Saturday, November 22, 2014

List of national capitals

Below is a complete listing of the 196 official independent countries of the world and their capital cities. 
Afghanistan - KabulThe countries of the world and capitals of every country follow:
Albania - Tirana
Algeria - Algiers
Andorra - Andorra la Vella
Angola - Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Armenia - Yerevan
Australia - Canberra
Austria - Vienna
Azerbaijan - Baku
The Bahamas - Nassau
Bahrain - Manama
Bangladesh - Dhaka
Barbados - Bridgetown
Belarus - Minsk
Belgium - Brussels
Belize - Belmopan
Benin - Porto-Novo
Bhutan - Thimphu
Bolivia - La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo
Botswana - Gaborone
Brazil - Brasilia
Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria - Sofia
Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
Burundi - Bujumbura
Cambodia - Phnom Penh
Cameroon - Yaounde
Canada - Ottawa
Cape Verde - Praia
Central African Republic - Bangui
Chad - N'Djamena
Chile - Santiago
China - Beijing
Colombia - Bogota
Comoros - Moroni
Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville
Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa
Costa Rica - San Jose
Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
Croatia - Zagreb
Cuba - Havana
Cyprus - Nicosia
Czech Republic - Prague
Denmark - Copenhagen
Djibouti - Djibouti
Dominica - Roseau
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
East Timor (Timor-Leste) - Dili
Ecuador - Quito
Egypt - Cairo
El Salvador - San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
Eritrea - Asmara
Estonia - Tallinn
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
Fiji - Suva
Finland - Helsinki
France - Paris
Gabon - Libreville
The Gambia - Banjul
Georgia - Tbilisi
Germany - Berlin
Ghana - Accra
Greece - Athens
Grenada - Saint George's
Guatemala - Guatemala City
Guinea - Conakry
Guinea-Bissau - Bissau
Guyana - Georgetown
Haiti - Port-au-Prince
Honduras - Tegucigalpa
Hungary - Budapest
Iceland - Reykjavik
India - New Delhi
Indonesia - Jakarta
Iran - Tehran
Iraq - Baghdad
Ireland - Dublin
Israel - Jerusalem*
Italy - Rome
Jamaica - Kingston
Japan - Tokyo
Jordan - Amman
Kazakhstan - Astana
Kenya - Nairobi
Kiribati - Tarawa Atoll
Korea, North - Pyongyang
Korea, South - Seoul
Kosovo - Pristina
Kuwait - Kuwait City
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
Maldives - Male
Mali - Bamako
Malta - Valletta
Marshall Islands - Majuro
Mauritania - Nouakchott
Mauritius - Port Louis
Mexico - Mexico City
Micronesia, Federated States of - Palikir
Moldova - Chisinau
Monaco - Monaco
Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro - Podgorica
Morocco - Rabat
Mozambique - Maputo
Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
Namibia - Windhoek
Nauru - no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
Nepal - Kathmandu
Netherlands - Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)
New Zealand - Wellington
Nicaragua - Managua
Niger - Niamey
Nigeria - Abuja
Norway - Oslo
Oman - Muscat
Pakistan - Islamabad
Palau - Melekeok
Panama - Panama City
Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
Paraguay - Asuncion
Peru - Lima
Philippines - Manila
Poland - Warsaw
Portugal - Lisbon
Qatar - Doha
Romania - Bucharest
Russia - Moscow
Rwanda - Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
Saint Lucia - Castries
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
Seychelles - Victoria
Sierra Leone - Freetown
Singapore - Singapore
Slovakia - Bratislava
Slovenia - Ljubljana
Solomon Islands - Honiara
Somalia - Mogadishu
South Africa - Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
South Sudan - Juba (Relocating to Ramciel)
Spain - Madrid
Sri Lanka - Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
Sudan - Khartoum
Suriname - Paramaribo
Swaziland - Mbabane
Sweden - Stockholm
Switzerland - Bern
Syria - Damascus
Taiwan - Taipei
Tajikistan - Dushanbe
Tanzania - Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
Thailand - Bangkok
Togo - Lome
Tonga - Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain
Tunisia - Tunis
Turkey - Ankara
Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
Tuvalu - Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
Uganda - Kampala
Ukraine - Kyiv
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom - London
United States of America - Washington D.C.
Uruguay - Montevideo
Uzbekistan - Tashkent
Vanuatu - Port-Vila
Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City
Venezuela - Caracas
Vietnam - Hanoi
Yemen - Sanaa
Zambia - Lusaka
Zimbabwe - Harare
There are a significant number of countries that have multiple capital cities. Where that occurs, the additional capital cities are listed as well. (Note that the word "capitol" refers to the building and not to the city).
Twelve countries around the world have multiple capital cities for a variety of reasons. Most split administrative, legislative, and judicial headquarters between two or more cities.
Porto-Novo is the official capital of Benin but Cotonou is the seat of government.
The administrative capital of Bolivia is La Paz while the legislative and judicial (also known as constitutional) capital is Sucre.
In 1983, President Felix Houphouet-Boigny moved the capital of Cote d'Ivoire from Abidjan to his hometown of Yamoussoukro. This made the official capital Yamoussoukro but many government offices and embassies (including the United States) remain in Abidjan.
In 1950, Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as their capital city. However, all countries (including the United States) maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, which was Israel's capital from 1948 to 1950.
Malaysia has moved many administrative functions from Kuala Lumpur to a suburb of Kuala Lumpur called Putrajaya. Putrajaya is a new high-technology complex 25km (15 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian government has relocated administrative offices and the Prime Minister's official residence. Nonetheless, Kuala Lumpur remains the official capital.
Putrajaya is part of a regional "Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)." The MSC itself is also home to Kuala Lumpur International Airport and the Petronas Twin Towers.
On Sunday, November 6, 2005 civil servants and government officials were ordered to move immediately from Rangoon to a new capital, Nay Pyi Taw (also known as Naypyidaw), 200 miles north. While governmental buildings in Nay Pyi Taw had been under construction for more than two years, its construction was not widely publicized. Some report the timing of the move was related to astrological recommendations. The transition to Nay Pyi Taw continues so both Rangoon and Nay Pyi Taw retain capital status. Other names might be seen or used to represent the new capital and nothing is solid as of this writing.” 
Though the legal (de jure) capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, the actual (de facto) seat of government and residence of the monarchy is The Hague.
The capital of Nigeria was officially moved from Lagos to Abuja in December 2, 1991 but some offices remain in Lagos.
South Africa is a very interesting situation, it has three capitals. Pretoria is the administrative capital, Cape Town is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is the home of the judiciary.
Sri Lanka has moved the legislative capital to Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, a suburb of the official capital Colombo.
Mbabane is the administrative capital and Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.
Tanzania officially designated its capital as Dodoma but only the legislature meets there, leaving Dar es Salaam as the de facto capital city.

Wikipedia :
CityCountryNotes
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Abuja Nigeria
Accra Ghana
Adamstown Pitcairn IslandsBritish Overseas Territory
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Algiers Algeria
Alofi NiueSelf-governing in free association with New Zealand.
Amman Jordan
Amsterdam NetherlandsThe Dutch constitution refers to Amsterdam as the "capital". The Dutch government is located in The Hague. See Capital of the Netherlands.
Andorra la Vella Andorra
Ankara Turkey
Antananarivo Madagascar
Apia Samoa
Ashgabat Turkmenistan
Asmara Eritrea
Astana Kazakhstan
Asunción Paraguay
Athens Greece
Avarua Cook IslandsSelf-governing in free association with New Zealand.
Baghdad Iraq
Baku Azerbaijan
Bamako Mali
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
Bangkok Thailand
Bangui Central African Republic
Banjul Gambia
Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis
Beijing ChinaSee also: List of historical capitals of China
Beirut Lebanon
Belgrade Serbia
Belmopan Belize
Berlin Germany
Bern  Switzerland
Bishkek Kyrgyzstan
Bissau Guinea-Bissau
Bogotá Colombia
Brasília Brazil
Bratislava Slovakia
Brazzaville Republic of the Congo
Bridgetown Barbados
Brussels BelgiumAlso the de facto capital of the  European Union
Bucharest Romania
Budapest Hungary
Buenos Aires Argentina
Bujumbura Burundi
Cairo Egypt
Canberra Australia
Caracas Venezuela
Castries Saint Lucia
Cayenne French GuianaOverseas department of France
Charlotte Amalie United States Virgin IslandsTerritory of the United States
Chisinau Moldova
Cockburn Town Turks and Caicos IslandsBritish Overseas Territory
Conakry Guinea
Copenhagen Denmark
Dakar Senegal
Damascus Syria
Dhaka Bangladesh
Dili East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Djibouti Djibouti
Dodoma (official, legislative) TanzaniaDar es Salaam, the former capital and largest city continues to serve as the de facto seat of government hosting the presidencygovernment ministriesjudiciary and diplomatic missions.
Doha Qatar
Douglas Isle of ManBritish Crown Dependency
Dublin Ireland
Dushanbe Tajikistan
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Tristan da CunhaPart of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
El Aaiún (declared) Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [c]The Sahrawi Republic, recognised by 82 states, claims the mostly Moroccan controlledWestern Sahara. Moroccan controlled territory includes El Aaiún, and Morocco claims allSahrawi controlled territory. The Sahrawi government resides in exile in TindoufAlgeria.[1]See Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Episkopi Cantonment Akrotiri and DhekeliaBritish Overseas Territory
Flying Fish Cove Christmas IslandExternal territory of Australia
Freetown Sierra Leone
Funafuti Tuvalu
Gaborone Botswana
George Town Cayman IslandsBritish Overseas Territory
Georgetown Ascension IslandPart of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Georgetown Guyana
Gibraltar GibraltarBritish Overseas Territory
Guatemala City Guatemala
Gustavia Saint BarthélemyOverseas collectivity of France
Hagåtña GuamTerritory of the United States
Hamilton BermudaBritish Overseas Territory
Hanga Roa Easter IslandSpecial territory of Chile
Hanoi Vietnam
Harare Zimbabwe
Hargeisa SomalilandDe facto independent state not diplomatically recognized by any other state, claimed in whole by the Somali Republic.[2]
Havana Cuba
Helsinki Finland
Honiara Solomon Islands
Islamabad Pakistan
Jakarta Indonesia
Jamestown Saint HelenaPart of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jerusalem (declared, de facto) IsraelJerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel", and the city serves as the seat of the government, home to the president's residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament. United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 declared the Jerusalem Law "null and void" and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem. The United Nations and all member states maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel AvivRamat Gan, andHerzliya, and do not recognise Jerusalem as the capital.[3] Many countries officially adhere to the proposal that Jerusalem have international status, as called for in thePartition Plan of 1947.[4] The Palestinian National Authority claims East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. See Positions on Jerusalem.
Jerusalem (declared)
Ramallah and Gaza (de facto)
 State of PalestineThe State of Palestine claims the territories occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The proclaimed state is currently occupied by Israel and has no effective control over the territories it claims. Administration is based inRamallah and Gaza, rather than Jerusalem. Most members of the United Nations regard East Jerusalem as occupied territory, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, theArab League and the Non-Aligned Movement recognise it as the capital of a future Palestinian state.[5] See Positions on Jerusalem.
Juba South Sudan
Kabul Afghanistan
Kampala Uganda
Kathmandu   Nepal
Khartoum Sudan
Kiev Ukraine
Kigali Rwanda
King Edward Point South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsBritish Overseas Territory
Kingston Jamaica
Kingston Norfolk IslandExternal territory of Australia
Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kuala Lumpur (official, legislative and royal)
Putrajaya (administrative and judicial)
 Malaysia
Kuwait City Kuwait
Libreville Gabon
Lilongwe Malawi
Lima Peru[Note 1]
Lisbon Portugal
Ljubljana Slovenia
Lomé Togo
London United KingdomPrior to the Acts of Union in 1707, London was the capital of England only. Edinburgh was the capital of the Kingdom of Scotland
Luanda Angola
Lusaka Zambia
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Madrid Spain
Majuro Marshall IslandsSelf-governing in free association with United States.
Malabo Equatorial Guinea
Malé Maldives
Managua Nicaragua
Manama Bahrain
Manila Philippines
Maputo Mozambique
Marigot Saint MartinOverseas collectivity of France
Maseru Lesotho
Mata-Utu Wallis and FutunaOverseas collectivity of France
Mbabane (administrative)
Lobamba (royal and legislative)
 Swaziland
Mexico City Mexico
Minsk Belarus
Mogadishu Somalia
Monaco MonacoCity-state
Monrovia Liberia
Montevideo Uruguay
Moroni Comoros
Moscow Russia
Muscat Oman
Nairobi Kenya
Nassau Bahamas
Naypyidaw Burma
N'Djamena Chad
New Delhi India
Ngerulmud PalauSelf-governing in free association with United States.
Niamey Niger
Nicosia Cyprus
Nicosia Northern CyprusDe facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.[6]
Nouakchott Mauritania
Nouméa New CaledoniaSui generis collectivity of France
Nukuʻalofa Tonga
Nuuk GreenlandSelf-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark
Oranjestad ArubaSelf-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Oslo Norway
Ottawa Canada
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
Pago Pago American SamoaTerritory of the United States
Palikir Federated States of MicronesiaSelf-governing in free association with United States.
Panama City Panama
Papeete French PolynesiaOverseas collectivity of France
Paramaribo Suriname
Paris France
Philipsburg Sint MaartenSelf-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Phnom Penh Cambodia
Plymouth (official)
Brades Estate (de facto)
 MontserratBritish Overseas Territory. Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1997. Government offices since then have been moved to Brades Estate, which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat.
Podgorica (official)
Cetinje (seat of thePresident)
 Montenegro
Port Louis Mauritius
Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
Port Vila Vanuatu
Port-au-Prince Haiti
Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago
Porto-Novo (official)
Cotonou (de facto)
 Benin
Prague Czech Republic
Praia Cape Verde
Pretoria (executive)
Bloemfontein (judicial)
Cape Town (legislative)
 South Africa
Pristina Kosovo[g]De facto independent state that is recognised by 108 UN member states and by Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.
Pyongyang North Korea
Quito EcuadorHighest official capital.[7]
Rabat Morocco
Reykjavík Iceland
Riga Latvia
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Road Town British Virgin IslandsBritish Overseas Territory
Rome Italy
Roseau Dominica
Saipan Northern Mariana IslandsTerritory of the United States
San José Costa Rica
San Juan Puerto RicoTerritory of the United States
San Marino San Marino
San Salvador El Salvador
Sana'a Yemen
Santiago (official)
Valparaíso (legislative)
 Chile
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seoul South Korea
Singapore SingaporeCity-state
Skopje Macedonia
Sofia Bulgaria
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official)
Colombo (former capital; has some government offices)
 Sri LankaAlso known as "Kotte". Until the 1980s, the capital was Colombo, where many important governmental institutions still remain and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.
St. George's Grenada
St. Helier JerseyBritish Crown Dependency
St. John's Antigua and Barbuda
St. Peter Port GuernseyBritish Crown Dependency
St. Pierre Saint Pierre and MiquelonOverseas collectivity of France
Stanley Falkland IslandsBritish Overseas Territory
Stepanakert Nagorno-Karabakh RepublicThe self-declared country remains diplomatically unrecognised by UN-member states, including Armenia. Transnistria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia, all UN non-member states, recognise the state. Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.
Stockholm Sweden
Sucre (constitutional)
La Paz (administrative)
 BoliviaLa Paz is the highest administrative capital, higher than Quito.[7]
Sukhumi AbkhaziaDe facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Republic of Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
Suva Fiji
Taipei TaiwanOfficially the Republic of China (ROC), it has been competing for recognition with thePeople's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole Chinese government since 1949. Taiwan controls the island of Taiwan and its associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas, and part of the Spratly Islands[Note 2] The territory of Taiwan is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China.[Note 3] The Republic of China participates in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade OrganizationInternational Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei.
Tallinn Estonia
Tarawa Atoll Kiribati
Tashkent Uzbekistan
Tbilisi (official)
Kutaisi (legislative)
 Georgia
Tegucigalpa Honduras
Tehran Iran
Thimphu Bhutan
Tirana Albania
Tiraspol TransnistriaDe facto independent state, not recognized by any UN-member, but by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Moldova as the Territorial Unit of Transnistria.
Tokyo Japan
Tórshavn Faroe IslandsSelf-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark
Tripoli Libya
Tskhinvali South OssetiaDe facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as theProvisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.
Tunis Tunisia
Ulan Bator Mongolia
Vaduz Liechtenstein
Valletta Malta
The Valley AnguillaBritish Overseas Territory
Vatican City  Vatican CityCity-state
Victoria Seychelles
Vienna Austria
Vientiane Laos
Vilnius Lithuania
Warsaw Poland
Washington, D.C. United States
Wellington New Zealand
West Island Cocos (Keeling) IslandsExternal territory of Australia
Willemstad CuraçaoSelf-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Windhoek Namibia
Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (former capital; still has many government offices)
 Ivory Coast
Yaoundé Cameroon
Yaren (de facto) NauruCountry does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren.
Yerevan Armenia
Zagreb Croatia

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