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Addis Ababa is the highest capital city in Africa. Asmara follows close behind. After those two, the pattern becomes more

African capitals do not follow one map pattern. Some stand on open water. Others sit deep inland on plateaus, riverbanks,

Cost of living in African capitals does not move in one direction. The gap between Addis Ababa and Cairo, or

Africa has 16 sovereign landlocked states. Each has a capital city, yet the pattern is not as simple as a

African capitals do not come from one pattern. Some are much older African cities. Some were founded by European colonial

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Eswatini is the African country that is widely recognized as having two capitals. Mbabane serves as the administrative and judicial

In Africa, the capital city is not always the country’s biggest urban center. That surprises many readers at first, because

African capitals are often imagined as very large political and economic centers. That picture fits some cities on the continent,

Africa has some of the world’s fastest-growing urban capitals. A simple list of capital cities, though, does not tell the