Africa in 1914 capitals quiz
Can you place all 46 capitals of Africa in 1914 on the map? A capital appears, you tap its dot. Three tries each, and the ones you miss come back until you know them.
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All 46 capitals of Africa in 1914
| Territory | Capital | Ruled by |
|---|---|---|
| Anglo-Egyptian Sudan | Khartoum | British (joint rule with Egypt) |
| Basutoland | Maseru | British protectorate (today Lesotho) |
| Bechuanaland | Mafeking | British protectorate (today Botswana); seat of government outside the territory |
| Belgian Congo | Boma | Belgian colony |
| British East Africa | Nairobi | British protectorate (today Kenya) |
| British Somaliland | Berbera | British protectorate |
| Cape Verde | Praia | Portuguese colony |
| Darfur (independent) | El Fasher | Independent sultanate (conquered by Britain 1916) |
| Egypt | Cairo | Khedivate, British-occupied (protectorate from December 1914) |
| Ethiopia (independent) | Addis Ababa | Independent empire |
| French Algeria | Algiers | French |
| French Equatorial Africa | Brazzaville | French federation (Gabon, Middle Congo, Ubangi-Shari-Chad) |
| French Madagascar | Antananarivo | French colony |
| French Morocco | Rabat | French protectorate (sultanate) |
| French Somaliland | Djibouti | French colony (today Djibouti) |
| French Tunisia | Tunis | French protectorate |
| French West Africa | Dakar | French federation (Senegal to Niger, plus Mauritania) |
| Gambia | Bathurst | British colony and protectorate |
| German East Africa | Dar es Salaam | German colony (today mainland Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi) |
| German Kamerun | Buea | German colony |
| German South-West Africa | Windhoek | German colony (today Namibia) |
| German Togoland | Lomé | German colony |
| Gold Coast | Accra | British colony (today Ghana) |
| Italian Eritrea | Asmara | Italian colony |
| Italian Libya | Tripoli | Italian colony (taken from the Ottomans 1912) |
| Italian Somaliland | Mogadishu | Italian colony and protectorates |
| Liberia (independent) | Monrovia | Independent republic |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | British colony |
| Nigeria | Lagos | British colony and protectorate (united January 1914) |
| Northern Rhodesia | Livingstone | British South Africa Company (today Zambia) |
| Nyasaland | Zomba | British protectorate (today Malawi) |
| Portuguese Angola | Luanda | Portuguese colony |
| Portuguese Guinea | Bolama | Portuguese colony (today Guinea-Bissau) |
| Portuguese Mozambique | Lourenço Marques | Portuguese colony |
| Réunion | Saint-Denis | French colony |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | Portuguese colony |
| Seychelles | Victoria | British colony |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | British colony and protectorate |
| Southern Rhodesia | Salisbury | British South Africa Company (today Zimbabwe) |
| Spanish Guinea | Santa Isabel | Spanish colony (today Equatorial Guinea) |
| Spanish Morocco | Tetuán | Spanish protectorate |
| Spanish Sahara | Villa Cisneros | Spanish (Río de Oro and Saguia el-Hamra) |
| Swaziland | Mbabane | British protectorate (today Eswatini) |
| Uganda | Entebbe | British protectorate |
| Union of South Africa | Pretoria | British dominion (self-governing) |
| Zanzibar | Zanzibar Town | British protectorate (sultanate) |
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