List of national capitals in alphabetical order

This is a list of national capitals in alphabetical order, including territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. Sovereign states are shown in bolded text.

City Country Notes
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Abuja Nigeria Lagos was the capital from 1914 to 1991.
Accra Ghana
Adamstown Pitcairn British Overseas Territory
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Algiers Algeria
Alofi Niue Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.
Amman Jordan
Amsterdam Netherlands The Dutch constitution refers to Amsterdam as the "capital". The Dutch government is located in the Hague, which also hosts the monarch, government ministries, judiciary and diplomatic missions. 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 Islands Self-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
Basse-Terre Guadeloupe Overseas department of France
Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis
Beijing People's Republic of China See also: List of historical capitals of China
Beirut Lebanon
Belgrade Serbia
Belmopan Belize
Berlin Germany
Bern Switzerland De facto capital
Bishkek Kyrgyzstan
Bissau Guinea-Bissau
Bogotá Colombia
Brasília Brazil
Bratislava Slovakia
Brazzaville Republic of the Congo
Bridgetown Barbados
Brussels Belgium Also 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 Guiana Overseas department of France
Charlotte Amalie United States Virgin Islands Territory of the U.S.
Chișinău Moldova
Cockburn Town Turks and Caicos Islands British Overseas Territory
Conakry Guinea
Copenhagen Denmark
Dakar Senegal
Damascus Syria
Dhaka Bangladesh
Dili East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Djibouti Djibouti
Dodoma (official, legislative) Tanzania Dar es Salaam, the former capital and largest city continues to serve as the de facto seat of government hosting the presidency, government ministries, judiciary and diplomatic missions.
Doha Qatar
Douglas Isle of Man British Crown Dependency
Dublin Ireland
Dushanbe Tajikistan
East Jerusalem (declared)
Ramallah (de facto)
State of Palestine The 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 in Ramallah and Gaza, rather than Jerusalem. Most members of the United Nations regard East Jerusalem as occupied territory, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League and the Non-Aligned Movement recognise it as the capital of a future Palestinian state.[1] See Positions on Jerusalem.
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Tristan da Cunha Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Laayoune (declared)
Tifariti (de facto)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [c] The Sahrawi Republic, recognised by 82 states, claims the mostly Moroccan controlled Western Sahara. Moroccan controlled territory includes El Aaiún, and Morocco claims all Sahrawi controlled territory. Tifariti is factual temporary capital (instead of Bir Lehlou earlier) of the SADR. Some government and military structures resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.[2] See Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Episkopi Cantonment Akrotiri and Dhekelia British Overseas Territory
Flying Fish Cove Christmas Island External territory of Australia
Fort-de-France Martinique Overseas department of France
Freetown Sierra Leone
Funafuti Tuvalu
Gaborone Botswana
George Town Cayman Islands British Overseas Territory
Georgetown Ascension Island Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Georgetown Guyana
Gibraltar Gibraltar British Overseas Territory
Grozny Chechnya
Guatemala City Guatemala
Gustavia Saint Barthélemy Overseas collectivity of France
Hagåtña Guam Territory of the United States
Hamilton Bermuda British Overseas Territory
Hanga Roa Easter Island Special 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.[3]
Havana Cuba
Helsinki Finland
Hong Kong Hong Kong Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China functioning as a City-state,[4] former British dependent territory.
Honiara Solomon Islands
Islamabad Pakistan
Jakarta Indonesia
Jamestown Saint Helena Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jerusalem (declared, de facto) Israel Jerusalem 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 Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya, and do not recognise Jerusalem as the capital.[5] Many countries officially adhere to the proposal that Jerusalem have international status, as called for in the Partition Plan of 1947.[6] The Palestinian National Authority claims East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. 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 Islands British Overseas Territory
Kingston Jamaica
Kingston Norfolk Island External 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 Cusco is declared as the "Historical Capital" (Spanish: 'Capital Histórica'), a merely symbolic statement, by Article 49 of the Peruvian Constitution.
Lisbon Portugal
Ljubljana Slovenia
Lomé Togo
London United Kingdom Prior 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
Mamoudzou Mayotte Overseas department of France
Managua Nicaragua
Manama Bahrain
Manila Philippines
Maputo Mozambique
Marigot Saint Martin Overseas collectivity of France
Maseru Lesotho
Mata-Utu Wallis and Futuna Overseas 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
Nanjing (de jure) Republic of China Official capital of the Republic of China according to the constitution. See also: Political status of Taiwan and List of historical capitals of China
Nassau Bahamas
Naypyidaw Myanmar
N'Djamena Chad
New Delhi India Kolkata was the capital of India till 1911 during the British Raj
Ngerulmud Palau Self-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.[7]
Nouakchott Mauritania
Nouméa New Caledonia Sui generis collectivity of France
Nukuʻalofa Tonga
Nuuk Greenland Self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark
Oranjestad Aruba Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Oslo Norway
Ottawa Canada
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
Pago Pago American Samoa Territory of the United States
Palikir Federated States of MicronesiaSelf-governing in free association with United States.
Panama City Panama
Papeete French Polynesia Overseas collectivity of France
Paramaribo Suriname
Paris France
Philipsburg Sint Maarten Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Phnom Penh Cambodia
Plymouth (official)
Brades Estate (de facto)
Montserrat British 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 (Old Royal Capital, present seat of the President)
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 Cabo Verde
Pretoria (executive)
Bloemfontein (judicial)
Cape Town (legislative)
South Africa
Pristina Kosovo[g]De facto independent state that is recognised by 110 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 Ecuador Highest official capital (2,850 m).[8]
Rabat Morocco
Reykjavík Iceland
Riga Latvia
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Road Town British Virgin Islands British Overseas Territory
Rome Italy
Roseau Dominica
Saint-Denis Réunion Overseas department of France
Saipan Northern Mariana Islands Territory of the United States
San José Costa Rica
San Juan Puerto Rico Territory of the United States
San Marino San Marino
San Salvador El Salvador
Sana'a Yemen
Santiago ChileThe National Congress of Chile is located in Valparaíso
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seoul South Korea
Singapore SingaporeCity-state
Skopje Republic of Macedonia
Sofia Bulgaria
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official)
Colombo (former capital; has some government offices)
Sri Lanka Also 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 Jersey British Crown Dependency
St. John's Antigua and Barbuda
St. Peter Port Guernsey British Crown Dependency
St. Pierre Saint Pierre and Miquelon Overseas collectivity of France
Stanley Falkland Islands British Overseas Territory
Stepanakert Nagorno-Karabakh Republic The 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)
Bolivia La Paz is the highest administrative capital (3,650 m), higher than Quito.[8]
Sukhumi Abkhazia De 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 (de facto) Republic of China The Republic of China (ROC) has been competing for recognition with the People'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 1] The territory of Taiwan is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China.[Note 2] The Republic of China participates in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, International Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei.
Tallinn Estonia
Tarawa Kiribati
Tashkent Uzbekistan
Tbilisi (official)
Kutaisi (legislative)
Georgia
Tegucigalpa Honduras
Tehran Iran
Thimphu Bhutan
Tirana Albania
Tiraspol Transnistria De 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 Islands Self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark
Tripoli Libya
Tskhinvali South Ossetia De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.
Tunis Tunisia
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
Vaduz Liechtenstein
Valletta Malta
The Valley Anguilla British 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) Islands External territory of Australia
Willemstad Curaçao Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Windhoek Namibia
Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (former capital; still has many government offices)
Côte d'Ivoire
Yaoundé Cameroon
Yaren (de facto) Nauru Country does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren.
Yerevan Armenia
Zagreb Croatia

Notes

  1. The sovereignty over the Spratly Islands is disputed by the PRC, the ROC, Vietnam, the Philippines (part), Malaysia (part), and Brunei (part). Except Brunei, each of these countries occupies part of the islands (see List of territorial disputes).
  2. In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War to the Communist Party of China (CPC) and set up a provisional capital in Taipei, which serves as the seat of government to this day. The CPC established the People's Republic. As such, the political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan (alongside the territories currently under ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the China seat to the PRC instead of the ROC: most states recognize the PRC to be the sole legitimate representative of all China, and the UN classifies Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates Taiwan independence.

References

  1. See the following:
  2. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wi.html
  3. See Regions and territories: Somaliland (30 December 2005). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
  4. See http://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/facts.htm (Oktober 2014). Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  5. See the CIA Factbook and Map of Israel
  6. Sharkansky, Ira (1996). Governing Jerusalem: Again on the world's agenda. Wayne State University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-8143-2592-0.
  7. See The World Factbook|Cyprus (10 January 2006). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
  8. 1 2 Jacobs, Frank (19 June 2012). "Amazonia or Bust!". New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
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