African Countries With Their Respective Capitals and Currencies

Africa is the second largest continent of the earth. It covers an area of 30,370,000 square km, almost 20% of Earth’s land area. It is the second-most populous continent of the world. In Africa, there are 54 United Nations recognized countries, 2 de facto states (not recognized by the United Nations), and 11 dependent territories of other countries. The largest country of this continent is Algeria and the smallest country is Seychelles. Conventionally, there are five main geographical subregions in Africa. These subregions are the northern, western, central, eastern, and southern parts of Africa. 

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To know about the fifty-four United Nations recognized Africa countries with their respective capitals, currencies, and official languages  and flags, refer to the table below. 

Country	Capital	Currency	Official Languages	Flag	Sub Region
Algeria	Algiers	Algerian dinar	Arabic and Berber		Northern Africa
Egypt	Cairo	Egyptian pound	Arabic		Northern Africa
Libya	Tripoli	Libyan dinar	Arabic		Northern Africa
Morocco	Rabat	Moroccan dirham	Arabic and Berber		Northern Africa
Tunisia	Tunis	Tunisian dinar	Arabic		Northern Africa
Benin	Porto-Novo	West African CFA franc (XOF)	French		Western Africa
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	West African CFA franc (XOF)	French		Western Africa
Cape Verde	Praia	Cape Verdean escudo	Portuguese		Western Africa
Gambia	Banjul	Dalasi	English		Western Africa
Ghana	Accra	Cedi	English		Western Africa
Guinea	Conakry	Guinean franc	French		Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	West African CFA franc (XOF)	Portuguese		Western Africa
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	West African CFA franc (XOF)	French		Western Africa
Liberia	Monrovia	Liberian dollar	English		Western Africa
Mali	Bamako	West African CFA franc (XOF)	French		Western Africa
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Ouguiya	French		Western Africa
Niger	Niamey	West African CFA franc (XOF)	French		Western Africa
Nigeria	Abuja	Naira	English		Western Africa
Senegal	Dakar	West African CFA franc (XOF)	French		Western Africa
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Leone	English		Western Africa
Togo	Lomé	West African CFA franc (XOF)	French		Western Africa
Angola	Luanda	Kwanza	Portuguese		Central Africa
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	French & English		Central Africa
Central African Republic	Bangui	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	French & Sango		Central Africa
Chad	N’Djamena	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	Arabic & French		Central Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	Congolese franc (CDF)	French		Central Africa
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Central   African CFA franc (XAF)	French		Central Africa
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo (current) Ciudad de la Paz (under construction)	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	Spanish, French, Portuguese		Central Africa
Gabon	Libreville	West African CFA franc (XOF)	French		Central Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Dobra	Portuguese		Central Africa
Djibouti	Djibouti	Djiboutian franc (DJF)	French & Arabic		Eastern Africa
Eritrea	Asmara	Nakfa	Tigrinya, Tigre		Eastern Africa
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Birr	Afar, Amharic		Eastern Africa
Somalia	Mogadishu	Somali shilling	Somali, Arabic		Eastern Africa
Sudan	Khartoum	Sudanese pound	Arabic, English		Eastern Africa
South Sudan	Juba	South Sudanese pound	English		Eastern Africa
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Ariary	Malagasy, French		Eastern Africa
Mauritius	Port Louis	Mauritian rupee	English, Creole		Eastern Africa
Comoros	Moroni	Comorian	ComorianFrench		Eastern Africa
Seychelles	Victoria	Seychelloisrupee	Seychellois, French, English		Eastern Africa
Uganda	Kampala	Ugandan shilling	English,Swahili		Eastern Africa
Rwanda	Kigali	Rwandan franc	Kinyarwanda, French		Eastern Africa
Burundi	Gitega	Burundian franc	Kirundi, French, English		Eastern Africa
Kenya	Nairobi	Kenyan shilling	English,Swahili		Eastern Africa
Tanzania	Dodoma	Tanzanian shilling	English,Swahili		Eastern Africa
Mozambique	Maputo	Metical	Portuguese		Eastern Africa
Malawi	Lilongwe	Malawian kwacha	English,Chewa		Eastern Africa
Zambia	Lusaka	Zambian kwacha	English		Eastern Africa
Zimbabwe	Harare	Zimbabwean dollar	Chewa, Shona, Sotha		Eastern Africa
Botswana	Gaborone	Pula	Setswana, English		Southern Africa
Lesotho	Maseru	Loti	Sesotho, English		Southern Africa
Namibia	Windhoek	Namibian dollar	English		Southern Africa
South Africa	Pretoria (executive) Cape Town (legislative)	South African rand	Afrikaans, English		Southern Africa
Eswatini	Mbabane (executive) Lobamba (legislative)	Lilangeni &South African rand	Swazi,English		Southern Africa

Two de facto states (not recognized by the United Nations) are situated in Africa. To know about these de facto states with their respective capitals, currencies, official languages, and flags, refer to the table below. 

Country	Capital	Currency	Official Languages	Flag	Sub Region
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	El Aaiun (claimed) Tifariti(de facto)	Moroccan dirham	Arabic		Northern Africa
Somaliland	Hargeisa	Somalilandshilling	Somali		Eastern Africa

 In Africa, eleven territories are controlled by other countries. To know about this type of dependent territories with their capitals, currencies, official languages, and flags, refer to the table below. 

Territory	Capital	Currency	Official Languages	Ruling Power	Flag	Sub Region
Canary Islands	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Euro	Spanish	Spain		North Africa
Ceuta	Ceuta	Euro	Spanish	Spain		North Africa
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Saint Pierre	Euro	French	France		Eastern Africa
Madeira	Funchal	Euro	Portuguese	Portugal		North Africa
Mayotte	Mamoudzou	Euro	Shimaore	France		Eastern Africa
Melilla	Melilla	Euro	Spanish	Spain		North Africa
Pelagie Islands	Lampedusa e Linosa & Sicilian	Euro	Italian	Italy		North Africa
Plazas de soberania		Euro	Spanish	Spain		North Africa
Reunion	Saint-Denis	Euro	French	France		Eastern Africa
Socotra Archipelago	Hadibu	Yemeni rial	Arabic	Yemen		Eastern Africa
SaintHelena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	Saint Helena pound	English	United Kingdom		Western Africa

 

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