|
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; note - Podgorica is the judicial
capital |
| 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 |
