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World Capitals

Afghanistan	Kabul, 2,206,300
Albania	Tirana, 353,400
Algeria	Algiers, 3,917,000 (metro. area), 1,742,800 (city proper)
Andorra	Andorra la Vella, 23,000
Angola	Luanda, 2,297,200
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's, 23,500
Argentina	Buenos Aires, 13,349,000 (metro. area), 2,768,772 (city proper)
Armenia	Yerevan, 1,462,700 (metro. area), 1,267,600 (city proper)
Australia	Canberra, 327,700
Austria	Vienna, 2,041,300 (metro area), 1,523,600 (city proper)
Azerbaijan	Baku, 2,118,600 (metro area), 1,235,400 (city proper), a port on the Caspian Sea
Bahamas	Nassau, 222,200
Bahrain	Al-Manámah, 527,000 (metro area), 149,900 (city proper)
Bangladesh	Dhaka, 12,560,000 (metro.area), 5,378,023 (city proper)
Barbados	Bridgetown, 98,900
Belarus	Mensk (Minsk), 1,769,500
Belgium	Brussels, 1,750,600 (metro area), 981,200 (city proper)
Belize	Belmopan, 8,700
Benin	Porto-Novo (official), 231,600; Largest city and seat of government: Cotonou 734,600
Bhutan	Thimphu (official), 60,200
Bolivia	Sucre, 204,200; Administrative capital: La Paz, 1,576,100 (metro. area), 830,500 (city proper)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo, 581,500 (unofficial)
Botswana	Gaborone, 195,000
Brazil	Brasília, 2,160,100
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan, 78,000
Bulgaria	Sofia, 1,088,700
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou, 962,100
Burundi	Bujumbura, 331,700
Cambodia	Phnom Penh, 1,169,800
Cameroon	Yaoundé, 1,395,200 (metro. area), 1,154,400 (city proper)
Canada	Ottawa, Ontario, 1,142,700 (metro. area)
Cape Verde	Praia, 99,400
Central African Republic	Bangui, 810,000 (metro. area), 669,800 (city proper)
Chad	N'Djamena, 609,600
Chile	Santiago, 5,333,100 (metro. area), 4,372,800 (city proper)
China	Beijing, 10,849,000 (metro. area), 8,689,000 (city proper)
Colombia	Santafé de Bogotá, 7,594,000 (metro. area), 7,185,889 (city proper)
Comoros	Moroni (on Grande Comoro), 60,200
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Kinshasa, 6,541,300
Congo, Republic of	Brazzaville, 1,169,900
Costa Rica	San José, 1,527,300 (metro. area), 337,200 (city proper)
Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro (official), 185,600; Largest city and administrative center: Abidjan, 4,113,600 (metro. area), 3,427,500 (city proper)
Croatia	Zagreb, 685,500
Cuba	Havana, 2,686,000 (metro. area), 2,343,700 (city proper)
Cyprus	Lefkosia (Nicosia) (in government-controlled area), 197,600
Czech Republic	Prague, 1,378,700 (metro. area), 1,169,800 (city proper)
Denmark	Copenhagen, 1,094,400
Djibouti	Djibouti, 383,000
Dominica	Roseau, 20,000
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo, 2,851,300 (metro. area), 2,252,400 (city proper)
East Timor	Dili, 50,800
Ecuador	Quito 1,780,700 (metro. area), 1,443,900 (city proper)
Egypt	Cairo, 11,146,000 (metro. area), 7,629,866 (city proper)
El Salvador	San Salvador, 1,791,700 (metro. area), 504,700 (city proper)
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo, 92,900
Eritrea	Asmara, 899,000 (metro. area), 400,000 (city proper)
Estonia	Tallinn, 379,000
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa, 2,716,200
Fiji	Suva (on Viti Levu), 177,300
Finland	Helsinki, 1,162,900 (metro. area), 582,600 (city proper)
France	Paris, 9,854,000 (metro. area), 2,110,400 (city proper)
Gabon	Libreville, 661,600
Gambia	Banjul, 46,700
Georgia	Tbilisi, 1,440,000 (metro. area), 1,240,200 (city proper)
Germany	Berlin (capital since Oct. 3, 1990), 3,933,300 (metro. area), 3,274,500 (city proper)
Ghana	Accra, 2,825,800 (metro. area), 1,661,400 (city proper)
Greece	Athens, 3,247,000 (metro. area), 747,300 (city proper)
Grenada	St. George's, 4,300
Guatemala	Guatemala City, 2,655,900 (metro. area), 1,128,800 (city proper)
Guinea	Conakry, 1,767,200
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau, 296,900
Guyana	Georgetown, 227,700
Haiti	Port-au-Prince, 1,764,000 (metro. area), 1,119,000 (city proper)
Honduras	Tegucigalpa, 1,436,000 (metro. area), 1,248,300 (city proper)
Hungary	Budapest, 2,597,000 (metro. area), 1,769,500 (city proper)
Iceland	Reykjavik, 184,200 (metro. area), 114,800 (city proper)
India	New Delhi, 15,334,000 (metro. area), 9,817,439 (city proper)
Indonesia	Jakarta, 13,194,000 (metro. area), 8,389,443 (city proper)
Iran	Tehran, 7,796,257 (city proper)
Iraq	Baghdad, 6,777,300 (metro. area), 5,772,000 (city proper)
Ireland	Dublin, 1,018,500
Israel	Jerusalem, 695,500 Note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the U.S., like nearly all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.
Italy	Rome, 3,550,900 (metro. area), 2,455,600 (city proper)
Jamaica	Kingston, 937,700 (metro. area), 590,500 (city proper)
Japan	Tokyo, 35,327,000 (metro. area), 8,483,050 (city proper)
Jordan	Amman, 2,677,500 (metro. area), 1,293,200
Kazakhstan	Astana, 288,200 (formerly Aqmola; capital since 1997)
Kenya	Nairobi, 3,064,800 (metro. area), 2,411,900 (city proper)
Kiribati	Tarawa, 26,600
Korea, North	Pyongyang, 3,222,000 (metro. area), 2,767,900
Korea, South	Seoul, 10,287,847 (city proper)
Kosovo	Pristina, 400,000 (est.)
Kuwait	Kuwait, 1,709,800 (metro. area), 32,600 (city proper)
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek (formerly Frunze), 824,900
Laos	Vientiane, 194,200
Latvia	Riga, 867,700 (metro. area), 706,200 (city proper)
Lebanon	Beirut, 1,916,100 (metro. area), 1,171,000 (city proper)
Lesotho	Maseru 173,700
Liberia	Monrovia, 1,348,900 (metro. area), 550,200 (city proper)
Libya	Tripoli, 2,357,800 (metro. area), 1,269,700 (city proper)
Liechtenstein	Vaduz, 5,300
Lithuania	Vilnius, 543,500
Luxembourg	Luxembourg, 78,800
Macedonia	Skopje, 587,300 (metro. area), 452,500 (city proper)
Madagascar	Antananarivo, 1,390,800
Malawi	Lilongwe, 499,200
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, 3,688,200 (metro. area), 1,403,400
Maldives	Malé, 81,600
Mali	Bamako, 1,323,200 (metro. area), 935,400
Malta	Valletta, 194,200 (metro. area) 6,900 (city proper)
Marshall Islands	Majuro, 20,500
Mauritania	Nouakchott, 661,400
Mauritius	Port Louis, 577,200 (metro. area), 143,800 (city proper)
Mexico	Mexico City, 19,013,000 (metro. area), 8,591,309 (city proper)
Micronesia	Palikir 11,600
Moldova	Chisinau, 772,500 (metro. area), 709,900 (city proper)
Monaco	Monaco, 1,400
Mongolia	Ulaan Baatar, 804,200
Montenegro	Podgorica (administrative capital), 117,875; Cetinje (capital city), 14,700
Morocco	Rabat, 1,636,600
Mozambique	Maputo, 1,691,000 (metro. area), 1,114,000 (city proper)
Myanmar	Rangoon (Yangon), 4,344,100
Namibia	Windhoek, 221,000. Summer capital: Swakopmund, 26,200
Nauru	Yaren, 4,900
Nepal	Kathmandu, 1,203,100 (metro. area), 729,000 (city proper)
Netherlands	Amsterdam (official), 737,900; The Hague (administrative capital), 465,900
New Zealand	Wellington, 342,500 (metro. area), 165,100 (city proper)
Nicaragua	Managua, 1,390,500 (metro. area), 1,146,000 (city proper)
Niger	Niamey, 748,600
Nigeria	Abuja, 590,400 (metro. area), 165,700 (city proper)
Norway	Oslo, 791,500
Oman	Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city proper)
Pakistan	Islamabad, 601,600
Palau	Koror, 11,100
Palestinian State (proposed)	Undetermined
Panama	Panama City, 1,053,500 (metro. area), 437,200 (city proper)
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby, 324,900
Paraguay	Asunción, 1,482,200 (metro. area), 525,100
Peru	Lima, 8,180,000 (metro. area), 7,029,928 (city proper)
Philippines	Manila, 10,677,000 (metro. area), 1,581,082 (city proper)
Poland	Warsaw, 2,201,900 (metro. area), 1,607,600 (city proper)
Portugal	Lisbon, 2,618,100 (metro. area), 559,400
Qatar	Doha, 550,700 (metro. area), 318,500 (city proper)
Romania	Bucharest, 2,210,800 (metro. area), 1,906,800 (city proper)
Russia	Moscow, 10,672,000 (metro. area), 10,101,500 (city proper)
Rwanda	Kigali, 298,100
St. Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre (on St. Kitts), 11,500
St. Lucia	Castries, 60,300
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown, 17,600
Samoa	Apia, 35,900
San Marino	San Marino, 4,300
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé, 53,300
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh, 3,724,100
Senegal	Dakar, 2,476,400
Serbia	Belgrade, 1,717,800 (metro. area), 1,285,200 (city proper)
Seychelles	Victoria, 23,000
Sierra Leone	Freetown, 1,051,000
Singapore	Singapore, 3,438,600
Slovakia	Bratislava, 428,800
Slovenia	Ljubljana, 258,000
Solomon Islands	Honiara (on Guadalcanal), 54,600
Somalia	Mogadishu, 1,208,800
South Africa	Pretoria, 1,541,300 (metro. area), 1,249,700 (city proper); Legislative capital and largest city: Cape Town, 3,140,600 (metro. area), 2,733,000 (city proper). Judicial capital: Bloemfontein, 378,000. No decision has been made to relocate the seat of government. South Africa is demarcated into nine provinces, consisting of the Gauteng, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, North West, KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Free State. Each province has its own capital
Spain	Madrid, 5,130,000 (metro. area), 3,169,400 (city proper)
Sri Lanka	Colombo, 2,436,000 (metro. area), 656,100 (city proper). Legislative and judicial capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, 118,300
Sudan	Khartoum, 5,717,300 (metro. area), 1,397,900 (city proper)
Suriname	Paramaribo, 217,300
Swaziland	Mbabane, 69,000; Royal and legislative capital: Lobamba, circa 5,000
Sweden	Stockholm, 1,622,300 (metro. area), 1,251,900 (city proper)
Switzerland	Bern, 122,700
Syria	Damascus, 2,381,800 (metro. area), 1,861,900
Taiwan	Taipei, 7,871,900 (metro. area), 2,722,600 (city proper)
Tajikistan	Dushanbe, 817,100 (metro. area), 590,300 (city proper)
Tanzania	Dodoma, 164,500. Largest city (2003 est.): Dar es Salaam, 2,489,800
Thailand	Bangkok, 6,320,174 (city proper)
Togo	Lomé, 749,700 (metro. area), 676,400 (city proper)
Tonga	Nuku'alofa, 24,500
Trinidad and Tobago	Port-of-Spain, 263,800 (metro. area), 45,300 (city proper)
Tunisia	Tunis, 1,660,300 (metro. area), 699,700 (city proper)
Turkey	Ankara, 3,582,000 (metro. area), 3,456,100 (city proper)
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat, 727,700
Tuvalu	Funafuti, 5,300
Uganda	Kampala, 1,461,600 (metro. area), 1,244,000 (city proper)
Ukraine	Kyiv (Kiev), 3,296,100 (metro. area), 2,588,400 (city proper)
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, 539,800
United Kingdom	London, 7,615,000 (metro. area), 7,429,200 (city proper)
United States	Washington, DC, 570,898
Uruguay	Montevideo, 1,745,100 (metro. area), 1,347,600 (city proper)
Uzbekistan	Tashkent, 3,457,500 (metro. area), 2,155,400 (city proper)
Vanuatu	Port Vila, 35,300
Venezuela	Caracas, 3,517,300 (metro. area), 1,741,400 (city proper)
Vietnam	Hanoi, 2,543,700 (metro. area), 1,396,500 (city proper)
Western Sahara (proposed state)	El Aaiun 198,200
Yemen	Sanaá, 1,778,900
Zambia	Lusaka, 1,773,300 (metro. area), 1,265,000 (city proper)
Zimbabwe	Harare, 2,331,400 (metro. area), 1,919,700 (city proper)