Praia

City · 1858 CE · in Sub-Saharan Africa

Capital of Republic of Cabo Verde (1976–today).

Kuala Lumpur (1857 CE): Capital of Federation of Malaya (1958–1962), Malaysia (1963–today).
Ras Hafun (c. 1856 CE): Capital of Majeerteen Sultanate (1856–1889).
Vladivostok (1860 CE): Capital of Provisional Priamurye Government (1922–1922).
Ottawa (1855 CE): Capital of Canada (1932–today).
Pretoria (1855 CE): Capital of South African Republic (1856–1899), South Africa (1932–today).
Turin (c. 1861 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Italy (1861–1865).
Almaty (1854 CE): Capital of Kazakhstan (1992–1997).
Nouméa (1854 CE): Capital of New Caledonia (1856–1859).
Dar es Salaam (1862 CE): Capital of Tanzania (1964–1996).
Saigon (1862–1976 CE): Capital of French Indochina (1887–1954).

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Middle Passage (c. 1526–1866 CE): The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas. Of about 12.5 million people embarked between the 16th and 19th centuries, some 1.8 million died on the crossing.
Banjul (1816 CE): Capital of Republic of The Gambia (1967–today).
Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906 CE – 2001 CE): Poet and co-founder of the Négritude movement who became the first president of Senegal (1960–1980).