uizzAfrican Capitals Quiz: Find Each Country on the Globe
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Read the African capital shown, then click or tap the country it belongs to on the interactive 3D globe. Abuja–Nigeria, Dodoma–Tanzania and Yamoussoukro–Côte d’Ivoire are useful pairs to practise because the prompt can differ from a country’s best-known city. You select the country’s territory, not the capital’s exact location.
The starter round contains 12 countries with a 180-second timer. The grid lists the full Africa capitals pool of 55 countries and territories, available in the full game. Rotate and zoom the globe yourself to reach each target.
The 55 countries and territories — Africa
This list shows the full selection for this mode and region. The short starter round uses a subset of this list.
Algeria
Algiers
Angola
Luanda
Benin
Porto-Novo
Botswana
Gaborone
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Burundi
Gitega
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Cape Verde
Praia
Central African Republic
Bangui
Chad
N'Djamena
Comoros
Moroni
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
Djibouti
Djibouti
Egypt
Cairo
Equatorial Guinea
Ciudad de la Paz
Eritrea
Asmara
Eswatini
Mbabane
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Gabon
Libreville
Ghana
Accra
Guinea
Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
Kenya
Nairobi
Lesotho
Maseru
Liberia
Monrovia
Libya
Tripoli
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Malawi
Lilongwe
Mali
Bamako
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Morocco
Rabat
Mozambique
Maputo
Namibia
Windhoek
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Abuja
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville
Rwanda
Kigali
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé
Senegal
Dakar
Seychelles
Victoria
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Somalia
Mogadishu
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Somaliland
Hargeisa
South Africa
Pretoria
South Sudan
Juba
Sudan
Khartoum
Tanzania
Dodoma
The Gambia
Banjul
Togo
Lomé
Tunisia
Tunis
Uganda
Kampala
Western Sahara
El Aaiún
Zambia
Lusaka
Zimbabwe
Harare
Tips to play better
Memorise the relocations
Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja, Tanzania from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, and Côte d'Ivoire from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro. When one of these capitals appears, remember the relocation and click its country on the globe rather than looking for the best-known city.
Use one stored prompt per country
The quiz uses Pretoria for South Africa and Mbabane for Eswatini. Other cities with government functions do not appear as alternative capital prompts in this dataset. When either name is shown, select its country.
Practise a group of capital-country pairs
Dakar–Senegal, Bamako–Mali, Ouagadougou–Burkina Faso, Niamey–Niger, N’Djamena–Chad and Khartoum–Sudan form a useful practice group. Match each capital to its own country before locating the territory.
Do not rely on coastal locations
Addis Ababa–Ethiopia, Harare–Zimbabwe, Lusaka–Zambia and Kampala–Uganda are useful inland pairs. In this mode, the answer is the whole country; you do not need to locate the capital city within it.
Frequently asked questions
How many countries does the African capitals quiz cover?
The full selection contains 55 countries and territories, listed in the grid. The starter round uses 12 countries with a 180-second timer. The grid documents the complete pool rather than only the first game’s targets.
Which prompt does the quiz use for South Africa?
Pretoria is the capital prompt for South Africa. Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Johannesburg are not alternative playable prompts in this dataset. When Pretoria appears, click or tap South Africa.
How does the African capitals quiz work?
GeoQuizz displays an African capital, and you click or tap the country it belongs to on the 3D globe. The starter round uses 12 countries and a 180-second timer before offering the full Africa game. You do not need to type the capital or click the city itself.
What about Western Sahara?
Western Sahara is included in the full Africa capitals pool, with El Aaiún as its stored prompt. The starter round uses a subset of the full selection, so it does not include every grid entry.
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