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Countries of the World and their Capitals etc (Source : CIA)

This entry gives the Name of the seat of government, its geographic coordinates, the
time difference relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time observed in
Washington, DC, and, if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where
appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those countries that have
multiple time zones.
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Country
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Capital
s
r
Name: Kabul
geographic coordinates: 34 31 N, 69 11 E
time difference: UTC+4.5 (9.5 hours ahead of
Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Afghanistan
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative

center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in
March; ends last Sunday in October
Akrotiri
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t
s
e
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Albania
c
s
p
n
t
.
w
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Algeria
Name: Tirana (Tirane)

American Samoa
Name: Algiers
Name: Pago Pago
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geographic coordinates: 14 16 S, 170 42 W
time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington,
DC during Standard Time)
Name: Andorra la Vella
Andorra
Name: Luanda
geographic coordinates: 8 50 S, 13 14 E
Angola
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: The Valley

geographic coordinates: 18 13 N, 63 03 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington,
Anguilla
i
t
s
e
Antigua and Barbuda
Name: Saint John's

u
q
Argentina
t
.
p
n
w
w
Armenia
c
s
Name: Buenos Aires

time difference: UTC-3 (3 hours ahead of Washington,
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in
October; ends third Saturday in March; note - a new
policy of daylight saving time was initiated by the
government on 30 December 2007
Name: Yerevan
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Name: Oranjestad
Aruba
Name: Canberra
October; ends last Sunday in March
note: Australia is divided into three time zones
Australia
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: Vienna
Austria
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t
s
e
u
q
Azerbaijan
c
s
p
n
t
.
w
w
Bahamas, The
Name: Baku (Baki, Baky)

Name: Nassau
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC
during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in
March; ends first Sunday in November
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Bahrain
Name: Manama
Bangladesh
Name: Dhaka
m
o
c
.
s
r
Name: Bridgetown
Barbados
e
p
a
p
Name: Minsk
Belaru
n
o
i
t
s
e
Belgium
Name: Brussels
u
q
c
s
p
n
t
.
Belize
w
w
Benin
Name: Belmopan
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington,
Name: Porto-Novo (official capital)
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note: Cotonou (seat of government)
Name: Hamilton
Bermuda
Name: Thimphu
Bhutan
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
Name: La Paz (administrative capital)

note: Sucre (constitutional capital)
Bolivia
n
o
Bosnia and Herzegovina
i
t
Name: Sarajevo
s
e
u
q
Botswana
p
n
t
.
w
w
Brazil
c
s
Name: Gaborone
Name: Brasilia
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins third Sunday in
October; ends third Sunday in February
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note: Brazil is divided into four time zones, including
one for the Fernando de Noronha Islands
Name: Road Town
British Virgin Islands
Name: Bandar Seri Begawan

Brunei
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
Name: Sofia
Bulgaria
a
p
n
o
i
t
Name: Ouagadougou
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington,
Burkina Faso
s
e
u
q
c
s
Burma
p
n
t
.
Name: Rangoon (Yangon)

note: Nay Pyi Taw is administrative capital
w
w
Name: Bujumbura
Cambodia
Name: Phnom Penh

Burundi
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Name: Yaounde
Cameroon
m
o
c
.
Name: Ottawa
note: Canada is divided into six time zones
Canada
s
r
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: Praia
Cape Verde
i
t
s
e
Cayman Islands
Name: George Town (on Grand Cayman)

u
q
c
s
Central African Republic
p
n
t
.
w
w
Chad
Chile
Name: Bangui
Name: N'Djamena
Name: Santiago
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October; ends second Sunday in March
Name: Beijing
note: despite its size, all of China falls within one time
zone; many people in Xinjiang Province observe an
unofficial "Xinjiang timezone" of UTC+6, two hours
behind Beijing
China
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
Name: The Settlement

Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
n
o
i
t
Name: West Island

s
e
u
q
Colombia
w
w
c
s
p
n
t
.
Comoros
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the
Name: Bogota
Name: Moroni
Name: Kinshasa
time difference: UTC+1 (six hours ahead of
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Congo, Republic of the
Name: Brazzaville
time difference: UTC+1 (six hours ahead of
Cook Islands
Name: Avarua
m
o
c
.
s
r
Name: San Jose

Costa Rica
e
p
a
p
Name: Yamoussoukro
note: although Yamoussoukro has been the official
capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial
and administrative center; the US, like other
countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
Cote d'Ivoire
n
o
i
t
s
e
u
q
c
s
Croatia
p
n
t
.
w
w
Cuba
Name: Zagreb
Name: Havana
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Cyprus
Name: Nicosia (Lefkosia)

Czech Republic
Name: Prague
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
Name: Copenhagen
note: applies to continental Denmark only, not to its
North Atlantic components
Denmark
n
o
i
t
s
e
u
q
Dhekelia
Name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative

center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri
c
s
p
n
t
.
w
w
Name: Djibouti
Dominica
Name: Roseau
Djibouti
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Name: Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
m
o
c
.
Name: Quito
Ecuador
s
r
e
p
Name: Cairo
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Friday in April;
ends last Thursday in September
Egypt
a
p
n
o
i
t
Name: San Salvador

El Salvador
s
e
c
s
Equatorial Guinea
p
n
t
.
Eritrea
w
w
Estonia
u
q
Name: Malabo
Name: Asmara (Asmera)
Name: Tallinn
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Name: Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
m
o
c
.
Name: Brussels (Belgium), Strasbourg (France),

Luxembourg
note: the Council of the European Union meets in
Brussels, Belgium; the European Parliament meets in
Brussels and Strasbourg, France; the Court of Justice
of the European Communities meets in Luxembourg
European Union
s
r
e
p
a
p
n
o
i
t
s
e
Falkland Islands (Islas

Malvinas)
Name: Stanley
September; ends third Sunday in April
u
q
c
s
Faroe Islands
t
.
p
n
w
w
Fiji
Name: Torshavn
Name: Suva (on Viti Levu)
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Name: Helsinki
Finland
m
o
c
.
Name: Paris
note: applies to metropolitan France only, not to its
overseas departments, collectivities, or territories
France
s
r
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: Papeete
French Polynesia
i
t
s
e
u
q
Gabon
Name: Libreville
c
s
Gambia, The
t
.
p
n
w
w
Georgia
Name: Banjul
Name: T'bilisi
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Germany
Name: Berlin
Ghana
Name: Accra
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
Name: Gibraltar
Gibraltar
a
p
n
o
i
t
Name: Athens
Greece
s
e
u
q
Greenland
t
.
p
n
w
w
Grenada
c
s
Name: Nuuk (Godthab)

note: Greenland is divided into four time zones
Name: Saint George's
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Guam
Name: Hagatna (Agana)

Guatemala
Name: Guatemala City

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in April;
ends last Friday in September; note - there is no DST
planned for 2007-2009
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
Name: Saint Peter Port

Guernsey
a
p
n
o
i
t
s
e
Name: Conakry
Guinea
u
q
c
s
Guinea-Bissau
p
n
Guyana
w
w
t
.
Haiti
Name: Bissau
Name: Georgetown
Name: Port-au-Prince
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April; ends last Sunday in October
Holy See (Vatican City)
Name: Vatican City

m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
Name: Tegucigalpa
Honduras
a
p
n
o
i
t
Name: Budapest
Hungary
s
e
u
q
c
s
Iceland
t
.
w
w
India
p
n
Indonesia
Name: Reykjavik
Name: New Delhi
Name: Jakarta
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note: Indonesia is divided into three time zones
Name: Tehran
Iran
Name: Baghdad
Iraq
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
Name: Dublin
Ireland
n
o
i
t
s
e
Isle of Man
Name: Douglas
time difference: UTC 0 (five hours ahead of
u
q
c
s
p
n
Israel
t
.
w
w
Name: Jerusalem
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Friday in
March; ends the Sunday between the holidays of
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in
1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries,
maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
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Name: Rome
Italy
Name: Kingston
Jamaica
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
Name: Tokyo
Japan
a
p
n
o
Name: Saint Helier

Jersey
i
t
s
e
u
q
c
s
Jordan
p
n
t
.
w
w
Kazakhstan
Name: Amman
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Thursday in
March; ends last Friday in September
Name: Astana
note: Kazakhstan is divided into two time zones
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Kenya
Name: Nairobi
Kiribati
Name: Tarawa
Name: Pyongyang
Korea, North
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
Name: Seoul
Korea, South
n
o
i
t
Name: Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina)

Kosovo
s
e
u
q
c
s
p
n
Kuwait
t
.
w
w
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Name: Kuwait City

Name: Bishkek
Name: Vientiane (Viangchan)
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Name: Riga
Latvia
m
o
c
.
s
r
Name: Beirut
Lebanon
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: Maseru
Lesotho
i
t
s
e
u
q
Liberia
Name: Monrovia
c
s
p
n
Libya
t
.
w
w
Liechtenstein
Name: Tripoli (Tarabulus)

Name: Vaduz
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Name: Vilnius
Lithuania
Name: Luxembourg
Luxembourg
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: Skopje
Macedonia
i
t
s
e
u
q
Madagascar
Name: Antananarivo
c
s
Malawi
w
w
t
.
p
n
Malaysia
Name: Lilongwe
Name: Kuala Lumpur
note: Putrajaya is referred to as administrative center
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not capital; Parliament meets in Kuala Lumpur
Maldives
Name: Male
Mali
Name: Bamako
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
Name: Valletta
Malta
a
p
n
o
i
t
Name: Majuro
Marshall Islands
s
e
u
q
Mauritania
w
w
Mayotte
c
s
p
n
t
.
Mauritius
Name: Nouakchott
Name: Port Louis
Name: Mamoudzou
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Name: Mexico City (Distrito Federal)

note: Mexico is divided into three time zones
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated
States of
Name: Palikir
Moldova
Name: Chisinau (Kishinev)

note: pronounced kee-shee-now
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
n
o
i
t
s
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Monaco
Name: Monaco
u
q
c
s
Mongolia
t
.
p
n
w
w
Montenegro
Name: Ulaanbaatar
Name: Podgorica
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daylight saving time: +1 hr, begins last Sunday in
Name: Plymouth
note: Plymouth was abandoned in 1997 because of
volcanic activity; interim government buildings have
been built at Brades Estate in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay
vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat
Montserrat
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
Name: Rabat
Morocco
a
p
n
o
Name: Maputo
Mozambique
i
t
s
e
Namibia
Name: Windhoek
September; ends first Sunday in April
u
q
c
s
Nauru
t
.
w
w
Nepal
p
n
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Name: Kathmandu
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Name: Amsterdam
note: The Hague is the seat of government; time
descriptions apply to the continental Netherlands
only, not to the Caribbean components
Netherlands
m
o
c
.
s
r
Name: Willemstad (on Curacao)

Netherlands Antilles
e
p
a
p
Name: Noumea
New Caledonia
n
o
i
t
New Zealand
Name: Wellington
September; ends first Sunday in April
note: New Zealand is divided into two time zones New Zealand standard time (12 hours in advance of
UTC), and Chatham Islands time (45 minutes in
advance of New Zealand standard time)
s
e
u
q
c
s
p
n
t
.
w
w
Nicaragua
Niger
Name: Managua
Name: Niamey
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Name: Abuja
Nigeria
m
o
c
.
Name: Alofi
Niue
s
r
e
p
Name: Kingston
Norfolk Island
a
p
Northern Mariana Islands
n
o
Name: Saipan
i
t
s
e
u
q
Norway
Name: Oslo
c
s
p
n
t
.
Oman
w
w
Pakistan
Name: Muscat
Name: Islamabad
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daylight saving time: +1hr, in 2009 - begins third
Wednesday in April; ends first Sunday in November;
note - a new policy of daylight saving time was
initiated by the government in 2008; the specific date
of the start of DST has varied over the last two years
Name: Melekeok
Palau
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
Name: Panama City

Panama
a
p
n
o
Name: Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea
i
t
s
e
Name: Asuncion
Paraguay
u
q
c
s
p
n
Peru
t
.
w
w
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Name: Lima
Name: Manila
Name: Adamstown
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Name: Warsaw
Poland
m
o
c
.
s
r
Name: Lisbon
Portugal
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: San Juan

Puerto Rico
i
t
s
e
u
q
Qatar
Name: Doha
c
s
Romania
t
.
p
n
w
w
Russia
Name: Bucharest
Name: Moscow
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note: Russia is divided into 11 time zones
Name: Kigali
Rwanda
m
o
c
.
s
r
Name: Gustavia
DC, during Standard Time)
Saint Barthelemy
e
p
a
p
Name: Jamestown
Saint Helena
n
o
i
t
Name: Basseterre
Saint Kitts and Nevis
s
e
u
q
c
s
Saint Lucia
p
n
t
.
Saint Martin
w
w
Name: Castries
Name: Marigot
geographical coordinates: 18 04 N, 63 05 W
DC, during Standard Time)
daylight savings: +1 hour
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Name: Saint-Pierre

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Name: Kingstown
Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines
m
o
c
.
s
r
Name: Apia
Samoa
e
p
a
p
Name: San Marino

San Marino
n
o
i
t
Sao Tome and Principe
t
.
w
w
Senegal
Serbia
u
q
c
s
p
n
Saudi Arabia
s
e
Name: Sao Tome

Name: Riyadh
Name: Dakar
Name: Belgrade (Beograd)
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m
o
Name: Victoria
Seychelles
c
.
s
r
Name: Freetown
Sierra Leone
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: Singapore
Singapore
i
t
s
e
Slovakia
Name: Bratislava
u
q
c
s
Slovenia
p
n
t
.
w
w
Solomon Islands
Name: Ljubljana
Name: Honiara
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Somalia
Name: Mogadishu
South Africa
Name: Pretoria (administrative capital)

note: Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein
(judicial capital)
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
Name: Madrid
note: Spain is divided into two time zones including
the Canary Islands
Spain
n
o
i
t
s
e
u
q
Sri Lanka
Name: Colombo
note: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)
c
s
Sudan
t
.
w
w
p
n
SuriName
Name: Khartoum
Name: Paramaribo
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Name: Longyearbyen
Svalbard
Name: Mbabane
note: Lobamba (royal and legislative capital)
Swaziland
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
Name: Stockholm
Sweden
a
p
n
o
i
t
s
e
Name: Bern
Switzerland
u
q
c
s
p
n
Syria
t
.
w
w
Taiwan
Name: Damascus
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins 1 April; ends 30
September
Name: Taipei
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Tajikistan
Name: Dushanbe
Tanzania
Name: Dar es Salaam

note: legislative offices have been transferred to
Dodoma, which is planned as the new national
capital; the National Assembly now meets there on a
regular basis
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
n
o
Name: Bangkok
Thailand
i
t
s
e
Name: Dili
Timor-Leste
u
q
c
s
Togo
p
n
w
w
t
.
Tokelau
Tonga
Name: Lome
none; each atoll has its own administrative center
Name: Nuku'alofa
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Trinidad and Tobago
Name: Port-of-Spain
Tunisia
Name: Tunis
m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
Name: Ankara
Turkey
n
o
i
t
s
e
Name: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)

Turkmenistan
u
q
c
s
Turks and Caicos Islands
p
n
t
.
w
w
Tuvalu
Name: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)

Name: Funafuti
note: administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on
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Fongafale Islet
Uganda
Name: Kampala
Ukraine
Name: Kyiv (Kiev)

m
o
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
Name: Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates
n
o
i
t
United Kingdom
Name: London
note: applies to the United Kingdom proper, not to its
overseas dependencies or territories
s
e
u
q
c
s
United States
t
.
p
n
w
w
Uruguay
Name: Washington, DC
time difference: UTC-5 (during Standard Time)
note: the 50 United States cover six time zones
Name: Montevideo
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October; ends second Sunday in March
Name: Tashkent (Toshkent)
Uzbekistan
m
o
Name: Port-Vila (on Efate)

Vanuatu
c
.
s
r
e
p
a
p
Name: Caracas
time difference: UTC-4.5 (half an hour ahead of
Venezuela
n
o
i
t
Name: Hanoi (Ha Noi)

Vietnam
s
e
u
q
Virgin Islands
c
s
p
n
t
.
Wallis and Futuna
w
w
Western Sahara
Name: Charlotte Amalie

Name: Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
none
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Yemen
Name: Sanaa
Zambia
Name: Lusaka
Name: Harare
Zimbabwe
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Name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative

Name: Tirana (Tirane)

Name: The Valley

Antigua and Barbuda

Name: Saint John's

Name: Buenos Aires

Name: Baku (Baki, Baky)

Name: La Paz (administrative capital)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

British Virgin Islands

Name: Bandar Seri Begawan

Name: Rangoon (Yangon)

Name: Phnom Penh

Name: George Town (on Grand Cayman)

Central African Republic

Name: The Settlement

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Name: West Island

Congo, Republic of the

Name: San Jose

Name: Nicosia (Lefkosia)

Name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative

Name: San Salvador

Name: Brussels (Belgium), Strasbourg (France),

Falkland Islands (Islas

Name: Nuuk (Godthab)

Name: Hagatna (Agana)

Name: Guatemala City

Name: Saint Peter Port

Name: Vatican City

Name: Saint Helier

Name: Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina)

Name: Kuwait City

Name: Tripoli (Tarabulus)

Name: Mexico City (Distrito Federal)

Name: Chisinau (Kishinev)

no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Name: Willemstad (on Curacao)

Northern Mariana Islands

Name: Panama City

Name: Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea

Name: San Juan

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Pierre and Miquelon Name: Saint-Pierre

Saint Vincent and the

Name: San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Name: Sao Tome

Name: Pretoria (administrative capital)

Name: Dar es Salaam

Name: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)

Turks and Caicos Islands

Name: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)

Name: Kyiv (Kiev)

Name: Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Name: Port-Vila (on Efate)

Name: Hanoi (Ha Noi)

Wallis and Futuna

Name: Charlotte Amalie