List of cities in East Africa

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.

List of cities

City Country Population (approximate)[1] Notes Area
Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2,739,551 (2007) Capital Horn of Africa
Alexandria Egypt 4,358,439 (2010) Nile Valley
Antananarivo Madagascar 1,015,140 (2005) Capital Indian Ocean islands
Asmara Eritrea 0,649,000 (2009) Capital Horn of Africa
Blantyre Malawi 0,783,296 (2012) Southeast Africa
Bujumbura Burundi 0,497,169 (2008) Capital East African Community
Bulawayo Zimbabwe Southeast Africa
Cairo Egypt 7,248,671 (2010) Capital Nile Valley
Dakahlia Egypt 1,503,395 (2010) Nile Valley
Dar es Salaam Tanzania East African Community
Dire Dawa Ethiopia 0,607,321 (2008) Horn of Africa
Djibouti Djibouti 0,475,322 (2009) Capital Horn of Africa
Dodoma Tanzania Capital East African Community
Gharbia Egypt 1,284,492 (2010) Nile Valley
Gitarama Rwanda East African Community
Giza Egypt 3,122,041 (2010) Nile Valley
Harare Zimbabwe Capital Southeast Africa
Hargeisa Somalia Horn of Africa
Helwan Egypt 1,295,854 (2010) Nile Valley
Juba South Sudan Capital Nile Valley
Kalyoubia Egypt 2,053,859 (2010) Nile Valley
Kampala Uganda 1,507,114 (2014) Capital East African Community
Keren Eritrea Horn of Africa
Khartoum Sudan Capital Nile Valley
Kigali Rwanda Capital East African Community
Kitwe Zambia Southeast Africa
Lilongwe Malawi 0,868,800 (2012) Capital Southeast Africa
Lusaka Zambia Capital Southeast Africa
Malakal South Sudan Nile Valley
Mamoudzou Mayotte Capital Indian Ocean islands
Maputo Mozambique Capital Southeast Africa
Mbarara Uganda East African Community
Mogadishu Somalia Capital Horn of Africa
Mombasa Kenya 0,915,101 (2009) East African Community
Moroni Comoros 0,054,000 (2011) Capital Indian Ocean islands
Mutsamudu Comoros Indian Ocean islands
Muyinga Burundi East African Community
Mwanza Tanzania East African Community
Nairobi Kenya 3,133,518 (2009) Capital East African Community
Nampula Mozambique Southeast Africa
Omdurman Sudan Nile Valley
Port Louis Mauritius Capital Indian Ocean islands
Saint-Denis Réunion Capital Indian Ocean islands
Saint-Paul Réunion Indian Ocean islands
Sharkia Egypt 1,340,060 (2010) Nile Valley
Victoria Seychelles Capital Indian Ocean islands

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
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