World Capital Cities
Abkhazia | Sukhumi | De facto independent state recognized by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. |
Afghanistan | Kabul |
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Åland Islands | Mariehamn | Autonomous province of Finland. |
Albania | Tirana |
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Algeria | Algiers |
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American Samoa | Pago Pago | Territory of the United States. |
Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
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Angola | Luanda |
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Anguilla | The Valley | British Overseas Territory. |
Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's (de facto) | Antigua and Barbuda has no official capital. |
Argentina | Buenos Aires |
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Armenia | Yerevan |
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Artsakh | Stepanakert | The self-declared country remains diplomatically unrecognized by UN-member states, including Armenia. Transnistria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia all recognize the state. Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan. |
Aruba | Oranjestad | Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
Ascension Island | Georgetown | Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. |
Australia | Canberra | Planned city built to overcome the rivalry between Melbourne (de facto capital at the time) and Sydney (economic capital and largest population center), which were both put forward as potential capitals for the nation in the Australasia Federation Conventions of the 1890s. Section 125 of the Constitution gives basic details about the location of the capital, size of the encompassing territory and so forth, while the Seat of Government Act 1908 specified its precise location. |
Austria | Vienna |
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Azerbaijan | Baku |
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Bahamas | Nassau |
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Bahrain | Manama |
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Bangladesh | Dhaka |
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Barbados | Bridgetown |
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Belarus | Minsk |
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Belgium | Brussels | Also the de facto capital of the European Union. |
Belize | Belmopan |
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Benin | Cotonou (de facto) |
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Porto-Novo (official) |
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Bermuda | Hamilton | British Overseas Territory. |
Bhutan | Thimphu |
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Bolivia | La Paz (administrative) | La Paz is the highest administrative capital (3,650 m) in the world, higher than Quito.[5] |
Sucre (constitutional) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
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Botswana | Gaborone |
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Brazil | Brasília | Rio de Janeiro was the capital until 1960. See also: Capitals of Brazil |
British Antarctic Territory | Rothera | British Overseas Territory. |
British Indian Ocean Territory | Camp Thunder Cove | British Overseas Territory. |
British Virgin Islands | Road Town | British Overseas Territory. |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
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Bulgaria | Sofia |
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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
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Burundi | Gitega (official) | Bujumbura was the capital from 1962 to 2018. |
Bujumbura (de facto) |
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Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
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Cameroon | Yaoundé |
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Canada | Ottawa |
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Cape Verde | Praia |
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Cayman Islands | George Town | British Overseas Territory. |
Central African Republic | Bangui |
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Chad | N'Djamena |
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Chile | Santiago (official) |
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Valparaíso (legislative) | The National Congress of Chile is located in Valparaíso. | |
China | Beijing | See also: Historical capitals of China. Sub-divisions of Hong Kong and Macau. |
Christmas Island | Flying Fish Cove | External territory of Australia. |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island | External territory of Australia. |
Colombia | Bogotá |
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Comoros | Moroni |
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Congo (Democratic Republic of the) |
Kinshasa |
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Congo (Republic of the) |
Brazzaville |
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Cook Islands | Avarua | Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as Rarotonga, the name of the island on which Avarua is located. |
Costa Rica | San José |
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Croatia | Zagreb |
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Cuba | Havana |
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Curaçao | Willemstad | Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
Cyprus Northern Cyprus |
Nicosia | See also: List of divided cities[clarification needed] |
Czech Republic | Prague (official, legislative and executive) |
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Brno (judiciary) |
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Denmark | Copenhagen |
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Djibouti(Republic of) | Djibouti City |
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Dominica | Roseau |
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Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
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Ecuador | Quito | Highest official capital (2,850 m).[5] |
Egypt | Cairo | A new capital is being built at the New Administrative Capital. It could be named Egypt. See also: List of historical capitals of Egypt |
El Salvador | San Salvador |
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Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Ciudad de la Paz is currently under construction and will become the new capital when complete.[7] |
Eritrea | Asmara |
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Estonia | Tallinn |
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Eswatini | Lobamba (royal and legislative) |
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Mbabane (administrative) |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
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Falkland Islands | Stanley | British Overseas Territory. |
Faroe Islands | Tórshavn | Self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark. |
Fiji | Suva |
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Finland | Helsinki |
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France | Paris | See also: List of Capitals of France |
French Polynesia | Papeete | Overseas collectivity of France. |
Gabon | Libreville |
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Gambia | Banjul |
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Georgia | Tbilisi |
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Germany | Berlin | Bonn was the capital of West Germany and remained the seat of government for reunified Germany until 1999. |
Ghana | Accra |
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Gibraltar | Gibraltar | British Overseas Territory. |
Greece | Athens |
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Greenland | Nuuk | Self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark. |
Grenada | St. George's |
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Guam | Hagåtña | Territory of the United States. |
Guatemala | Guatemala City |
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Guernsey | St. Peter Port | British Crown Dependency. |
Guinea | Conakry |
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Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
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Guyana | Georgetown |
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Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
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Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Comayagüela is declared in the Honduran Constitution as co-official capital with Tegucigalpa.[11] Now they have merged into a single Metropolitan Area. |
Hungary | Budapest | See also: List of historical capitals of Hungary |
Iceland | Reykjavík |
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India | New Delhi | Kolkata was the capital of India until 1911 during the British Raj. |
Indonesia | Jakarta | A new purpose-built city named Nusantara in Kalimantan is planned to replace Jakarta as the national capital from the mid-2020s.[1][2] |
Iran | Tehran |
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Iraq | Baghdad |
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Ireland | Dublin |
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Isle of Man | Douglas | British Crown Dependency. |
Israel | Jerusalem | The Jerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel" and the city serves as the seat of the Israeli government and its institutions. United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 declared the Jerusalem Law "null and void" and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem. Most countries currently maintain their embassies in and around Tel Aviv. The United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital and moved its embassy there in May 2018. [3] Many countries officially adhere to the proposal that Jerusalem have international status, as called for in the 1947 Partition Plan.[4] |
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Ramallah (de facto) | ||
Italy | Rome |
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Ivory Coast | Abidjan (former capital; still has many government offices) |
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Yamoussoukro (official) |
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Jamaica | Kingston |
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Japan | Tokyo | See also: Capital of Japan |
Jersey | St. Helier | British Crown Dependency. |
Jordan | Amman |
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Kazakhstan | Astana | Astana was named Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty was the capital from 1929 to 1997. |
Kenya | Nairobi |
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Kiribati | South Tarawa | South Tarawa is a settlement on the atoll of Tarawa. |
Kosovo | Pristina | De facto independent state that is recognized by 114 UN member states and by Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. The Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo. |
Kuwait | Kuwait City |
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Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
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Laos | Vientiane |
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Latvia | Riga |
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Lebanon | Beirut |
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Lesotho | Maseru |
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Liberia | Monrovia |
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Libya | Tripoli |
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Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
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Lithuania | Vilnius |
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Luxembourg | Luxembourg City |
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Madagascar | Antananarivo |
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Malawi | Lilongwe |
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Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur (official, legislative and royal) |
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Putrajaya (administrative and judicial) |
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Maldives | Malé |
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Mali | Bamako |
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Malta | Valletta |
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Marshall Islands | Majuro | Self-governing in free association with the United States. The seat of government is at Delpa-Uliga-Djarrit, a settlement on the attoll of Majuro. |
Mauritania | Nouakchott |
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Mauritius | Port Louis |
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Mexico | Mexico City |
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Micronesia | Palikir | Self-governing in free association with the United States. Kolonia is the former capital; and Australia, China, Japan and the United States retain embassies there.
Sub-divisions of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae. |
Moldova | Chișinău |
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Monaco | Monaco | City-state. The Principality of Monaco does not have an official capital designated in its constitution; however, the Commune of Monaco, the country's only commune, is coterminous with the nation, making it the de facto capital.[8][9] |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
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Montenegro | Cetinje (Old Royal Capital, present seat of the President) |
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Podgorica (official) |
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Montserrat | Alofi | British Overseas Territory. Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1997. Government offices since then have been moved to Brades, which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat. |
Plymouth (official) | ||
Morocco | Rabat |
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Mozambique | Maputo |
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Myanmar | Naypyidaw | Yangon was the capital until 2006.[10] See also: List of capitals of Myanmar |
Namibia | Windhoek |
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Nauru | Yaren (de facto) | Nauru has no official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren. |
Nepal | Kathmandu |
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Netherlands | Amsterdam (official) | The Dutch constitution refers to Amsterdam as the "capital". Also of the public bodies of: Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius. |
The Hague (de facto) | The Dutch government is located in The Hague, which also hosts the monarch, government ministries, judiciary and diplomatic missions. | |
New Caledonia | Nouméa | Overseas territory of France. |
New Zealand | Wellington | Since 1865. Wellington is New Zealand's third capital. See also: Capital of New Zealand. |
Nicaragua | Managua |
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Niger | Niamey |
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Nigeria | Abuja | Lagos was the capital from 1914 to 1991. |
Niue | Alofi | Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. |
Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan | Territory of the United States. The seat of government is at Capitol Hill, a settlement on the island of Saipan. |
Norfolk Island | Kingston | External territory of Australia. |
North Korea | Pyongyang |
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North Macedonia | Skopje |
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Norway | Oslo | See also: List of historical capitals of Norway |
Oman | Muscat |
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Pakistan | Islamabad | Karachi was selected as the first capital of Pakistan and served as such until the capital was shifted to Rawalpindi in 1958. Rawalpindi served as an interim capital for almost a decade until the construction of Islamabad was complete. |
Palau | Ngerulmud | Self-governing in free association with the United States. Koror City was the capital of Palau until 2006. |
Palestine (press to read full descriptions in other place) |
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Panama | Panama City |
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Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
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Paraguay | Asunción |
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Peru | Lima | Cusco is declared the "Historical Capital" (Spanish: Capital Historica), a merely symbolic statement, by Article 49 of the Peruvian Constitution. Arequipa is dubbed the "Legal Capital" of Peru for being the seat of the Constitutional Court. |
Philippines | Manila |
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Pitcairn Islands | Adamstown | British Overseas Territory. |
Poland | Warsaw |
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Portugal | Lisbon |
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Puerto Rico | San Juan | Territory of the United States. |
Qatar | Doha |
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Romania | Bucharest |
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Russia | Moscow |
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Rwanda | Kigali |
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Saint Barthélemy | Gustavia | Overseas collectivity of France. |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
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Saint Helena | Jamestown | Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. |
Saint Lucia | Castries |
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Saint Martin | Marigot | Overseas collectivity of France. |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | St. Pierre | Overseas collectivity of France. |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
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Samoa | Apia |
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San Marino | San Marino |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé |
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Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
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Senegal | Dakar |
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Serbia | Belgrade |
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Seychelles | Victoria |
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Sierra Leone | Freetown |
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Singapore | Singapore | City-state. |
Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
Slovakia | Bratislava |
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Slovenia | Ljubljana |
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Solomon Islands | Honiara |
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Somalia | Mogadishu |
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Somaliland | Hargeisa | Unrecognized and self-declared state, de jure part of Somalia. |
South Africa | Bloemfontein (judicial) |
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Cape Town (legislative) |
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Pretoria (executive) |
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | King Edward Point | British Overseas Territory. |
South Korea | Seoul |
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Sejong City (de facto) | On 2 July 2012, some functions of government moved to Sejong, which became the de facto administrative capital of South Korea. | |
South Ossetia | Tskhinvali | De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. |
South Sudan | Juba |
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Spain | Madrid |
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Sri Lanka | Colombo (executive, judicial) | Until the 1980s, the capital was Colombo, where many important governmental institutions still remain and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. |
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official) | Also known as Kotte. | |
Sudan | Khartoum |
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Suriname | Paramaribo |
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Sweden | Stockholm |
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Switzerland | Bern (de facto) | Switzerland has no official capital. |
Syria | Damascus |
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Taiwan | Taipei | Officially the Republic of China (ROC), it has been competing for recognition with the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole Chinese government since 1949. Taiwan controls the island of Taiwan and its associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas, and part of the Spratly Islands.[Note 1] Its territory is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China.[Note 2] The Republic of China participates in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the International Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei. |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
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Tanzania | Dar es Salaam (de facto, judicial) | Dar es Salaam, the former capital and largest city, continues to serve as the de facto seat of government, hosting the presidency, government ministries, judiciary and diplomatic missions. |
Dodoma (official, legislative) |
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Thailand | Bangkok |
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Transnistria | Tiraspol | De facto independent state, not recognized by any UN-member, but by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Moldova as the Territorial Unit of Transnistria. |
East Timor | Dili |
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Togo | Lomé |
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Tonga | Nukuʻalofa |
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Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain |
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Tunisia | Tunis |
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Turkey | Ankara | Ankara replaced Istanbul as the capital of the newly-formed Republic of Turkey in 1923, after the Turkish War of Independence. Istanbul was the capital of Turkey's predecessor, the Ottoman Empire. |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
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Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | British Overseas Territory. |
Tuvalu | Funafuti |
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Uganda | Kampala |
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Ukraine | Kyiv | Kyiv is also known as Kiev |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
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United Kingdom | London | Prior to the Acts of Union in 1707, London was the capital of England only; Edinburgh was the capital of the Kingdom of Scotland. Sub-divisions of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland. |
United States | Washington, D.C. | The capital of the United States has moved multiple times. See also: National capitals of the United States |
United States Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | Territory of the United States. |
Uruguay | Montevideo |
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Uzbekistan | Tashkent |
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Vanuatu | Port Vila |
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Vatican City | Vatican City | City-state. |
Venezuela | Caracas |
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Vietnam | Hanoi | See also: List of historical capitals of Vietnam |
Wallis and Futuna | Mata Utu | Overseas collectivity of France. |
Western Sahara | Laâyoune (declared) | The Sahrawi Republic, recognized by 82 states, claims the mostly Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara. Moroccan-controlled territory includes Laâyoune, and Morocco claims all Sahrawi-controlled territory. Tifariti is now the temporary capital (instead of Bir Lehlou earlier) of the SADR. Some government and military structures reside in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.[6] See Also: Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. |
Tifariti (de facto) | ||
Yemen | Aden (de facto, temporary) | Sana'a has been occupied by Houthi rebels since February 2015. Aden, the former capital of South Yemen, is Yemen's acting capital. See also: Yemeni Civil War (2015–present). |
Sana'a (de jure) | ||
Zambia | Lusaka |
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Zimbabwe | Harare |
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Notes
- ^ The sovereignty over the Spratly Islands is disputed by the PRC, the ROC, Vietnam, the Philippines (part), Malaysia (part), and Brunei (part). Except Brunei, each of these countries occupies part of the islands (see List of territorial disputes).
- ^ In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and set up a provisional capital in Taipei. The CCP established the People's Republic. As such, the political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan (alongside the territories under ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the China seat to the PRC instead of the ROC: most states recognize the PRC to be the sole legitimate representative of all China, and the UN classifies Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates Taiwan independence.
** Modified and rearranged from source : List of national capitals and List of world capitals **
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