From my collection: Capital Cities

A| B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J| K | L| M | N-O | P | Q-R | S | T | U | V | W-Z 

Afghanistan - Kabul

Albania - Tirana

Algeria - Algiers 

Andorra - Andorra la Vella

Angola - Luanda 

Anguilla - The Valley

Antigua - St Johns

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Armenia - Yerevan 

Azerbaijan - Baku

Australia - Canberra

Austria - Vienna

B

Bahamas - Nassau

Bahrain - Manama 

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Barbados - Bridgetown

Barbuda - Codrington 

Belarus - Minsk

Belgium - Brussels

Belize - Belmopan 
Benin - Porto Novo

Bermuda - Hamilton

Bhutan - Thimphu

Bolivia - La Paz (seat of national Government)

Sucre - constitutional capital

Bosnia Herzegovina - Sarajevo

Botswana - Gaborone 

Brazil - Brasilia

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria - Sofia

Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou   

Burma - Rangoon

nb: Naypyidaw was designated the national capital in 2005, but most government offices and embassies are still located in Yangon (Rangoon).

Burundi - Bujumbura

C

Cambodia - Phnom Penh 

Cameroon - Yaounde    

Canada - Ottawa 

Cape Verde - Praia
Cayman Isl.  Central African Rep. - Bangui

Chad - Ndjamena

Chile - Santiago 

Valparaiso - home of the National Congress of Chile

China - Beijing 

 

Colombia - Bogota

Comoros - Moroni     

Congo - Brazzaville

Congo DR (was: Zaire) - Kinshasa 

Costa Rica - San Jose

Croatia - Zagreb

Cuba - Havana

Cyprus - Nicosia 

Czech Rep. - Prague

   

D

Denmark - Copenhagen 

Djibouti - Djibouti 

Dominica - Roseau

Dominican Rep. - Santa Domingo

E

East Timor - Dilli   

Ecuador - Quito 

Egypt - Cairo

El Salvador - San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - Malabo 

Eritrea - Asmara

Estonia - Talinn

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa 

F

Fiji - Suva 

Finland - Helsinki 

France - Paris

 

G

Gabon - Libreville 

Gambia - Banjul 

Georgia - Tbilisi 

Germany - Berlin

Ghana - Accra

Gibraltar - Gibraltar

Greece - Athens 

Grenada - St Georges 

Guatemala - Guatemala

Guinea - Conakry   Guinea Bissau - Bissau

Guyana - Georgetown 

H

Haiti - Port au Prince  

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Hungary - Budapest

 

I

Iceland - Reykjavik 

India - New Delhi

Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran - Tehran 

Iraq - Baghdad 

Ireland - Dublin

Israel - Jerusalem

Italy - Rome

Ivory Coast - Abijan - still home to most government offices

Yamoussoukro was designated the national capital in 1983

     

J

Jamaica - Kingston 

Japan - Tokyo

Jordan - Amman

 

K

Kazakhstan - Almaty

Kenya - Nairobi

Kiribati - Tarawa

Korea, North - Pyongyang

Korea, South - Seoul

Kosovo - Pristina

Kuwait - Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

L

Laos - Vientiane

Latvia - Riga 

Lebanon - Beirut 

Lesotho - Maseru

Liberia - Monrovia

Libya - Tripoli

Liechtenstein - Vaduz

Lithuania - Vilnius 

Luxembourg - Luxembourg

     

M

Macedonia - Skopje

Madagascar - Antananarivo

Malawi - Lilongwe

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Maldives - Male 

Mali - Bamako  

Malta - Valletta

Mauritania - Nouakchott 

Mauritius - Port Louis

Mexico - Mexico City

Micronesia - Palikir 

Moldova - Kishinev

Monaco - Monaco 

Mongolia - Ulan Bator 

 Montenegro - Cetinje is the constitutional capital, but much greater Podgorica is the administrative center

Morocco - Rabat

Mozambique - Maputo

     

N - O

Namibia - Windhoek 

Nauru - Yaren

Nepal - Kathmandu

Netherlands - The Hague 

Amsterdam is the constitutional national capital even though the Dutch government, parliament, supreme court and the residential palace of the queen are all located in The Hague.

New Zealand - Wellington

Nicaragua - Managua 

Niger - Niamey

Nigeria - Abuja (Lagos=commercial capital)

Norway - Oslo

Oman - Muscat 

   


P

Pakistan - Islamabad   

Palau - Koror

Panama - Panama

Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Paraguay - Asuncion

 

Peru - Lima

Philippines - Manila  

Pitcairn Isl.

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon  

   

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Q - R

Qatar - Doha

Romania - Bucharest 

Russia - Moscow

Rwanda - Kigali 

S

St Helena - Jamestown

St Kitts & Nevis - Basseterre

St Lucia - Castries

St Vincent - Kingstown

San Marino - San Marino 

Sao Tome - Sao Tome    

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Senegal - Dakar

Serbia - Belgrade

Seychelles - Victoria

Sierra Leone - Freetown  

Singapore - Singapore

Slovak Rep. - Bratislava

Slovenia - Ljubljana

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Solomon Isl. - Honiara   

Somalia - Mogadishu

South Africa -The administrative capital is Pretoria (above), the legislative capital is Cape Town, and the judicial capital is Bloemfontein

South Sudan - Juba

Spain - Madrid 


Sri Lanka - Colombo

 

Sudan - Khartoum

Surinam - Paramaribo

Swaziland - Mbabane

Sweden - Stockholm

 

Switzerland - Berne 

Syria - Damascus

   

T

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Taiwan - Taipei

Tanzania - Dodoma was designated the national capital in 1973, but most government offices and embassies are still located in Dar es Salaam. [picture above]

Thailand - Bangkok

Togo - Lome   

Tonga - Nuku Alofa Trinidad & Tobago - Port of Spain

Tunisia - Tunis

Turkey - Ankara   

Turkmenistan - Ashgabat Tuvalu - Funafuti   

U

Uganda - Kampala

Ukraine - Kiev

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom - London

United States - Washington DC

Uruguay - Montevideo

Uzbekistan - Tashkent 

 

V

Vanuatu - Vila 

Vatican City 


Venezuela - Caracas

Vietnam - Hanoi 

Virgin Islands - Tortola (BVI)

     

W - Z

Western Samoa - Apia

Yemen - Sana'a 

Zambia - Lusaka

Zimbabwe - Harare

                 

Last updated: August 2011

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