List of cities in East Africa

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The following is a list of the largest cities by population and of capital cities in the geographic region of East Africa. Because population counts in each country occur at different times, the list of numbers is meant as a rough indicator of relative size.

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List of capital cities

CityCountryPopulation (approximate) [1] Year of approximationNotesAreaImage
Addis Ababa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 5,704,000 [2] 2008Capital Horn of Africa Addis Ababa (16314616596).jpg
Antananarivo Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 4,049,000 [3] 2013 [4] Capital Indian Ocean islands Antananarivo Street.JPG
Asmara Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 1,112,000 [5] 2020[ citation needed ]Capital Horn of Africa Asmara-Night Panorama.jpeg
Berbera Flag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland 607532005 Horn of Africa Berbera Port2.jpg
Blantyre Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 994,5002018 Southeast Africa Malawi Blantyre.jpg
Bujumbura Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1,056,1692019Former capital Great Lakes Region Burundi Bujumbura Airport 01 (15835487740).jpg
Dar es Salaam Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 8,383,7282022 [6] Former capital Great Lakes Region Dar es Salaam before dusk.jpg
Dire Dawa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 607,3212008[ citation needed ] Horn of Africa Market, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia (2059120460).jpg
Djibouti City Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 475,3222009Capital Horn of Africa Djibplamar.jpg
Dodoma Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 410,9562012Capital Great Lakes Region Sede del Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) a Dodoma (Tanzania).jpg
Gitega Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 125,9892019 [7] Capital Great Lakes Region Gitega.JPG
Harare Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1,606,0002016Capital Southeast Africa Harare, Zimbabwe. 04.JPG
Hargeisa Flag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland 1,960,0002019Capital Horn of Africa Hargeisamosque.jpg
Juba Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 525,9532017Capital Nile Valley PEACE @ JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN.jpg
Kampala Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1,507,1142014Capital Great Lakes Region KampalaRd Uganda house Kampala.JPG
Keren Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 146,4832012 Horn of Africa Keren eritrea.jpg
Kigali Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 1,132,6862012Capital Great Lakes Region Kigali2018.jpg
Kisumu Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1,268,8262017 Great Lakes Region Kisumu city.jpg 2.jpg
Kitwe Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 522,0922010 Southeast Africa Kitwe.jpg
Lilongwe Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1,227,1002018Capital Southeast Africa
Lindi Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 41,5492002 Great Lakes Region Scene in Lindi, Tanzania (2).jpg
Lusaka Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1,742,9792009Capital Southeast Africa Lusaka, Zambia at Night.jpg
Mahajanga Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 2460222018 Indian Ocean islands Mahajanga cathedrale.jpg
Malakal Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 147,4502014 Nile Valley South Sudan Malakal Marketplace Aug 2005.jpg
Mamoudzou Flag of France.svg  Mayotte 71,4372017Capital Indian Ocean islands Mamoudzou (10029936275).jpg
Maputo Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1,101,1702017Capital Southeast Africa Maputo - Panorama.jpg
Mbarara Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 195,0132014 Great Lakes Region Kabale Round about Decoration.jpg
Mogadishu Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 2,425,0002017Capital Horn of Africa Mogadishu Somalia.jpg
Mombasa Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1,500,0002017 Great Lakes Region Old Town, Mombasa, Kenya.jpg
Muhanga Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 87,6132015 Great Lakes Region Suburban View with Kabgayi Cathedral in Distance - Muhanga-Gitarama - Rwanda.jpg
Moroni Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 54,0002011[ citation needed ]Capital Indian Ocean islands Moroni-Harbour.jpg
Mutsamudu Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 25,4712010 Indian Ocean islands Mutsamudu Street (9983198004).jpg
Muyinga Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 100,7152012 Great Lakes Region
Mwanza Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 706,5432012 Great Lakes Region Capri Point, Mwanza, Tanzania.jpg
Nacala Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 225,0342017 Southeast Africa NacalaBeach.jpg
Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 5,541,000 [8] 2017Capital Great Lakes Region Nairobi banner.jpg
Ngozi Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 860002017 Southeast Africa
Port Louis Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 149,1942015Capital Indian Ocean islands Mauricio in the center of the City of Port louis.jpg
Saint-Denis Flag of France.svg  Réunion 146,9852015Capital Indian Ocean islands Rathaus Saint-Denis 02.jpg
Saint-Paul Flag of France.svg  Réunion 104,6462015 Indian Ocean islands Fontaine devant la mairie (3858271279).jpg
Victoria Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 26,4502010Capital Indian Ocean islands Victoria clock tower.jpg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
  2. ↑ "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  3. ↑ "Antananarivo, Madagascar Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  4. ↑ "Madagascar: Major cities and localities". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Asmara, Eritrea Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  6. ↑ "Census Information Dissemination Platform". sensa.nbs.go.tz. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  7. ↑ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
  8. ↑ "Nairobi, Kenya Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
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