List of metropolitan areas in Africa
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This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from citypopulation.de. Figures for administrative areas are also given.
| Rank | City | Country | Administrative area[1] | Agglomeration | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2010; UN WUP)[2] | (2010-01-01; citypopulation.de)[3] |
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| 1 | Lagos |  Nigeria |
13,400,000 (2007)[4] | 17,578,000 | 21,000,000[5] |  |
| 2 | Cairo |  Egypt |
7,786,640 (2006) Governorate |
11,001,000 | 15,200,000 |  |
| 3 | Kinshasa-Brazzaville |  Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo |
5,528,000 (1998) Province (Kinshasa)[6] 1,373,382 (2007) Capital District (Brazzaville) |
8,754,000 | 11,300,000 |  |
| 4 | Greater Johannesburg |  South Africa |
3,888,180 (2007) 2 adjoining Metropolitan municipalities |
3,670,000 | 7,550,000[7] |  |
| 5 | Mogadishu |  Somalia |
2,855,800 (2011) | 6,346,000 | 5,845,000 | .jpg) |
| 6 | Khartoum-Omdurman |  Sudan |
2,919,773 (1993) 3 principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration |
5,172,000 | 4,975,000 |  |
| 7 | Dar es Salaam |  Tanzania |
4,364,541 (2012) Mkoa |
4,364,541 | 4,700,000 |  |
| 8 | Alexandria | Egypt |
4,110,015 (2006) Governorate |
4,387,000 | 4,575,000 |  |
| 9 | Abidjan |  Ivory Coast |
4,210,200 (2002) Département |
4,125,000 | 4,400,000 |  |
| 10 | Casablanca |  Morocco |
4 055 807(2012) Région |
3,284,000 | 3,975,000 |  |
| 11 | Cape Town | South Africa |
3,497,097 (2007) Metropolitan municipality |
3,405,000 | 3,775,000 |  |
| 12 | Durban | South Africa |
3,468,086 (2007) Metropolitan municipality |
2,879,000 | 3,650,000 |  |
| 13 | Accra |  Ghana |
1,659,136 (2000) District (Accra Metropolitan Area) |
2,342,000 | 3,575,000 | 150px |
| 14 | Nairobi |  Kenya |
3,138,295 (2009) Nairobi administrative area |
3,523,000 | 3,500,000 |  |
| 15 | Kano | Nigeria |
2,153,225 (2006) 6 local government areas of Kano proper |
3,395,000 | 9,383,682 |  |
| 16 | Ibadan | Nigeria |
1,338,659 (2006) 5 local government areas of Ibadan proper |
2,837,000 | 3,375,000 |  |
| 17 | Algiers |  Algeria |
2,947,461 (2008) Wilaya |
3,100,000 | 3,175,000 |  |
| 18 | Addis Ababa |  Ethiopia |
2,738,248 (2007) Astedader |
2,930,000 | 3,100,000 |  |
| 19 | Luanda |  Angola |
1,823,282 (2002) Provincia |
4,772,000 | 3,100,000 |  |
| 20 | Dakar |  Senegal |
2,452,656 (2005) Région |
2,863,000 | 2,675,000 |  |
| 21 | Pretoria | South Africa |
2,345,908 (2007) Metropolitan municipality |
1,429,000 | 2,525,000 |  |
| 22 | Tripoli |  Libya |
2,222,000 (2006) Mutsarfiyah |
2,267,000 | 2,325,000 |  |
| 23 | Harare |  Zimbabwe |
1,903,510 (2002) Province |
1,632,000 | 2,300,000 |  |
| 24 | Douala |  Cameroon |
1,514,978 (2001) Wouri département |
2,125,000 | 2,200,000 |  |
| 25 | Niamey |  Niger |
2,100,000 (2013) Province |
2,110,000 | 2,111,000 | |
| 26 | Hargeisa | Somalia |
1,414,978 (2011) | 1,340,000 | 2,290,000 |  |
| 27 | Abuja | Nigeria |
1,405,201 (2006) Federal Capital Territory |
1,995,000 | Not listed |  |
| 27 | Lusaka |  Zambia |
1,742,979 | 1,799,682 [8] | 1,985,733 [9] |  |
| 28 | Kampala |  Uganda |
1,337,900 (2005) District |
1,598,000 | 1,970,000 |  |
| 29 | Bamako |  Mali |
1,215,335 (2005) District |
1,699,000 | 1,920,000 |  |
| 30 | Maputo |  Mozambique |
1,099,102 (2007) Province-level city |
1,655,000 | 1,910,000 |  |
| 31 | Rabat | Morocco |
627,932 (2004) Préfecture |
1,802,000 | 1,890,000 |  |
| 32 | Antananarivo |  Madagascar |
1,879,000 | 1,860,000 |  |
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| 33 | Yaoundé | Cameroon |
1,248,235 (2001) Mfoundi département |
1,801,000 | 1,750,000 |  |
| 34 | Ouagadougou |  Burkina Faso |
1,475,223 (2006) Municipality |
1,908,000 | 1,700,000 |  |
| 35 | Conakry |  Guinea |
1,092,936 (1996) Région |
1,653,000 | 1,690,000 |  |
| 36 | Kaduna | Nigeria |
760,084 (2006) 2 local government areas of Kaduna |
1,561,000 | 1,670,000 | |
| 37 | Kumasi | Ghana |
1,171,311 (2000) District (Kumasi Metropolitan Area) |
1,834,000 | 1,630,000 |  |
| 38 | Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1,543,000 | 1,570,000 |  |
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| 39 | Mbuji-Mayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1,488,000 | 1,520,000 |  |
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| 40 | Oran | Algeria |
634,112 (1998) Commune |
770,000 | 1,260,000 |  |
| 41 | Benin | Nigeria |
1,302,000 | 1,240,000 |  |
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| 42 | Port Harcourt | Nigeria |
541,116 (2006) Local government area |
1,104,000 | 1,230,000 |  |
| 43 | Tunis |  Tunisia |
911,643 (2005) Municipality |
1,108,000 | 1,210,000 |  |
| 44 | Freetown |  Sierra Leone |
947,122 (2004) Western Area province |
901,000 | 1,200,000 |  |
| 45 | Cotonou |  Benin |
665,100 (2002) Commune |
844,000 | 1,150,000 |  |
| 46 | Vereeniging | South Africa |
800,819 (2007) District municipality |
1,143,000 | Not listed |  |
| 47 | Fès | Morocco |
977,946 (2004) Préfecture |
1,065,000 | 1,110,000 |  |
| 48 | Maiduguri | Nigeria |
521,492 (2006) Local government area |
970,000 | 1,100,000 | |
| 49 | Monrovia |  Liberia |
1,010,970 (2008) Municipality |
827,000 | 1,080,000 | 150px |
| 50 | Port Elizabeth | South Africa |
1,050,930 (2007) Metropolitan municipality (Nelson Mandela Bay) |
1,068,000 | 1,070,000 |  |
| 51 | Huambo | Angola |
1,034,000 | Not listed |  |
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| 52 | Ogbomosho | Nigeria |
1,032,000 | Not listed | ||
| 53 | Zaria | Nigeria |
408,198 (2006) Local government area |
963,000 | 1,030,000 |  |
| 54 | Ndjamena |  Chad |
829,000 | 1,020,000 |  |
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See also
References
- ↑ Latest figures from national census authority
- ↑ United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision)
- ↑ Thomas Brinkoff, The Principal Agglomerations of the World
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ cfr.org
- ↑ http://www.statistiques-mondiales.com/congo_kinshasa.htm
- ↑ Includes Ekurhuleni, which is listed separately by the UN with a population of 3,157,000
- ↑ geohive.com
- ↑ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_phc/Zambia/PreliminaryReport.pdf
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