COUNTRIES & THEIR CAPITALS
Country
Capital
Afghanistan
Kabul
Akrotiri
Episkopi Cantonment; 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 capital as Yangon)
note: junta began shifting seat of government to Pyinmana
area of central Burma in November 2005
Burundi
Bujumbura
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Cameroon
Yaounde
Canada
Ottawa
Cape Verde
Praia
Cayman Islands
George Town (Grand Cayman)
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 Cantonment; 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
Estonia
Tallinn
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
European Union
Brussels, Belgium
note: the Council of the European Union meets in Brussels,
the European Parliament meets in Strasbourg, France, and
the Court of Justice of the European Communities meets in
Luxembourg
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
Isle of Man
Douglas
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
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; note - located on Curacao, the largest of the
islands
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 moved 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
Grand Turk
Islands
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