Country |
Capital |
Afghanistan |
Kabul |
Albania |
Tirana |
Algeria |
Algiers |
American Samoa |
Pago Pago |
Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
Angola |
Luanda |
Anguilla |
The Valley |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Saint John's |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Armenia |
Yerevan |
Aruba |
Oranjestad |
Australia |
Canberra |
Austria |
Vienna |
Azerbaijan |
Baku (Baki) |
Bahamas, The |
Nassau |
Bahrain |
Manama |
Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
Barbados |
Bridgetown |
Belarus |
Minsk |
Belgium |
Brussels |
Belize |
Belmopan |
Benin |
Porto-Novo is the official
capital; Cotonou is the seat of government |
Bermuda |
Hamilton |
Bhutan |
Thimphu |
Bolivia |
La Paz (seat of government);
Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Botswana |
Gaborone |
Brazil |
Brasilia |
British Virgin Islands |
Road Town |
Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Bulgaria |
Sofia |
Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
Burma |
Rangoon (regime refers to
the capital as Yangon) |
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 |
China |
Beijing |
Christmas Island |
The Settlement |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
West Island |
Colombia |
Bogota |
Comoros |
Moroni |
Congo, Democratic Republic
of the |
Kinshasa |
Congo, Republic of the |
Brazzaville |
Cook Islands |
Avarua |
Costa Rica |
San Jose |
Cote d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro; note - although
Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983,
Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center;
the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy
in Abidjan |
Croatia |
Zagreb |
Cuba |
Havana |
Cyprus |
Nicosia |
Czech Republic |
Prague |
Denmark |
Copenhagen |
Djibouti |
Djibouti |
Dominica |
Roseau |
Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
East Timor |
Dili |
Ecuador |
Quito |
Egypt |
Cairo |
El Salvador |
San Salvador |
Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
Eritrea |
Asmara (formerly Asmera)
|
Estonia |
Tallinn |
Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
Stanley |
Faroe Islands |
Torshavn |
Fiji |
Suva |
Finland |
Helsinki |
France |
Paris |
French Guiana |
Cayenne |
French Polynesia |
Papeete |
Gabon |
Libreville |
Gambia, The |
Banjul |
Georgia |
T'bilisi |
Germany |
Berlin |
Ghana |
Accra |
Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
Greece |
Athens |
Greenland |
Nuuk (Godthab) |
Grenada |
Saint George's |
Guadeloupe |
Basse-Terre |
Guam |
Hagatna (Agana) |
Guatemala |
Guatemala |
Guernsey |
Saint Peter Port |
Guinea |
Conakry |
Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
Guyana |
Georgetown |
Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
Holy See (Vatican City) |
Vatican City |
Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Hungary |
Budapest |
Iceland |
Reykjavik |
India |
New Delhi |
Indonesia |
Jakarta |
Iran |
Tehran |
Iraq |
Baghdad |
Ireland |
Dublin |
Israel |
Jerusalem; note - Israel
proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the
US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy
in Tel Aviv |
Italy |
Rome |
Jamaica |
Kingston |
Japan |
Tokyo |
Jersey |
Saint Helier |
Jordan |
'Amman |
Kazakhstan |
Astana; note - the government
moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998 |
Kenya |
Nairobi |
Kiribati |
Tarawa |
Korea, North |
Pyongyang |
Korea, South |
Seoul |
Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
Laos |
Vientiane |
Latvia |
Riga |
Lebanon |
Beirut |
Lesotho |
Maseru |
Liberia |
Monrovia |
Libya |
tripoli |
Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
Lithuania |
Vilnius |
Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of |
Skopje |
Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
Malawi |
Lilongwe |
Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Maldives |
Male |
Mali |
Bamako |
Malta |
Valletta |
Man, Isle of |
Douglas |
Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
Martinique |
Fort-de-France |
Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
Mauritius |
Port Louis |
Mayotte |
Mamoutzou |
Mexico |
Mexico (Distrito Federal)
|
Micronesia, Federated States
of |
Palikir |
Moldova |
Chisinau |
Monaco |
Monaco |
Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar |
Montserrat |
Plymouth (abandoned in 1997
due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings
have been built at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little
Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat) |
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 |
Netherlands Antilles |
Willemstad |
New Caledonia |
Noumea |
New Zealand |
Wellington |
Nicaragua |
Managua |
Niger |
Niamey |
Nigeria |
Abuja; note - on 12 December
1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos
to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made
the move to Abuja |
Niue |
Alofi |
Norfolk Island |
Kingston |
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 |
Reunion |
Saint-Denis |
Romania |
Bucharest |
Russia |
Moscow |
Rwanda |
Kigali |
Saint Helena |
Jamestown |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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 and Montenegro |
Belgrade |
Seychelles |
Victoria |
Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
Singapore |
Singapore |
Slovakia |
Bratislava |
Slovenia |
Ljubljana |
Solomon Islands |
Honiara |
Somalia |
Mogadishu |
South Africa |
Pretoria; note - Cape Town
is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial
center |
Spain |
Madrid |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura
Kotte is the legislative capital |
Sudan |
Khartoum |
Suriname |
Paramaribo |
Svalbard |
Longyearbyen |
Swaziland |
Mbabane; note - Lobamba is
the royal and legislative capital |
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; the National Assembly now
meets there on regular basis |
Thailand |
Bangkok |
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 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)
|
Tuvalu |
Funafuti |
Uganda |
Kampala |
Ukraine |
Kiev (Kyyiv) |
United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
United Kingdom |
London |
United States |
Washington, DC |
Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Uzbekistan |
Tashkent (Toshkent) |
Vanuatu |
Port-Vila |
Venezuela |
Caracas |
Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Virgin Islands |
Charlotte Amalie |
Wallis and Futuna |
Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) |
Western Sahara |
none |
Yemen |
Sanaa |
Zambia |
Lusaka |
Zimbabwe |
Harare |