , 2,478,000 , 2,450,000 , , - ,
Mbuji-Mayi Mbuji-Mayi or Mbujimayi (formerly Bakwanga) is a city and the capital of Kasai-Oriental Province in the south-central Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the second largest city in the country, following the capital Kinshasa but ahead of Lubumba ...
, , data-sort-value=1000000, , 2,525,000 , 2,175,000 , , - ,
Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...
, , data-sort-value=911643, 911,643 (2005)
Municipality , 2,365,000 , 2,725,000 , , - ,
Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populatio ...
, , 627,932 (2004)
Préfecture , 1,885,000 , 2,075,000 , , - ,
Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
, , 1,092,936 (1996)
Région , 1,938,000 , 2,600,000 , , - ,
Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and R ...
, , 1,337,900 (2005)
District , 3,298,000 , 3,675,000 , , - ,
Harare Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...
, , 1,903,510 (2002)
Province , 1,530,000 , 2,075,000 , , - ,
Benin City Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano, and Ibadan, with a population estimate of about 3,500,000 as of 2022. It is situated ap ...
, , data-sort-value=750000, , 1,727,000 , 1,700,000 , , - ,
Huambo Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa (English: ''New Lisbon''), is the third-most populous city in Angola, after the capital city Luanda and Lubango, with a population of 595,304 in the city and a population of 713,134 in the municipality of Huambo (Cens ...
, , data-sort-value=630000, , 671,000 , Not listed , , - ,
Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As t ...
, , 1,010,970 (2008)
Municipality , 1,517,000 , 1,650,000 , , - ,
Ndjamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements''. The city serves as the centre of economic activity in Chad. Meat, fish and cotton processing are the c ...
, , , 1,423,000 , 1,610,000 , , - ,
Kigali Kigali () is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwanda's economic, cult ...
, , data-sort-value=620000, , 1,132,000 , 1,230,000 , , - ,
Maputo Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,0 ...
, , 1,099,102 (2007)
Province-level city , 1,110,000 , 2,350,000 , , - ,
Bujumbura Bujumbura (; ), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's normal capital. In late ...
, , 1,126,930 (2019)
, 1,013,000 , not listed , - , Fès , , 977,946 (2004)
Préfecture , 1,224,000 , 1,290,000 , , - ,
Kananga Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital city of the Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province. It is the fourth most populous urban a ...
, , data-sort-value=558000, , 1,458,000 , 1,210,000 , , - ,
Vereeniging Vereeniging () is a town located in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa, situated where the Klip River empties into the northern loop of the Vaal River. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was formerly s ...
, , 800,819 (2007)
District municipality , 774,000 , see Greater Johannesburg , , - ,
Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
, , data-sort-value=560000, , 1,003,000 , 1,130,000 , , - , Tripoli , , 1,126,000 (2006)
Mutsarfiyah , 1,165,000 , 1,290,000 , , - ,
Onitsha Onitsha ( or just ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. A metropolitan city, Onitsha is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. I ...
, , data-sort-value=550000, , 1,415,000 , 1,240,000 , , - ,
Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town ...
, , data-sort-value=550000, , 1,296,000 , 1,250,000 , , - ,
Niamey Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital dis ...
, , 2,100,000 (2013)
Province , 1,292,000 , 1,350,000 , , - ,
Kaduna Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade Centre and a major transportation hub as the gateway to northern Nige ...
, , 760,084 (2006)
2 local government areas of Kaduna , 1,113,000 , 1,940,000 , , - ,
Kisangani Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville or Stanleystad) is the capital of Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the fifth most populous urban area in the country, with an estimated population of 1,312,000 in 2021, and the larg ...
, , data-sort-value=500000, , 1,261,000 , 1,150,000 , , - ,
Hargeisa Hargeisa (; so, Hargeysa, ar, هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa. It succeeded Burco as the capital of the British Somaliland Protector ...
, , data-sort-value=1000000, , not listed , not listed , , - ,
Freetown Freetown is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educ ...
, , 1,055,964 (2015)
Western Area province , 1,202,000 , 1,860,000 , , - ,
Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...
, , , 899,000 , 1,510,000 , , - , Nouakchott , , , 1,315,000 , 1,310,000 , , - ,
Maiduguri Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria. The city sits along the seasonal Ngadda River which disappears into the ''Firki'' swamps in the areas around Lake Chad. Maiduguri was founded in 1907 as a mi ...
, , , 786,000 , 1,250,000 , , - ,
Agadir Agadir ( ar, أݣادير, ʾagādīr; shi, ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and south ...
, , , 924,000 , 1,220,000 , , - ,
Bangui Bangui () (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Uban ...
, , , 889,000 , 1,230,000 , , - ,
Pointe-Noire Pointe-Noire (; kg, Njinji, french: Ndjindji with the letter d following French spelling standards) is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville, and an autonomous Departments of the Republic of ...
, , , 1,214,000 , 1,220,000 , , - ,
Bosaso Bosaso ( so, Boosaaso, ar, بوصاصو), historically known as Bender Cassim is a city in the northeastern Bari province ('' gobol'') of Somalia. It is the seat of the Bosaso District. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, the mu ...
, , , not listed , not listed ,


See also

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Lists of cities in Africa The following are lists of cities in Africa. Countries *List of cities in Algeria * List of cities in Angola *List of cities in Benin *List of cities in Botswana *List of cities in Burkina Faso * List of cities in Burundi * List of municipaliti ...
, mostly by country * List of cities in Africa by population * '''' * '''' * ''''


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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
Largest Populous cities in Africa, List of most Cities in Africa