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Capital (Country profile category: Government)

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 capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan

Croatia:
Zagreb

Cuba:
Havana

Cyprus:
Nicosia
note: the Turkish Cypriot area's capital is Lefkosa (Nicosia)

Czech Republic:
Prague

Denmark:
Copenhagen

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

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:
P'yongyang

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

Micronesia, Federated States of:
Palikir

Midway Islands:
none; administered from Washington, DC

Moldova:
Chisinau

Monaco:
Monaco

Mongolia:
Ulaanbaatar

Montserrat:
Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades, 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 moved from Lagos to Abuja; many government offices remain in Lagos pending completion of facilities in 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 (Serbia), Podgorica (Montenegro)

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

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
none; Grytviken on South Georgia is the garrison town

Spain:
Madrid

Sri Lanka:
Colombo

Sudan:
Khartoum

Suriname:
Paramaribo

Svalbard:
Longyearbyen

Swaziland:
Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital

Sweden:
Stockholm

Switzerland:
Bern

Syria:
Damascus

Tajikistan:
Dushanbe

Tanzania:
Dar es Salaam
note: some government 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:
Cockburn Town (on Grand Turk)

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

Taiwan:
Taipei

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