This is a list of national capitals in the world in alphabetical order by country:
In case that the capital is not the largest city, the third column gives the cities that are larger.
Country | Capital | Primate Cities (i.e. larger than the capital)
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A
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Afghanistan | Kabul
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Albania | Tirana
|
Algeria | Algiers
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Andorra | Andorra la Vella
|
Angola | Luanda
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Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's
|
Argentina | Buenos Aires
|
Armenia | Yerevan
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Australia | Canberra | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Gold Coast
|
Austria | Vienna
|
Azerbaijan | Baku
|
B
|
Bahamas | Nassau
|
Bahrain | Manama
|
Bangladesh | Dhaka
|
Barbados | Bridgetown
|
Belarus | Minsk
|
Belgium | Brussels
|
Belize | Belmopan | Belize City, Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo
|
Benin | Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (de facto) |
|
Bhutan | Thimphu
|
Bolivia | Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo
|
Botswana | Gaborone
|
Brazil | Brasília | São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Belo Horizonte
|
Brunei Darussalam | Bandar Seri Begawan
|
Bulgaria | Sofia
|
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou
|
Burundi | Bujumbura
|
C
|
Cambodia | Phnom Penh
|
Cameroon | Yaoundé | Douala
|
Canada | Ottawa | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
|
Cape Verde | Praia
|
Central African Republic | Bangui
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Chad | N'Djamena
|
Chile | Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative)
|
China, People's Republic of | Beijing | Shanghai
|
Colombia | Bogotá
|
Comoros | Moroni
|
Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Kinshasa
|
Costa Rica | San Jose
|
Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative)
|
Croatia | Zagreb
|
Cuba | Havana
|
Cyprus | Nicosia
|
Czech Republic | Prague
|
D
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Denmark | Copenhagen
|
Djibouti | Djibouti
|
Dominica | Roseau
|
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo
|
E
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East Timor | Dili
|
Ecuador | Quito | Guayaquil
|
Egypt | Cairo
|
El Salvador | San Salvador
|
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo
|
Eritrea | Asmara
|
Estonia | Tallinn
|
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa
|
F
|
Fiji | Suva
|
Finland | Helsinki
|
France | Paris |
|
G
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Gabon | Libreville
|
Gambia, The | Banjul
|
Georgia | Tbilisi
|
Germany | Berlin
|
Ghana | Accra
|
Greece | Athens
|
Grenada | St. George's
|
Guatemala | Guatemala City
|
Guinea | Conakry
|
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau
|
Guyana | Georgetown
|
H
|
Haiti | Port-au-Prince
|
Holy See, The | Vatican City, The
|
Honduras | Tegucigalpa
|
Hungary | Budapest
|
I
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Iceland | Reykjavík
|
India | New Delhi | Mumbai, (Old) Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and 114 others
|
Indonesia | Jakarta
|
Iran | Tehran
|
Iraq | Baghdad
|
Ireland | Dublin
|
Israel | Jerusalem (disputed; some countries recognize Tel Aviv)
|
Italy | Rome
|
J
|
Jamaica | Kingston
|
Japan | Tokyo
|
Jordan | Amman
|
K
|
Kazakhstan | Astana | Almaty
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Kenya | Nairobi
|
Kiribati | South Tarawa
|
Korea, North | Pyongyang
|
Korea, South | Seoul
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Kuwait | Kuwait City
|
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek
|
L
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Laos | Vientiane
|
Latvia | Riga
|
Lebanon | Beirut
|
Lesotho | Maseru
|
Liberia | Monrovia
|
Libya | Tripoli
|
Liechtenstein | Vaduz
|
Lithuania | Vilnius
|
Luxembourg | Luxembourg City
|
M
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Macedonia, FYR | Skopje
|
Madagascar | Antananarivo
|
Malawi | Lilongwe | Blantyre
|
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur
|
Maldives | Malé
|
Mali | Bamako
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Malta | Valletta | Birkirkara
|
Marshall Islands | Majuro
|
Mauritania | Nouakchott
|
Mauritius | Port Louis
|
Mexico | Mexico City
|
Micronesia | Palikir | Weno
|
Moldova | Chisinau
|
Monaco | Monaco
|
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar
|
Montenegro | Podgorica
|
Morocco | Rabat | Casablanca
|
Mozambique | Maputo
|
Myanmar | Yangôn
|
N
|
Namibia | Windhoek
|
Nauru | None (Government offices in Yaren District)
|
Nepal | Kathmandu
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Netherlands | Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative)
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New Zealand | Wellington | Auckland
|
Nicaragua | Managua
|
Niger | Niamey
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Nigeria | Abuja | Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Ilorin, Port Harcourt, Ogbomosho
|
Norway | Oslo
|
O
|
Oman | Muscat
|
P
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Pakistan | Islamabad | Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Quetta
|
Palau | Koror
|
Palestine | Jerusalem
(claimed)
|
Panama | Panama City
|
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby
|
Paraguay | Asunción
|
Peru | Lima
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The Philippines | Manila | Quezon City
|
Poland | Warsaw
|
Portugal | Lisbon
|
Q
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Qatar | Doha
|
R
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Romania | Bucharest
|
Russia | Moscow
|
Rwanda | Kigali
|
S
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre
|
Saint Lucia | Castries
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown
|
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
|
Senegal | Dakar
|
Serbia | Belgrade
|
Seychelles | Victoria
|
Sierra Leone | Freetown
|
Singapore | Singapore
|
Slovakia | Bratislava
|
Slovenia | Ljubljana
|
Solomon Islands | Honiara
|
Somalia | Mogadishu
|
South Africa | Pretoria (official), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) | Johannesburg
|
Spain | Madrid | Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Malaga
|
Sri Lanka | Colombo (official), Kotte (legislative and judicial)
|
Sudan | Khartoum
|
Suriname | Paramaribo
|
Swaziland | Mbabane
|
Sweden | Stockholm
|
Switzerland | Bern | Zurich, Geneva, Basel
|
Syria | Damascus
|
T
|
Taiwan (Republic of China) | Taipei
|
Tajikistan | Dushanbe
|
Tanzania | Dodoma (official), | Dar es Salaam (administrative)
|
Thailand | Bangkok
|
Togo | Lomé
|
Tonga | Nuku'alofa
|
Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain
|
Tunisia | Tunis
|
Turkey | Ankara | Istanbul
|
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat
|
Tuvalu | Funafuti
|
U
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Uganda | Kampala
|
Ukraine | Kiev
|
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Dubai
|
United Kingdom | London
|
United States | Washington, DC | New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and 16 others
|
Uruguay | Montevideo
|
Uzbekistan | Tashkent
|
V
|
Vanuatu | Port Vila
|
Vatican City | See Holy See, The
|
Venezuela | Caracas
|
Vietnam | Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City
|
Y
|
Yemen | Sanaá
|
Z
|
Zambia | Lusaka
|
Zimbabwe | Harare
|
List of capitals and larger cities of colonies, possessions, protectorates and territories:
See also
External link
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