Capital Cities
Country Name | Capital |
Afghanistan | Kabul |
Akrotiri | Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia) |
Albania | Tirana (Tirane) |
Algeria | Algiers |
American Samoa | Pago Pago |
Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
Angola | Luanda |
Anguilla | The Valley |
Antarctica | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's |
Argentina | Buenos Aires |
Armenia | Yerevan |
Aruba | Oranjestad |
Australia | Canberra |
Austria | Vienna |
Azerbaijan | Baku (Baki, Baky) |
Bahrain | Manama |
Bangladesh | Dhaka |
Barbados | Bridgetown |
Belarus | Minsk |
Belgium | Brussels |
Belize | Belmopan |
Benin |
Porto-Novo (official capital) note: Cotonou (seat of government) |
Bermuda | Hamilton |
Bhutan | Thimphu |
Bolivia |
La Paz (administrative capital) note: Sucre (constitutional capital) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
Botswana | Gaborone |
Brazil | Brasilia |
British Indian Ocean Territory | |
British Virgin Islands | Road Town |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
Bulgaria | Sofia |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
Burma | Nay Pyi Taw |
Burundi | Bujumbura |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
Cameroon | Yaounde |
Canada | Ottawa |
Cape Verde | Praia |
Cayman Islands | George Town |
Central African Republic | Bangui |
Chad | N'Djamena |
Chile |
Santiago note: Valparaiso is the seat of the national legislature |
China | Beijing |
Christmas Island | The Settlement |
Clipperton Island | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island |
Colombia | Bogota |
Comoros | Moroni |
Cook Islands | Avarua |
Coral Sea Islands | |
Costa Rica | San Jose |
Cote d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro |
Croatia | Zagreb |
Cuba | Havana |
Curacao | Willemstad |
Cyprus | Nicosia |
Czech Republic | Prague |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa |
Denmark | Copenhagen |
Dhekelia | Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri |
Djibouti | Djibouti |
Dominica | Roseau |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
Ecuador | Quito |
Egypt | Cairo |
El Salvador | San Salvador |
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
Eritrea | Asmara (formerly Asmera) |
Estonia | Tallinn |
Eswatini |
Mbabane note: Lobamba (royal and legislative capital) |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
Falkland Islands | Stanley |
Faroe Islands | Torshavn |
Fiji | Suva |
Finland | Helsinki |
France | Paris |
French Guiana | Cayenne |
French Polynesia | Papeete |
Gabon | Libreville |
Gaza Strip | |
Georgia | T'bilisi |
Germany | Berlin |
Ghana | Accra |
Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
Greece | Athens |
Greenland | Nuuk |
Grenada | Saint George's |
Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre |
Guam | Hagatna |
Guatemala | Guatemala |
Guernsey | Saint Peter Port |
Guinea | Conakry |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
Guyana | Georgetown |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
Holy See | Vatican City |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
Hong Kong | Victoria |
Hungary | Budapest |
Iceland | Reykjavik |
India | New Delhi |
Indonesia | Jakarta |
Iran | Tehran |
Iraq | Baghdad |
Ireland | Dublin |
Isle of Man | Douglas |
Israel | Jerusalem |
Italy | Rome |
Jamaica | Kingston |
Jan Mayen | |
Japan | Tokyo |
Jersey | Saint Helier |
Jordan | 'Amman |
Kazakhstan | Astana |
Kenya | Nairobi |
Kiribati | Tarawa |
Kosovo | Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina) |
Kuwait | Kuwait |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
Laos | Vientiane |
Latvia | Riga |
Lebanon | Beirut |
Lesotho | Maseru |
Liberia | Monrovia |
Libya | Tripoli |
Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
Lithuania | Vilnius |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
Macau | |
Macedonia | Skopje |
Madagascar | Antananarivo |
Malawi | Lilongwe |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur note: Putrajaya is referred to as the administrative capital |
Maldives | Male |
Mali | Bamako |
Malta | Valletta |
Marshall Islands | Majuro |
Martinique | Fort-de-France |
Mauritania | Nouakchott |
Mauritius | Port Louis |
Mayotte | Mamoutzou |
Mexico | Mexico City (Distrito Federal) |
Micronesia | Palikir |
Moldova | Chisinau |
Monaco | Monaco |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
Montenegro | Podgorica; note - the Old Royal Capital is Cetinje mentioned in the constitution |
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 Caledonia | Noumea |
New Zealand | Wellington |
Nicaragua | Managua |
Niger | Niamey |
Niue | Alofi |
Norfolk Island | Kingston |
North Korea | Pyongyang |
Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan |
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 |
Pitcairn Islands | Adamstown |
Poland | Warsaw |
Portugal | Lisbon |
Puerto Rico | San Juan |
Qatar | Doha |
Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville |
Reunion | Saint-Denis |
Romania | Bucharest |
Russia | Moscow |
Rwanda | Kigali |
Saint Helena | Jamestown |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | name: Basseterre |
Saint Lucia | Castries |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
Samoa | Apia |
San Marino | San Marino |
Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
Senegal | Dakar |
Serbia | Belgrade (Beograd) |
Seychelles | Victoria |
Sierra Leone | Freetown |
Singapore | Singapore |
Slovakia | Bratislava |
Slovenia | Ljubljana |
Solomon Islands | Honiara |
Somalia | Mogadishu |
South Africa |
Pretoria (administrative capital) note: Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital) |
South Korea | Seoul |
South Sudan | Juba |
Spain | Madrid |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo note: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) |
Sudan | Khartoum |
Suriname | Paramaribo |
Svalbard | Longyearbyen |
Sweden | Stockholm |
Switzerland | Bern |
Syria | Damascus |
Taiwan | Taipei |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam note: legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital, and the National Assembly now meets there on a regular basis; the Executive Branch with all ministries and diplomatic representation remains located in Dar es Salaam |
Thailand | Bangkok |
The Bahamas | Nassau |
The Gambia | Banjul |
Timor-Leste | Dili |
Togo | Lome |
Tokelau | none; each atoll has its own administrative center |
Tonga | Nuku'alofa |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain |
Tunisia | Tunis |
Turkey | Ankara |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) |
Tuvalu |
Funafuti note: administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet |
Uganda | Kampala |
Ukraine |
Kyiv (Kiev) note: pronounced KAY-yiv |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
United Kingdom | London |
United States of America | Washington, DC |
Uruguay | Montevideo |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent (Toshkent) |
Vanuatu | Port-Vila (on Efate) |
Venezuela | Caracas |
Vietnam | Hanoi (Ha Noi) |
Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie |
Wake Island | |
Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) |
West Bank | |
Western Sahara | none |
Yemen | Sanaa |
Zambia | Lusaka |
Zimbabwe | Harare |