Every sovereign state has a capital city, the seat of its political institutions. This table lists the 197 countries of the world and their capitals, in alphabetical order and filterable by continent. Some capitals are not the largest city of their country: Washington has fewer inhabitants than New York, Canberra fewer than Sydney, and Brasília fewer than São Paulo. Use the search box to find a country or a capital instantly.
| Country Continent | Capital | Continent | |
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AfghanistanAsia | Kabul | Asia |
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AlbaniaEurope | Tirana | Europe |
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AlgeriaAfrica | Algiers | Africa |
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AndorraEurope | Andorra la Vella | Europe |
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AngolaAfrica | Luanda | Africa |
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Antigua and BarbudaAmerica | St. John's | America |
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ArgentinaAmerica | Buenos Aires | America |
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ArmeniaAsia | Yerevan | Asia |
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AustraliaOceania | Canberra | Oceania |
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AustriaEurope | Vienna | Europe |
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AzerbaijanAsia | Baku | Asia |
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BahamasAmerica | Nassau | America |
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BahrainAsia | Manama | Asia |
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BangladeshAsia | Dhaka | Asia |
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BarbadosAmerica | Bridgetown | America |
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BelarusEurope | Minsk | Europe |
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BelgiumEurope | Brussels | Europe |
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BelizeAmerica | Belmopan | America |
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BeninAfrica | Porto Novo | Africa |
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BhutanAsia | Thimphu | Asia |
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BoliviaAmerica | Sucre | America |
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope | Sarajevo | Europe |
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BotswanaAfrica | Gaborone | Africa |
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BrazilAmerica | Brasilia | America |
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BruneiAsia | Bandar Seri Begawan | Asia |
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BulgariaEurope | Sofia | Europe |
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Burkina FasoAfrica | Ouagadougou | Africa |
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BurundiAfrica | Bujumbura | Africa |
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CambodiaAsia | Phnom Penh | Asia |
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CameroonAfrica | Yaoundé | Africa |
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CanadaAmerica | Ottawa | America |
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Cape VerdeAfrica | Praia | Africa |
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Central African RepublicAfrica | Bangui | Africa |
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ChadAfrica | N'Djamena | Africa |
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ChileAmerica | Santiago | America |
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ChinaAsia | Beijing | Asia |
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ColombiaAmerica | Bogota | America |
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ComorosAfrica | Moroni | Africa |
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Costa RicaAmerica | San José | America |
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CroatiaEurope | Zagreb | Europe |
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CubaAmerica | Havana | America |
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CyprusEurope | Nicosia | Europe |
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Czech RepublicEurope | Prague | Europe |
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Democratic Republic of CongoAfrica | Kinshasa | Africa |
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DenmarkEurope | Copenagen | Europe |
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DjiboutiAfrica | Djibouti | Africa |
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DominicaAmerica | Roseau | America |
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Dominican RepublicAmerica | Santo Domingo | America |
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East TimorOceania | Dili | Oceania |
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EcuadorAmerica | Quito | America |
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EgyptAfrica | Cairo | Africa |
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El SalvadorAmerica | San Salvador | America |
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Equatorial GuineaAfrica | Malabo | Africa |
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EritreaAfrica | Asmara | Africa |
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EstoniaEurope | Tallinn | Europe |
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EswatiniAfrica | Mbabane | Africa |
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EthiopiaAfrica | Addis Ababa | Africa |
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FijiOceania | Suva | Oceania |
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FinlandEurope | Helsinki | Europe |
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FranceEurope | Paris | Europe |
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GabonAfrica | Libreville | Africa |
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GambiaAfrica | Banjul | Africa |
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GeorgiaAsia | Tbilisi | Asia |
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GermanyEurope | Berlin | Europe |
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GhanaAfrica | Accra | Africa |
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GreeceEurope | Athens | Europe |
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GrenadaAmerica | St. George's | America |
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GuatemalaAmerica | Guatemala City | America |
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GuineaAfrica | Conakry | Africa |
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Guinea-BissauAfrica | Bissau | Africa |
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GuyanaAmerica | Georgetown | America |
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HaitiAmerica | Port-au-Prince | America |
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HondurasAmerica | Tegucigalpa | America |
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HungaryEurope | Budapest | Europe |
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IcelandEurope | Reykjavík | Europe |
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IndiaAsia | New Delhi | Asia |
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IndonesiaAsia | Jakarta | Asia |
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IranAsia | Tehran | Asia |
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IraqAsia | Baghdad | Asia |
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IrelandEurope | Dublin | Europe |
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IsraelAsia | Jerusalem | Asia |
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ItalyEurope | Rome | Europe |
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Ivory CoastAfrica | Yamoussoukro | Africa |
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JamaicaAmerica | Kingston | America |
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JapanAsia | Tokyo | Asia |
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JordanAsia | Amman | Asia |
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KazakhstanAsia | Astana | Asia |
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KenyaAfrica | Nairobi | Africa |
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KiribatiOceania | Tarawa | Oceania |
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Korea, NorthAsia | Pyongyang | Asia |
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Korea, SouthAsia | Seoul | Asia |
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KosovoEurope | Pristina | Europe |
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KuwaitAsia | Kuwait City | Asia |
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KyrgyzstanAsia | Bishkek | Asia |
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LaosAsia | Vientiane | Asia |
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LatviaEurope | Riga | Europe |
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LebanonAsia | Beirut | Asia |
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LesothoAfrica | Maseru | Africa |
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LiberiaAfrica | Monrovia | Africa |
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LibyaAfrica | Tripoli | Africa |
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LiechtensteinEurope | Vaduz | Europe |
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LithuaniaEurope | Vilnius | Europe |
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LuxembourgEurope | Luxembourg | Europe |
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MadagascarAfrica | Antananarivo | Africa |
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MalawiAfrica | Lilongwe | Africa |
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MalaysiaAsia | Kuala Lumpur | Asia |
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MaldivesAsia | Malé | Asia |
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MaliAfrica | Bamako | Africa |
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MaltaEurope | Valletta | Europe |
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Marshall IslandsOceania | Majuro | Oceania |
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MauritaniaAfrica | Nouakchott | Africa |
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MauritiusAfrica | Port Louis | Africa |
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MexicoAmerica | Mexico City | America |
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MicronesiaOceania | Palikir | Oceania |
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MoldovaEurope | Chisinau | Europe |
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MonacoEurope | Monaco | Europe |
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MongoliaAsia | Ulaanbaatar | Asia |
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MontenegroEurope | Podgorica | Europe |
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MoroccoAfrica | Rabat | Africa |
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MozambiqueAfrica | Maputo | Africa |
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MyanmarAsia | Naypyidaw | Asia |
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NamibiaAfrica | Windhoek | Africa |
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NauruOceania | Yaren | Oceania |
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NepalAsia | Kathmandu | Asia |
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NetherlandsEurope | Amsterdam | Europe |
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New ZealandOceania | Wellington | Oceania |
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NicaraguaAmerica | Managua | America |
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NigerAfrica | Niamey | Africa |
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NigeriaAfrica | Abuja | Africa |
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North MacedoniaEurope | Skopje | Europe |
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NorwayEurope | Oslo | Europe |
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OmanAsia | Muscat | Asia |
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PakistanAsia | Islamabad | Asia |
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PalauOceania | Melekeok | Oceania |
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PalestineAsia | East Jerusalem | Asia |
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PanamaAmerica | Panama City | America |
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Papua New GuineaOceania | Port Moresby | Oceania |
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ParaguayAmerica | Asunción | America |
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PeruAmerica | Lima | America |
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PhilippinesAsia | Manila | Asia |
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PolandEurope | Warsaw | Europe |
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PortugalEurope | Lisbon | Europe |
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QatarAsia | Doha | Asia |
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Republic of the CongoAfrica | Brazzaville | Africa |
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RomaniaEurope | Bucharest | Europe |
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RussiaEurope | Moscow | Europe |
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RwandaAfrica | Kigali | Africa |
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Saint Kitts and NevisAmerica | Basseterre | America |
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Saint LuciaAmerica | Castries | America |
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Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmerica | Kingstown | America |
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SamoaOceania | Apia | Oceania |
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San MarinoEurope | San Marino | Europe |
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São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica | São Tomé | Africa |
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Saudi ArabiaAsia | Riyadh | Asia |
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SenegalAfrica | Dakar | Africa |
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SerbiaEurope | Belgrade | Europe |
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SeychellesAfrica | Victoria | Africa |
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Sierra LeoneAfrica | Freetown | Africa |
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SingaporeAsia | Singapore | Asia |
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SlovakiaEurope | Bratislava | Europe |
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SloveniaEurope | Ljubljana | Europe |
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Solomon IslandsOceania | Honiara | Oceania |
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SomaliaAfrica | Mogadishu | Africa |
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South AfricaAfrica | Pretoria | Africa |
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South SudanAfrica | Juba | Africa |
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SpainEurope | Madrid | Europe |
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Sri LankaAsia | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | Asia |
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SudanAfrica | Khartoum | Africa |
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SurinameAmerica | Paramaribo | America |
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SwedenEurope | Stockholm | Europe |
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SwitzerlandEurope | Bern | Europe |
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SyriaAsia | Damascus | Asia |
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TaiwanAsia | Taipei | Asia |
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TajikistanAsia | Dushanbe | Asia |
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TanzaniaAfrica | Dodoma | Africa |
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ThailandAsia | Bangkok | Asia |
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TogoAfrica | Lomé | Africa |
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TongaOceania | Nukualofa | Oceania |
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Trinidad and TobagoAmerica | Port of Spain | America |
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TunisiaAfrica | Tunis | Africa |
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TurkeyAsia | Ankara | Asia |
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TurkmenistanAsia | Ashgabat | Asia |
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TuvaluOceania | Funafuti | Oceania |
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UgandaAfrica | Kampala | Africa |
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UkraineEurope | Kiev | Europe |
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United Arab EmiratesAsia | Abu Dhabi | Asia |
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United KingdomEurope | London | Europe |
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United StatesAmerica | Washington D.C. | America |
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UruguayAmerica | Montevideo | America |
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UzbekistanAsia | Tashkent | Asia |
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VanuatuOceania | Port Vila | Oceania |
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Vatican CityEurope | Vatican City | Europe |
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VenezuelaAmerica | Caracas | America |
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VietnamAsia | Hanoi | Asia |
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YemenAsia | Sana'a | Asia |
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ZambiaAfrica | Lusaka | Africa |
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ZimbabweAfrica | Harare | Africa |
FAQs about capital cities
How many capital cities are there in the world?
There are 197 countries in the world, and therefore at least as many capitals. Some countries have several: South Africa has three (Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein), and Bolivia has two (La Paz and Sucre).
Which country has more than one capital?
South Africa is the best-known case, with three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial). Bolivia shares power between La Paz and Sucre, and in the Netherlands, Amsterdam is the capital while the government sits in The Hague.
What is the most populous capital in the world?
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is the most populous capital in the world: its metropolitan area exceeds 37 million inhabitants. Delhi (India) and Cairo (Egypt) follow among the largest capital metropolitan areas.
What is the highest capital in the world?
La Paz, the seat of government of Bolivia, is the highest capital in the world, at about 3,640 metres above sea level in the Andes. Quito (Ecuador), at 2,850 metres, is also among the highest.