95 - Odendaalsrus, South Africa

In the Orange Free State, between Klerksdorp and Bloemfontain.

It started out in 1912 as a ramshackle collection of farms and a central church that became a town. In April 1946 gold was struck on the farm Geduld near the town. On the 5 December 2000, Odendaalrus was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality along with the city of Welkom and the towns of Allanridge, Hennenman, Ventersburg and Virginia. The Kutlwanong location was established about 10 km outside Odendaalsrus to house black people during the apartheid era.

94 - Nyamandhlovu, Zimbabwe

On the railway 40mi. NW of Bulawayo.

93 - Masindi, Uganda

Between lakes Albert and Kyogo.

92 - Luganba, Congo

In the hills W of Lake Tanganyika. I think—couldn't find it on the web though ...

91 - Koulamoutou, Gabon

On the Lolo River.

90 - Jagua, Central African Republic

In the SW corner.

89 - Isanlu Makutu, Nigeria

125mi. NE of Ibadan.

88 - Hamada Safia, Mali

50mi. NW of Taoudenni, in the country's northern fin. Not sure if it's the name of a village or a region or a natural feature (hints on a NASA site about the Hamada Safia "wind streaks").

87 - Gufala, Sudan

120mi. NW of El Obeid, in the Kordofan region.

86 - Faiyûm, Egypt

District on the Nile containing the below-sea-level Birket Qârûn. I'm guessing this system of dikes and pools is some sort of salt-making scheme ...

85 - El Minya, Egypt

150mi. upstream from Cairo. The Codex Tchacos, including the recently famous Gospel of Judas, was found by a "treasure-hunter" near El-Minya in the 1970s.

73 - St. Louis, Senegal

Northern coastal city.

Saint-Louis was established in 1659 by French traders on an uninhabited island called Ndar. It was baptized Saint-Louis-du-Fort in homage to the French king Louis XIV. It was the first permanent French settlement in Senegal. The fortified factory commanded trade along the Senegal River. Slaves, hides, beeswax, ambergris and, later, gum arabic were exported. In the late 18th century, Saint Louis had about 5,000 inhabitants, not counting an indeterminate number of slaves in transit. "Saint-Louis became the leading urban centre in sub-Saharan Africa”.

27 - Zanzibar, Tanzania

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The Z's right in the courtyard of the House of Wonders (Beit al-Ajab), so-called because of its early use of exterior lighting (the better for the Sultan to impress his Sultanate). Now it houses a museum, which, alas, I wasn't able to visit a few years back in '99 — if it'd even existed then. The park between the House of Wonders and the waterfront is home to all manner of tasty seaside vended-food, come nightfall.

96 - La Estrella, Canary Islands

Town on the E coast of Gran Canaria, the roundest of the Isles.

95 - Dabara, Madagascar

Upriver from Morondava, on the west coast.


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94 - Chamais Bay, Namibia

60mi. N of the Orange River's mouth. It's in a huge restricted district called Diamond Area 1, which I at first took for a relic from the not-so-distant days when this was South-West Africa, a South African colony—it certainly has a military-codename ring to it. But now I think it might just be because ... there are diamonds there. Or might be.

Here's a sketch based on a flickr photo of the gost-pump-station at one of the road entrances to Diamond Area 1:

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93 - Buluk, Kenya

Oasis 40mi. E of Lake Turkana. Includes a Miocene fossil site where some of the oldest Old World Monkey remains have been found, as well as some hominids.


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92 - Arusha, Tanzania

On the southern slope of Mt. Meru.


Photo: Wikipedia

91 - Zobia, DR Congo

200mi N of Kisangani.


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89 - Xime, Guinea-Bissau

At the end of the country's longest estuary.


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