Africa.

Africa5.32° N 4.02° W

Abidjan

Côte d'Ivoire

Lagoon between the districts, bridges across it, and a cut through to the sea.

Africa5.56° N 0.20° W

Accra

Ghana

A long shoreline, an old fort above the surf, and wide roads heading inland.

Africa9.04° N 38.75° E

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

High ground, hills along the northern edge, and ring roads looping round.

Africa36.75° N 3.06° E

Algiers

Algeria

White buildings stacked above the bay, and the sea at the foot of every slope.

Africa18.91° S 47.53° E

Antananarivo

Madagascar

A long ridge with a palace on top, a lake below it, and flat fields beyond.

Africa12.64° N 8.00° W

Bamako

Mali

A wide river, long bridges across it, and an escarpment behind the city.

Africa11.86° N 15.58° W

Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

A broad estuary, a small old port by the water, and flat land all around.

Africa4.27° S 15.27° E

Brazzaville

Republic of Congo

A wide river along the south side, and another capital on the far bank.

Africa3.36° S 29.36° E

Bujumbura

Burundi

The lake along one side, a level shore, and hills rising straight behind.

Africa30.04° N 31.24° E

Cairo

Egypt

Islands in the Nile, desert at either edge, and a dense old centre to the east.

Africa33.59° N 7.62° W

Casablanca

Morocco

A long Atlantic shore, a working port, and the flat Chaouia plain behind.

Africa9.51° N 13.71° W

Conakry

Guinea

A long thin peninsula, islands offshore, and the sea on both sides of the road.

Africa14.69° N 17.45° W

Dakar

Senegal

A peninsula out into the Atlantic, surf on three sides, and low hills near the tip.

Africa6.82° S 39.28° E

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

A narrow harbour mouth, a shore close across it, and a long low coast north.

Africa4.04° N 9.71° E

Douala

Cameroon

A wide estuary, creeks cutting in from the water, and a long bridge over.

Africa29.86° S 31.02° E

Durban

South Africa

A long beachfront, an enclosed bay for a harbour, and a ridge of suburbs above.

Africa34.02° N 5.01° W

Fez

Morocco

Walled quarters filling a river valley, hills on both sides, and a newer town.

Africa8.48° N 13.27° W

Freetown

Sierra Leone

Steep hills straight down to a wide harbour, and the Atlantic beyond the point.

Africa17.83° S 31.05° E

Harare

Zimbabwe

Wide avenues in a grid, a rocky hill beside them, and suburbs to the north.

Africa26.20° S 28.05° E

Johannesburg

South Africa

A high ridge, a tight downtown grid, and suburbs running north over the rise.

Africa4.85° N 31.60° E

Juba

South Sudan

The Nile along the east side, a lone rocky hill to the west, and flat ground.

Africa4.32° S 15.31° E

Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of Congo

A river so wide it becomes a lake, and a city along its southern shore.

Africa6.46° N 3.39° E

Lagos

Nigeria

A lagoon full of islands, long bridges across it, and surf on the far side.

Africa0.42° N 9.47° E

Libreville

Gabon

A wide estuary, a long road along the shore, and low hills behind the town.

Africa6.14° N 1.21° E

Lome

Togo

A straight beach road, a lagoon behind the town, and a border at its end.

Africa8.83° S 13.24° E

Luanda

Angola

A long sand spit, a sheltered bay, and an old fort on the headland above it.

Africa15.42° S 28.28° E

Lusaka

Zambia

Flat high ground, a railway through the middle, and a long straight main road.

Africa31.63° N 7.98° W

Marrakech

Morocco

Long earthen walls, gardens beyond them, and mountains on the horizon.

Africa2.05° N 45.32° E

Mogadishu

Somalia

Old quarters close to the shore, sand inland, and the Indian Ocean out front.

Africa6.32° N 10.81° W

Monrovia

Liberia

A headland over the Atlantic, a lagoon behind, and a long beach to the south.

Africa1.29° S 36.82° E

Nairobi

Kenya

Open grassland inside the city limits, a railway through the middle, and ridges.

Africa13.51° N 2.11° E

Niamey

Niger

A broad river on the south side, sandbanks in it, and a bridge to the far bank.

Africa12.37° N 1.52° W

Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso

Flat ground, long straight avenues, and a chain of reservoirs to the north.

Africa33.96° S 25.60° E

Port Elizabeth

South Africa

A long curving bay, a hill above the harbour, and beaches running south.

Africa6.50° N 2.63° E

Porto-Novo

Benin

Water along the southern edge, low flat land, and the open sea just beyond.

Africa14.93° N 23.51° W

Praia

Cape Verde

A flat-topped old centre, a natural harbour below, and valleys to the beach.

Africa25.75° S 28.19° E

Pretoria

South Africa

Long ridges running east to west, a river valley between, and a straight grid.

Africa33.93° S 18.86° E

Stellenbosch

South Africa

Cape Dutch gables, a small river, and mountains straight up behind the town.

Africa22.68° S 14.53° E

Swakopmund

Namibia

Desert to the edge of town, a long beach, and a river mouth to the south.

Africa32.89° N 13.19° E

Tripoli

Libya

A curved bay, an old town by the harbour, and the city spreading back.

Africa36.81° N 10.18° E

Tunis

Tunisia

A lake between the city and the sea, a causeway across, and an old medina.

Africa22.56° S 17.07° E

Windhoek

Namibia

Bare hills all round, a high valley floor, and the town strung along it.