Africa
| Old capital city | Country, empire | From | Until | Change, reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) | Cape Verde | 1462? | 1770 | moved to Praia |
| Grand Bassam | Côte d'Ivoire | 1893 | 1900 | moved to Bingerville |
| Bingerville | Côte d'Ivoire | 1900 | 1933 | moved to Abidjan |
| Abidjan | Côte d'Ivoire | 1933 | 1983 | moved to Yamoussoukro |
| Fez | Morocco | ? | 1912 | Moved to Rabat |
| Al-Fustat | Egypt | 641 | 750 | Moved to Al-Askar |
| Al-Askar | Egypt | 905 | 969 | Moved to Cairo |
| Otjimbingwe | German South-West Africa | 1886 | 1892 | moved to Windhoek |
| Cape Coast | Ghana (Gold Coast) | 1664 | 1877 | moved to Accra |
| Bolama | Guinea-Bissau | 1879 | 1941 | moved to Bissau |
| Boe | Guinea-Bissau | 1973 | 1974 | moved back to Bissau |
| Njimi | Kanem | fl. 11th Century | c.1396 | lost to Bulala invaders (eventually moved to Ngazargamu) |
| Ngazargamu | Kanem-Bornu Empire | c.1472 | 1808 | lost to Fulani invaders (eventually moved to Kukawa) |
| Kukawa | Kanem-Bornu Empire | 1814 | 1893 | Kingdom ceased to exist |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 1914 | 1976 | moved to Abuja |
| Igbo Ukwu | Kingdom of Nri | 1043 | 1911 | Nigeria |
| Aneho | Togo | 1880s | 1897 | moved to Lomé |
| Zomba | Malawi | 1880s | 1975 | moved to Lilongwe |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 1961 | 1996 | moved to Dodoma |
| Axum | Ethiopia | 50 AD | ? | city abandoned |
| Debre Berhan | Ethiopia | 1456 | mid-1470s | Emperor returned to custom of a moving capital |
| Gondar | Ethiopia | 1635 | late 19th century | moved to Addis Ababa |
See also List of Egyptian capitals.
Read more about this topic: List Of Former National Capitals
Famous quotes containing the word africa:
“I know no East or West, North or South, when it comes to my class fighting the battle for justice. If it is my fortune to live to see the industrial chain broken from every workingman’s child in America, and if then there is one black child in Africa in bondage, there shall I go.”
—Mother Jones (1830–1930)
“America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)