Capitals of Africa in 1960
We give you a capital, you tap its country on the map: 51 countries of Africa in 1960, against the clock. Beat your record or challenge a friend with a link!
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List of the countries of Africa in 1960 and their capitals
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| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Basutoland | Maseru |
| Bechuanaland | Mafeking |
| British Cameroons | Buea |
| British Gambia | Bathurst (Banjul) |
| British Mauritius | Port Louis |
| British Seychelles | Victoria |
| British Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | Fort-Lamy (N'Djamena) |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | Brazzaville |
| Congo (Léopoldville) | Léopoldville (Kinshasa) |
| Dahomey | Porto-Novo |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | Salisbury (Harare) |
| French Algeria | Algiers |
| French Comoros | Dzaoudzi |
| French Somaliland | Djibouti |
| Gabon | Libreville |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Ivory Coast | Abidjan |
| Kenya (British colony) | Nairobi |
| Kingdom of Libya | Tripoli and Benghazi |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Malagasy Republic | Tananarive |
| Mali | Bamako |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Morocco | Rabat |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Lagos |
| Portuguese Angola | Luanda |
| Portuguese Cape Verde | Praia |
| Portuguese Guinea | Bissau |
| Portuguese Mozambique | Lourenço Marques (Maputo) |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé |
| Ruanda-Urundi | Usumbura (Bujumbura) |
| Senegal | Dakar |
| Somalia | Mogadishu |
| South West Africa | Windhoek |
| Spanish Guinea | Santa Isabel (Malabo) |
| Spanish Sahara | El Aaiún |
| Sudan | Khartoum |
| Swaziland | Mbabane |
| Tanganyika | Dar es Salaam |
| Togo | Lomé |
| Tunisia | Tunis |
| Uganda (British protectorate) | Entebbe |
| Union of South Africa | Pretoria |
| United Arab Republic (Egypt) | Cairo |
| Upper Volta | Ouagadougou |
| Zanzibar | Zanzibar |