List of countries by continent

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Countries listed by continent and their capitals:

Contents

3.1 North and Central America
3.2 South America

4 Oceania

4.1 Australasia
4.2 Melanesia
4.3 Micronesia
4.4 Polynesia

5 Antarctica

Africa

Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more continents.

Algeria (Al - Jaza'ir) - Algiers
Angola - Luanda
Benin - Porto Novo, Cotonou
Botswana - Gaborone
Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
Burundi - Bujumbura
Cameroon (also spelled Cameroun) - [[Yaound靝
Cape Verde - Praia
Central African Republic (Centrafrique) - Bangui
Chad (Tchad) - N'Djamena
Comoros - Moroni
Republic of the Congo - Brazzaville
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kinshasa
C?d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Yamoussoukro
Djibouti - Djibouti
Egypt (Misr) - Cairo
Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
Eritrea - Asmara
Ethiopia (Itiopia) - Addis Ababa
Gabon - Libreville
The Gambia - Banjul
Ghana - Accra
Guinea - Conakry
Guinea-Bissau - Bissau
Kenya - Nairobi
Lesotho - Maseru
Liberia - Monrovia
Libya - Tripoli
Madagascar - Antananarivo
Malawi - Lilongwe
Mali - Bamako
Mauritania - Nouakchott
Mauritius - Port Louis
Mayotte - Mamoutzou (France)
Morocco (Al Maghrib) - Rabat
Mozambique - Maputo
Namibia - Windhoek
Niger - Niamey
Nigeria - Abuja
R鵮ion - Saint-Denis (France)
Rwanda - Kigali
Saint Helena - Jamestown (United Kingdom)
S㯠Tom頡nd Pr�ipe - [[S㯠Tom靝
Senegal - Dakar
Seychelles - Victoria
Sierra Leone - Freetown
Somalia - Mogadishu
South Africa - Cape Town, Tshwane, Bloemfontein
Sudan - Khartoum
Swaziland - Mbabane
Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Dodoma
Togo - Lome
Tunisia - Tunis
Uganda - Kampala
Western Sahara *DISPUTED* - La⹯une
Zambia - Lusaka
Zimbabwe - Harare

Eurasia

Eurasia is a continent in the 5 continent systems, called simply Asia in one of them.

Asia

Asia is a continent in the 5 continent systems (but includes Europe in one of them) and those with 6 or more continents.

Afghanistan - Kabul
Azerbaijan - Baku
Bahrain - Manama
Bangladesh - Dhaka
Bhutan - Thimphu
British Indian Ocean Territory - Diego Garcia
Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia (Kampuchea) - Phnom Penh
China, People's Republic of - Beijing
China, Republic of (a.k.a. Taiwan) - Taipei
Christmas Island (Australia)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
East Timor (Timor Leste) - Dili
Hong Kong, SAR, China
India (Hindi: Bharat) - New Delhi
Indonesia - Jakarta
Iran - Teheran
Iraq - Baghdad
Israel (Yisra'el) - Jerusalem (Yerushalayim/Al Quds)
Japan (Nihon) - Tokyo
Jordan (Al Urdun) - Amman
Kazakhstan - Astana
Kuwait - Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
Laos - Vientiane
Lebanon (Lubnan) - Beirut
Macau, SAR, China
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Maldives - Male
Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar (Burma) - Yangon
Nepal - Kathmandu
North Korea - Pyongyang
Oman - Muscat
Pakistan - Islamabad
State of Palestine - Jerusalem
Philippines (Filipinas) - Manila
Qatar - Doha
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Singapore - Singapore
South Korea - Seoul
Sri Lanka - Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Syria - Damascus
Taiwan - See China, Republic of
Tajikistan - Dushanbe
Thailand (Muang Thai) - Bangkok
Turkey - Ankara
Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan - Tashkent
Vietnam - Hanoi
Yemen - [[Sana᝝

Europe

Europe is a continent in one of the 6 continent systems and the 7 continent system. In other systems it is part of Asia or Eurasia.

Albania - Tirana
Andorra - Andorra-La Vella
Austria - Vienna
Belgium - Brussels
Bosnia Herzegovina - Sarajevo
Bulgaria - Sofia
Croatia - Zagreb
Czech Republic - Prague
Denmark - Copenhagen
Finland - Helsinki
France - Paris
Germany - Berlin
Greece - Athens
Hungary - Budapest
Iceland - [[Reykjav�]
Italy - Rome
Liechtenstein - Vaduz
Lithuania - Vilnius
Luxembourg - Luxembourg City
Monaco - Monaco-City
Netherlands - Amsterdam
Norway - Oslo
Poland - Warsaw
Portugal - Lisbon
Ireland - Dublin
Macedonia - Skopje
Romania - Bucharest
Russia - Moscow
San Marino -San Marino
Slovakia (Slovensko) - Bratislava
Slovenia (Slovenija) - Ljubljana
Spain (España) - Madrid
Svalbard and Jan Mayen - Longyearbyen (Norway)
Sweden (Sverige) - Stockholm
Switzerland - Bern
United Kingdom - London
Vatican City - Vatican City

America

America is a continent in the 4, 5 and one of the 6 continent systems.

North and Central America

North and Central America are continents in the 7 continent system. In other systems they are part of America.

Anguilla - The Valley
Antigua and Barbuda - St. John's
Aruba - Oranjestad
Bahamas - Nassau
Barbados - Bridgetown
Belize - Belmopan
Bermuda - Hamilton
British Virgin Islands - Road Town (United Kingdom)
Canada - Ottawa
Cayman Islands - George Town
Costa Rica - San José
Cuba - Havana
Dominica - Roseau
Dominican Republic (Republica Dominicana) - Santo Domingo
El Salvador - San Salvador
Greenland - Nuuk (Denmark)
Grenada - Saint George's
Guadeloupe - Basse-Terre (France)
Guatemala - Guatemala
Haiti - Port-au-Prince
Honduras - Tegucigalpa
Jamaica - Kingston
Martinique - Fort-de-France (France)
Montserrat - Plymouth (United Kingdom)
Mexico (México) - Mexico City
Nicaragua - Managua
Panama (Panamá) - Panama City
Puerto Rico - San Juan (United States)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
Saint Lucia - Castries
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - Saint-Pierre (France)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown
Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain
Turks and Caicos Islands - Cockburn Town (United Kingdom)
United States - Washington DC
U.S. Virgin Islands - Charlotte Amalie (United States)

South America

South America is a continent in the 7 continent system. In other systems it is part of America.

Argentina - Buenos Aires
Bolivia - Sucre (official capital), La Paz (seat of government)
Brazil (Brasil) - Brasilia
Chile - Santiago (official), Valparaiso (legislative)
Colombia - [[Bogot᝝
Ecuador - Quito
Falkland Islands - Port Stanley (United Kingdom)
French Guiana - Cayenne (France)
Guyana - Georgetown
Netherlands Antilles - Willemstad (The Netherlands)
Paraguay - Asuncion
Peru - Lima
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - (Falkland Islands) (United Kingdom)
Suriname - Paramaribo
Uruguay - Montevideo
Venezuela - Caracas

Several terms are in use to describe the region comprising the continent and country of Australia and the nations of the Pacific Ocean. The term Oceania is usually preferred, and this is the term in use by the United Nations. The term Pacific Islands generally excludes the islands of New Zealand, and the continent of Australia. Oceania can then be subdivided into the following regions: