AFRICAN LARGEST CITIES

 CITIES                     COUNTRY                        POPULATION           

1	Cairo	Egypt	7,786,640 (2006) Governorate
2	Lagos	Nigeria	7,937,932 (2006) The 16 local government areas of Lagos proper
3	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5,528,000 (1998) Province
4	Johannesburg-Ekurhuleni (Greater Johannesburg)	South Africa	3,888,180 (2007) 2 adjoining Metropolitan municipalities
5	Khartoum-Umm Durman	Sudan	2,919,773 (1993) The three principal cities of the Khartoum agglomeration
	Mogadishu	Somalia	2,855,800 (2011)			[[File:[1]|150px]]
6	Alexandria	Egypt	4,110,015 (2006) Governorate
7	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	4,210,200 (2002) Département
8	Casablanca	Morocco	3,631,061 (2004) Région
9	Cape Town	South Africa	3,497,097 (2007) Metropolitan municipality
10	Durban	South Africa	3,468,086 (2007) Metropolitan municipality
11	Accra	Ghana	1,659,136 (2000) District (Accra Metropolitan Area)
12	Nairobi	Kenya	3,138,295 (2009) Nairobi administrative area
13	Kano	Nigeria	2,153,225 (2006) The six local government areas of Kano proper
14	Ibadan	Nigeria	1,338,659 (2006) The five local government areas of Ibadan proper
16	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	2,487,288 (2002) Mkoa
17	Algiers	Algeria	2,947,461 (2008) Wilaya
18	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	2,738,248 (2007) Astedader
19	Luanda	Angola	1,823,282 (2002) Provincia
20	Dakar	Senegal	2,452,656 (2005) Région