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3,957 cities found

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Kinshasa Capital

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the · Africa/Kinshasa

16,000,000 Inhabitants

Nigeria · Africa/Lagos

15,388,000 Inhabitants

9,606,916 Inhabitants

Johannesburg Regional seat

South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg

9,418,183 Inhabitants

Abidjan Regional seat

Côte d'Ivoire · Africa/Abidjan

6,321,017 Inhabitants

Dar es Salaam Regional seat

Tanzania, United Republic of · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam

5,383,728 Inhabitants

Alexandria Regional seat

Egypt · Africa/Cairo

5,263,542 Inhabitants

Nigeria · Africa/Lagos

4,910,000 Inhabitants

Cape Town Regional seat

South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg

4,772,846 Inhabitants

Kenya · Africa/Nairobi

4,397,073 Inhabitants

4,367,343 Inhabitants

4,227,569 Inhabitants

Ethiopia · Africa/Addis_Ababa

3,860,000 Inhabitants

Casablanca Regional seat

Morocco · Africa/Casablanca

3,665,954 Inhabitants

Nigeria · Africa/Lagos

3,649,000 Inhabitants

South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg

3,338,026 Inhabitants

Angola · Africa/Luanda

2,776,168 Inhabitants

Nigeria · Africa/Lagos

2,690,000 Inhabitants

Senegal · Africa/Dakar

2,646,503 Inhabitants

Somalia · Africa/Mogadishu

2,587,183 Inhabitants

2,544,530 Inhabitants

Burkina Faso · Africa/Ouagadougou

2,415,266 Inhabitants

Algeria · Africa/Algiers

2,364,230 Inhabitants

Lubumbashi Regional seat

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the · Africa/Lubumbashi

2,221,925 Inhabitants

Zambia · Africa/Lusaka

2,212,301 Inhabitants

2,188,376 Inhabitants

Port Harcourt Regional seat

Nigeria · Africa/Lagos

2,120,000 Inhabitants

South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg

2,112,693 Inhabitants

Mbuji-Mayi Regional seat

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the · Africa/Lubumbashi

2,101,332 Inhabitants

Congo · Africa/Brazzaville

1,982,000 Inhabitants

Sudan · Africa/Khartoum

1,974,647 Inhabitants

1,963,264 Inhabitants

Guinea · Africa/Conakry

1,928,389 Inhabitants

Guinea · Africa/Conakry

1,871,242 Inhabitants

Kakamega Regional seat

Kenya · Africa/Nairobi

1,867,579 Inhabitants

Nigeria · Africa/Lagos

1,850,000 Inhabitants

Sudan · Africa/Khartoum

1,849,659 Inhabitants

Benin City Regional seat

Nigeria · Africa/Lagos

1,782,000 Inhabitants

South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg

1,695,047 Inhabitants

Uganda · Africa/Kampala

1,680,600 Inhabitants

Morocco · Africa/Casablanca

1,655,753 Inhabitants

Nigeria · Africa/Lagos

1,553,000 Inhabitants

Zimbabwe · Africa/Harare

1,542,813 Inhabitants

Liberia · Africa/Monrovia

1,542,549 Inhabitants

Chad · Africa/Ndjamena

1,359,526 Inhabitants

Madagascar · Indian/Antananarivo

1,349,501 Inhabitants

Côte d'Ivoire · Africa/Abidjan

1,340,083 Inhabitants

Cameroon · Africa/Douala

1,338,082 Inhabitants

Niger · Africa/Niamey

1,323,691 Inhabitants

Libya · Africa/Tripoli

1,302,947 Inhabitants