Capital cities

Afghanistan Kabul
Albania Tirana
Algeria Algiers
Andorra Andorra la Vella
Angola Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's
Argentina Buenos Aires
Armenia Yerevan
Australia Canberra
Austria Vienna
Azerbaijan Baku (Baki)
Bahamas, The Nassau
Bahrain Manama
Bangladesh Dhaka
Barbados Bridgetown
Belarus Minsk
Belgium Brussels
Belize Belmopan
Benin Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government
Bhutan Thimphu
Bolivia La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Botswana Gaborone
Brazil Brasilia
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria Sofia
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Burma Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)
Burundi Bujumbura
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Cameroon Yaounde
Canada Ottawa
Cape Verde Praia
Central African Republic Bangui
Chad N'Djamena
Chile Santiago
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China Beijing
Colombia Bogota
Comoros Moroni
Congo, Democratic
Kinshasa
Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville
Costa Rica San Jose
Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since
Cote d'Ivoire 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative center; the US, like other countries,
maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
Croatia Zagreb
Cuba Havana
Cyprus Nicosia
Czech Republic Prague
Denmark Copenhagen
Djibouti Djibouti
Dominica Roseau
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
East Timor Dili
Ecuador Quito
Egypt Cairo
El Salvador San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Eritrea Asmara (formerly Asmera)
Estonia Tallinn
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Fiji Suva
Finland Helsinki
France Paris
Gabon Libreville
Gambia, The Banjul
Georgia T'bilisi
Germany Berlin
Ghana Accra
Greece Athens
Grenada Saint George's
Guatemala Guatemala
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Guinea Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Guyana Georgetown
Haiti Port-au-Prince
Holy See (Vatican City) Vatican City
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Hungary Budapest
Iceland Reykjavik
India New Delhi
Indonesia Jakarta
Iran Tehran
Iraq Baghdad
Ireland Dublin
Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US,
Israel
like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
Italy Rome
Jamaica Kingston
Japan Tokyo
Jordan Amman
Kazakhstan Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
Kenya Nairobi
Kiribati Tarawa
Korea, North P'yongyang
Korea, South Seoul
Kuwait Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
Laos Vientiane
Latvia Riga
Lebanon Beirut
Lesotho Maseru
Liberia Monrovia
Libya Tripoli
Liechtenstein Vaduz
Lithuania Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Macedonia, The Former Skopje
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Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar Antananarivo
Malawi Lilongwe
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Maldives Male
Mali Bamako
Malta Valletta
Marshall Islands Majuro
Mauritania Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Mexico Mexico (Distrito Federal)
Micronesia, Federated
Palikir
States of
Moldova Chisinau
Monaco Monaco
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
Morocco Rabat
Mozambique Maputo
Namibia Windhoek
Nauru no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
Nepal Kathmandu
Netherlands Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government
New Zealand Wellington
Nicaragua Managua
Niger Niamey
Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from
Nigeria Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to
Abuja
Norway Oslo
Oman Muscat
Pakistan Islamabad
Palau Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror
Panama Panama
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Paraguay Asuncion
Peru Lima
Philippines Manila
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Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon
Qatar Doha
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
Rwanda Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
Saint Lucia Castries
Saint Vincent and the
Kingstown
Grenadines
Samoa Apia
San Marino San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Senegal Dakar
Seychelles Victoria
Sierra Leone Freetown
Singapore Singapore
Slovakia Bratislava
Slovenia Ljubljana
Solomon Islands Honiara
Somalia Mogadishu
Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial
South Africa
center
Spain Madrid
Sri Lanka Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital
Sudan Khartoum
Suriname Paramaribo
Swaziland Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Bern
Syria Damascus
Tajikistan Dushanbe
Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which
Tanzania is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on
regular basis
Thailand Bangkok
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Togo Lome
Tonga Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain
Tunisia Tunis
Turkey Ankara
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Tuvalu Fongafale
Uganda Kampala
Ukraine Kiev (Kyyiv)
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom London
United States Washington, DC
Uruguay Montevideo
Uzbekistan Tashkent (Toshkent)
Vanuatu Port-Vila
Venezuela Caracas
Vietnam Hanoi
Yemen Sanaa
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare