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Country | Capital
Afghanistan | Kabul
Akrotiri | Episkopi; also serves as capital of Dhekelia
Albania | Tirana
Algeria | Algiers
American Samoa | Pago Pago
Andorra | Andorra la Vella
Angola | Luanda
Anguilla | The Valley
Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's (Antigua)
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 (government 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
Dhekelia | Episkopi; located in Akrotiri
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
European Union | Brussels, Belgium
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Stanley
Faroe Islands | Torshavn
Fiji | Suva (Viti Levu)
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 | Skopje
Madagascar | Antananarivo
Malawi | Lilongwe
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur note: Putrajaya is referred to as administrative center not capital; Parliament meets in 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; note - administrative offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet
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 (Efate)
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
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005