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This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from citypopulation.de. Figures for administrative areas are also given.
The big cities of Africa will probably continue to grow, but the future is as always uncertain. In 1994 it was expected that Lagos would become the world's third biggest city with 24.4 million inhabitants by 2015 (Todaro, 1997), but in 2001 this was adjusted to the world's eleventh biggest city with 'only' 16 million inhabitants (UN, 2002).
The location of Africa. This is a list of lists of cities in Africa. Countries ... List of cities and towns in Egypt; List of cities in Equatorial Guinea;
Seaside of Egypt's third-largest city and its ancient capital: Alexandria, the largest port in this bicontinental country. East Africa's central business hub and Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa, also its legislative capital. Kampala is the hub of Uganda.
Different groups also adopt certain sets of planning standards. For example, the San People adopt an east axis from which older, then younger single men inhabit dwellings farther east from the main settlement. [4] Places like Benin City are striking examples of thriving pre-colonial cities. One explorer wrote in 1602 of the impressive city:
List of cities and towns in Cape Verde; List of cities in the Central African Republic; List of cities in Chad; List of cities in the Comoros; List of cities and towns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; List of cities in the Republic of the Congo
This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status. Administrative units Human ...
The Zimbabwean government began renaming cities, towns, streets and other places in 1982, hoping to remove vestiges of British and Rhodesian rule. The capital city, Salisbury, was renamed Harare . Many other place names merely had their spellings altered to reflect the orthography of Shona or Kalanga , as under white rule the spellings ...