Kigali is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali is a relatively new city. It has been Rwanda's economic, cultural, and transport hub since it was founded as an administrative outpost in 1907, and became the capital of the country at independence in 1962, shifting focus away from Huye.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kampala, Buganda, Uganda.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gaborone, Botswana.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rabat, Morocco.
The following is a timeline of the history of Djibouti, Djibouti.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Niamey, Niger.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Libreville, Gabon.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bangui, Central African Republic.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lilongwe, Malawi.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Windhoek, Namibia.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Asmara, Eritrea. Asmara was under Italian colonial rule from 1889 until 1941.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Monrovia, Liberia.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bujumbura, Burundi.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Bissau is a city in Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, formerly part of the kingdom of Kaabu and part of the Mali Empire.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
