Want to learn to identify the countries located in Africa? The country cards that follow show the outline of the country within the context of the continent on which it is located. In addition, each card includes the capital and important physical features in each country (such as well known rivers, oceans, mountains, etc). The country outline is shown first. Try and identify the country before scrolling to see the answer. Then take a minute to find each of the features listed below each card.
1. Egypt
- Nile River
- Mediterranean Sea
- Red Sea
- Suez Canal
- Sinai Peninsula
- Tropic of Cancer
- Cairo (capital)
2. Libya
- Mediterranean Sea
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tripoli (capital)
3. Tunisia
- Mediterranean Sea
- Atlas Mountains
- Tunis (capital)
4. Algeria
- Atlas Mountains
- Mediterranean Sea
- Tropic of Cancer
- Prime Meridian
- Algiers (capital)
5. Morocco
- Mediterranean Sea
- Atlantic Ocean
- Strait of Gibraltar
- Atlas Mountains
- Rabat (capital)
6. Western Sahara
- Atlantic Ocean
- Tropic of Cancer
7. Mauritania
- Atlantic Ocean
- Tropic of Cancer
- Nouakchott (capital)
8. Mali
- Tropic of Cancer
- Niger River
- Prime Meridian
- Timbuktu! (Tombouctou)
9. Niger
- Niger River
- Niamey (capital)
10. Chad
- Lake Chad
- N’Djamena (capital)
11. Sudan
- Blue Nile
- White Nile
- Nile River
- Red Sea
- Nubian Desert
- Khartoum (capital)
12. South Sudan
- Sudan
- White Nile
- Jubu (capital)
13. Eritrea
- Red Sea
- Horn of Africa
- Asmara (capital)
14. Ethiopia
- Lake Tana (source of the Blue Nile)
- Horn of Africa
- Addis Ababa (capital)
15. Djibouti
- Horn of Africa
- Djibouti (capital)
16. Somalia
- Horn of Africa
- Indian Ocean
- Equator
- Mogadishu (capital)
17. Uganda
- Lake Victoria
- Nile River
- Equator
- Kampala (capital)
18. Kenya
- Lake Victoria
- Indian Ocean
- Equator
- Nairobi (capital)
19. Rwanda
- Kigali (capital)
20. Burundi
- Bujumbura (capital)
21. Tanzania
- Lake Victoria
- Lake Tanganyika
- Mt. Kilimanjaro
- Indian Ocean
- Dodoma (capital)
22. Zambia
- Victoria Falls
- Lusaka (capital)
23. Zimbabwe
- Victoria Falls
- Harare (capital)
24. Malawi
- Lake Malawi
- Lilongwe (capital)
25. Mozambique
- Indian Ocean
- Mozambique Channel
- Zambeze River
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Maputo (capital)
26. Madagascar
- Indian Ocean
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Antananarivo (capital)
