Countries Capitals

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,

Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the 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 Vatican City 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 Kingstown the Grenadines 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