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Jijiga
Jijiga (Jigjiga), capital of Ethiopia's Somali Regional State since March 1996, a fast-growing eastern Ethiopian trade and livestock hub with highland climate, about 600 mm annual rainfall, and rapid urban expansion.
Jimma
Jimma (Jima) is a city in southwestern Ethiopia, Oromia Region, seat of Jimma Zone and former capital of the Oromo kingdom of Jimma under Abba Jifar I and II, annexed in 1932; a wet highland coffee-trade hub of about 195,000–283,000 people.
Johannesburg
Johannesburg, also called Joburg, eGoli, or City of Gold, is South Africa's largest city and Gauteng capital, founded in 1886 on the Witwatersrand gold reef; it is the country's financial hub but faces severe water, infrastructure, and governance crises.
Juba
Juba is the capital and largest city of South Sudan, on the western bank of the White Nile. Founded as a colonial town in 1927 on Bari land, it became national capital at independence on 9 July 2011.
Kabwe
Kabwe (formerly Broken Hill), capital of Zambia's Central Province, grew around a lead-zinc mine (1906–1994) and is now among the world's most lead-polluted towns, with severe child lead poisoning and remediation efforts.
Kahama
Kahama is a town and the seat of Kahama Municipal Council in the Shinyanga Region of northwestern Tanzania, in the center of a gold mining area.
Kakamega (city)
Kakamega, capital of Kakamega County in western Kenya, county headquarters and municipality; 107,227 urban residents at the 2019 census, Luhya cultural center known for bullfighting, Bukhungu Stadium, and the level 5 County General Hospital.
Kampala
Kampala, capital and largest city of Uganda since 1962, on Lake Victoria; five divisions, about 1.7 million night residents, 4.5 million daytime; grew from Buganda's Mengo Hill capital and Lugard's 1890 fort; governed by KCCA since 2010.
Kariega
Kariega is an industrial town in South Africa's Eastern Cape, founded as Uitenhage in 1804 and renamed in 2021, hosting the Volkswagen plant, one of Africa's largest car factories.
Karuri, Kiambu County
Karuri is a town and municipality in Kiambu County, Kenya, about 20 km northwest of Nairobi, serving as the headquarters of Kiambaa Sub-County and named after Chief Karuri wa Gakure.
Karuri, Murang'A
Karuri, Murang'A is a populated place in Murang'a County, Kenya, recorded with 21,476 residents (2013). Distinct from the larger Karuri municipality in Kiambu County; both named for Chief Karuri wa Gakure.
Kasama, Northern Province
Kasama is the capital of Zambia's Northern Province, 852 km from Lusaka; district population 340,678 (2022 census), TAZARA railway stop, upgraded Kasama Airport, Bemba Ukusefya Pa'ngwena ceremony, and a new 100 MW solar project.
Kasangati
Kasangati is a fast-growing town council in Wakiso District, Uganda, 13 km northeast of Kampala on the Gayaza road; 277,685 residents at the 2024 census, home to Kasangati Health Centre IV and Kasangati Times.
Kassala (city)
Kassala (كسلا), capital of Kassala State in eastern Sudan near the Eritrea border; founded 1840 by Egypt, bisected by the flood-prone seasonal Gash River, with embankments, spurs, and early-warning flood defenses.
Kasulu
Kasulu, also spelled Kassulo or Kasulo, is a town and district center in Kigoma Region, western Tanzania; 2022 census population 238,321, the region's largest town, with an agriculture-based economy and a major new water project.
Keetmanshoop
Keetmanshoop, also historically Swartmodder, is the main town of the ǁKaras Region in southern Namibia, named for mission donor Johann Keetman. Known for the Quiver Tree Forest, Giant's Playground, and 27,862 residents per the 2023 census.
Khartoum (الخرطوم)
Khartoum, also known as Al-Khurtum (الخرطوم), is the executive capital of Sudan at the confluence of the Blue and White Niles; founded in 1821, it has been the epicenter of Sudan's war since April 2023.
Kigali
Kigali, capital and largest city of Rwanda, seat of government and main economic center. Three districts, 1,745,555 residents (2022 census), 41% of national GDP, formal capital since 1962.
Kigoma
Kigoma is a port town and regional capital on Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania, terminus of the 1,248 km Central Railway from Dar es Salaam (completed 1914), gateway to Burundi and DRC, near Ujiji and Gombe.
Kikuyu
Kikuyu (Kĩkũyũ town) is a municipality in Kiambu County, Kenya, about 20 km northwest of Nairobi; 2019 census urban population 323,881, area 172.9 km², former Fort Smith, on the Mombasa–Malaba railway and Southern Bypass.
Kimberley, Northern Cape
Kimberley, Northern Cape: capital of South Africa's Northern Cape, founded 1873 during the diamond rush; home of the Big Hole (215 m deep) and birthplace of De Beers, now Sol Plaatje Municipality's seat.
Kira
Kira (Kira Town, Kiira) is a municipality in Wakiso District, Uganda, east of Kampala, with about 317,000 residents in 2014 and rapid 10.44% annual growth; a dormitory city known for Namugongo Martyrs Shrine and strained roads and health services.
Kismayo
Kismayo (Kismaayo), port city in Lower Juba, Somalia; capital of Lower Juba and de facto capital of Jubaland. Third-largest Somali city, over 250,000 people, major port, contested since 1991, recaptured from al-Shabaab in 2011.
Kisumu (city)
Kisumu, also Port Florence, is Kenya's third-largest city and Kisumu County capital on Lake Victoria's northeastern shore; founded 1901 as a railway terminus, home to East Africa's largest lake port and the Impala Sanctuary.
Kitwe
Kitwe (from Lamba "Ichitwe", big head) is Zambia's second-largest city, founded 1936 in the Copperbelt mining region; 661,901 residents in 2022, economy built on copper mining, with 19 informal settlements and a 2025 mine-spill water crisis.
Klerksdorp
Klerksdorp, North West province city and seat of the City of Matlosana Municipality on the Schoonspruit River; gold-mining town founded after the 1886 Rooikoppen gold strike, birthplace of Desmond Tutu.
Kokstad
Kokstad, a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, founded by Griqua leader Adam Kok III and capital of East Griqualand; main town of Greater Kokstad Municipality on the N2, population 51,561 (2011).
Kūstī
Kūstī (Kosti, كوستي) is a city on the west bank of the White Nile in White Nile State, Sudan, 270 km south of Khartoum; founded about 1902, it holds Sudan's largest river port, a railway junction, and a major sugar industry.
Lalibela (ላሊበላ)
Lalibela (ላሊበላ), formerly Roha, is a highland Ethiopian town and UNESCO World Heritage site (1978) with eleven 12th-13th century monolithic rock-hewn churches built under the Zagwe king Lalibela as a New Jerusalem.
Lichinga
Lichinga, formerly Vila Cabral (1932–1976), is the capital of Niassa Province in northern Mozambique, lying at 1,358 m on a plateau about 50 km from Lake Niassa.