AFRICA Place Names

Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) Algiers Algerian dinar Arabic

Angola[] (Republic of Angola) Luanda Kwanza Portuguese

Benin[]

(Republic of Benin) Porto Novo West African CFA franc French

Botswana[] (Republic of Botswana) Gaborone Pula English Setswana

Burkina Faso[]

(Burkina Faso) Ouagadougou West African CFA franc French

Burundi[] (Republic of Burundi) Bujumbura Burundi franc Kirundi French

Cameroon (Republic of Cameroon) Yaoundé Central African CFA franc French English

Cape Verde (Republic of Cape Verde) Praia Cape Verdean escudo Portuguese

Central African Republic (Central African Republic) Bangui Central African CFA franc Sango French

Chad (Republic of Chad) N'Djamena Central African CFA franc French Arabic

Comoros (Union of the Comoros) Moroni Comorian franc Arabic French Comorian

Democratic Republic of the Congo[n ] (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Kinshasa Congolese franc French

Republic of the Congo[n ] (Republic of the Congo) Brazzaville Central African CFA franc French

Côte d'Ivoire (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire) Yamoussoukro

West African CFA franc French

Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti) Djibouti Djiboutian Franc Arabic French

Egypt[n ] (Arab Republic of Egypt) Cairo Egyptian Pound Arabic

Equatorial Guinea (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) Malabo Central African CFA franc Spanish French Portuguese

Eritrea

(State of Eritrea) Asmara Nakfa Tigrinya Arabic English

Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr Amharic English

Gabon (Gabonese Republic) Libreville Central African CFA franc French

Gambia (Republic of The Gambia) Banjul Dalasi English

Ghana (Republic of Ghana) Accra Ghanaian cedi English Twi

Guinea (Republic of Guinea) Conakry Guinean franc French

Guinea-Bissau (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) Bissau West African CFA franc Portuguese

Kenya (Republic of Kenya) Nairobi Kenyan shilling Swahili English

Lesotho (Kingdom of Lesotho) Maseru Loti Southern Sotho English

Liberia (Republic of Liberia) Monrovia Liberian dollar English

Libya

(Republic of Libya) Tripoli Libyan dinar Arabic

Madagascar (Republic of Madagascar) Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Malagasy French

Malawi (Republic of Malawi) Lilongwe Malawian kwacha English Chichewa

Mali

(Republic of Mali) Bamako West African CFA franc French

Mauritania (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) Nouakchott Mauritanian ouguiya Arabic

Mauritius (Republic of Mauritius) Port Louis Mauritian rupee English French Mauritian Creole

Morocco (Kingdom of Morocco) Rabat Moroccan dirham Arabic Berber (internationally recognized) (claimed)

Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique) Maputo Mozambican metical Portuguese

Namibia (Republic of Namibia) Windhoek Namibian dollar English

Niger (Republic of Niger) Niamey West African CFA franc French

Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria) Abuja Nigerian naira English

Rwanda (Republic of Rwanda) Kigali Rwandan franc Kinyarwanda French English

São Tomé and Príncipe (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra Portuguese

Senegal (Republic of Senegal) Dakar West African CFA franc French

Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles) Victoria Seychellois rupee English French Seychellois Creole

Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone) Freetown Leone English

Somalia (Somali Republic) Mogadishu Somali shilling Somali Arabic

South Africa (Republic of South Africa) Bloemfontein Cape Town and Pretoria

South African rand Afrikaans English Southern Ndebele Northern Sotho Sotho Swati Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu

South Sudan (Republic of South Sudan) Juba South Sudanese pound English

Sudan (Republic of the Sudan)

Khartoum Sudanese pound Arabic English

Swaziland (Kingdom of Swaziland) Lobamba (royal and legislative)

Mbabane (administrative) Lilangeni English Swati

Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania) Dodoma Tanzanian shilling Swahili English

Togo (Togolese Republic) Lomé West African CFA franc French

Tunisia (Tunisian Republic) Tunis Tunisian dinar Arabic

Uganda (Republic of Uganda) Kampala Ugandan shilling English Swahili

Zambia (Republic of Zambia) Lusaka Zambian kwacha English

Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) Harare United States dollar and South African rand Shona Ndebele English