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List of capitals and larger cities by country
This is a list of national capitals in the world in alphabetical order by country:
In the case that the capital is not the largest city, the third column gives the cities that are larger.
Country
|
Capital
|
Larger cities (population compared to the capital's) |
A |
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
- |
Albania
|
Tirana
|
- |
Algeria
|
Algiers
|
- |
Andorra
|
Andorra la Vella
|
- |
Angola
|
Luanda
|
- |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
St. John's
|
- |
Argentina
|
Buenos Aires
|
- |
Armenia
|
Yerevan
|
- |
Australia
|
Canberra
|
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Gold Coast
|
Austria
|
Vienna
|
- |
Azerbaijan
|
Baku
|
B |
Bahamas
|
Nassau
|
- |
Bahrain
|
Manama
|
- |
Bangladesh
|
Dhaka
|
Barbados
|
Bridgetown
|
Belarus
|
Minsk
|
Belgium
|
Brussels
|
- |
Belize
|
Belmopan
|
Belize City, Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo
|
Benin
|
Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (de facto)
|
Bhutan
|
Thimphu
|
Bolivia
|
Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
|
La Paz
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Sarajevo
|
|
Botswana
|
Gaborone
|
Brazil
|
Brasília
|
São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Belo Horizonte
|
Brunei Darussalam
|
Bandar Seri Begawan
|
Bulgaria
|
Sofia
|
- |
Burkina Faso
|
Ouagadougou
|
Burundi
|
Bujumbura
|
C |
Cambodia
|
Phnom Penh
|
Cameroon
|
Yaoundé
|
Douala
|
Canada
|
Ottawa
|
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
|
Cape Verde
|
Praia
|
Central African Republic
|
Bangui
|
Chad
|
N'Djamena
|
Chile
|
Santiago
|
China, People's Republic of
|
Beijing
|
Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Chongqing,
Wuhan, Harbin, Xi'an, Hong Kong
|
Colombia
|
Bogotá
|
Comoros
|
Moroni
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
Brazzaville
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
Kinshasa
|
Costa Rica
|
San José
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative)
|
Croatia
|
Zagreb
|
Cuba
|
Havana
|
Cyprus
|
Nicosia
|
Czech Republic
|
Prague
|
D |
Denmark
|
Copenhagen
|
Djibouti
|
Djibouti
|
Dominica
|
Roseau
|
Dominican Republic
|
Santo Domingo
|
E |
East Timor
|
Dili
|
Ecuador
|
Quito
|
Guayaquil
|
Egypt
|
Cairo
|
El Salvador
|
San Salvador
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
Malabo
|
Eritrea
|
Asmara
|
Estonia
|
Tallinn
|
Ethiopia
|
Addis Ababa
|
F |
Fiji
|
Suva
|
Finland
|
Helsinki
|
France
|
Paris
|
|
G |
Gabon
|
Libreville
|
Gambia, The
|
Banjul
|
Georgia
|
Tbilisi
|
Germany
|
Berlin
|
- |
Ghana
|
Accra
|
Greece
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Athens
|
|
Grenada
|
St. George's
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Guatemala
|
Guatemala City
|
Guinea
|
Conakry
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Bissau
|
Guyana
|
Georgetown
|
H |
Haiti
|
Port-au-Prince
|
Holy See, The
|
Vatican City, The
|
Honduras
|
Tegucigalpa
|
Hungary
|
Budapest
|
- |
I |
Iceland
|
Reykjavík
|
India
|
New Delhi
|
Mumbai, (Old) Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai
and 114 others
|
Indonesia
|
Jakarta
|
Iran
|
Tehran
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
Ireland
|
Dublin
|
- |
Israel
|
Jerusalem (disputed; most countries recognize Tel Aviv)
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
- |
J |
Jamaica
|
Kingston
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Jordan
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Amman
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K |
Kazakhstan
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Astana
|
Almaty
|
Kenya
|
Nairobi
|
Kiribati
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South Tarawa
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Korea, North
|
Pyongyang
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Korea, South
|
Seoul
|
Kuwait
|
Kuwait City
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Bishkek
|
L |
Laos
|
Vientiane
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Latvia
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Riga
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Lebanon
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Beirut
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Lesotho
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Maseru
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Liberia
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Monrovia
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Libya
|
Tripoli
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Liechtenstein
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Vaduz
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Lithuania
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Vilnius
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Luxembourg
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Luxembourg City
|
- |
M |
Macedonia, FYR
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Skopje
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Madagascar
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Antananarivo
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Malawi
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Lilongwe
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Blantyre
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Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur
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Maldives
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Malé
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Mali
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Bamako
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Malta
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Valletta
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Birkirkara
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Marshall Islands
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Majuro
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Mauritania
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Nouakchott
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Mauritius
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Port Louis
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Mexico
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Mexico City
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Micronesia
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Palikir
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Weno |
Moldova
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Chisinau
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Monaco
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Monaco |
Mongolia
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Ulaanbaatar
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Montenegro
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Podgorica
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Morocco
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Rabat
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Casablanca
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Mozambique
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Maputo
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Myanmar
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Rangoon
|
N |
Namibia
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Windhoek
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Nauru
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None (Government offices in Yaren District)
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Nepal
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Kathmandu
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Netherlands
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Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative)
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Rotterdam has more inhabitants than The Hague, but not Amsterdam.
|
New Zealand
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Wellington
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Auckland
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Nicaragua
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Managua
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Niger
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Niamey
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Nigeria
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Abuja
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Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Ilorin, Port Harcourt, Ogbomosho
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Norway
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Oslo
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O |
Oman
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Muscat
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P |
Pakistan
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Islamabad
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Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Quetta
|
Palau
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Koror
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Panama
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Panama City
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Papua New Guinea
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Port Moresby
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Paraguay
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Asunción
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Peru
|
Lima
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The Philippines
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Manila
|
Quezon City
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Poland
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Warsaw
|
Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area (Katowice metropolitan area); some sources say the capital is larger
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Portugal
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Lisbon
|
Q |
Qatar
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Doha
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R |
Romania
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Bucharest
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Russia
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Moscow
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Rwanda
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Kigali
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S |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Basseterre
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Saint Lucia
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Castries
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Kingstown
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Samoa
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Apia
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San Marino
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San Marino
|
- |
São Tomé and Príncipe
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São Tomé
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Saudi Arabia
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Riyadh
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Senegal
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Dakar
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Serbia
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Belgrade
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Seychelles
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Port Victoria
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Sierra Leone
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Freetown
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Singapore
|
Singapore City |
- |
Slovakia
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Bratislava
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Slovenia
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Ljubljana
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Solomon Islands
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Honiara
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Somalia
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Mogadishu
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South Africa
|
Pretoria (official), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
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Largest metro area: Johannesburg; largest city: Cape Town
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Spain
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Madrid
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Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Málaga
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Sri Lanka
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Colombo (official), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative and judicial)
|
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Sudan
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Khartoum
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Suriname
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Paramaribo
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Swaziland
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Mbabane
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Sweden
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Stockholm
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Switzerland
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Bern
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Zurich, Geneva, Basel
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Syria
|
Damascus
|
T |
China, Republic of (Taiwan)
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Taipei (provisional), Nanking (official)
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Kaohsiung
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Tajikistan
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Dushanbe
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Tanzania
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Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (administrative)
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Thailand
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Bangkok
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Togo
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Lomé
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Tonga
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Nuku'alofa
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Port-of-Spain
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Tunisia
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Tunis
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Turkey
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Ankara
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Istanbul
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Turkmenistan
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Ashgabat
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Tuvalu
|
Funafuti
|
U |
Uganda
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Kampala
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Ukraine
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Kyiv
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United Arab Emirates
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Abu Dhabi
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United Kingdom
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London
|
United States
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Washington, DC
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New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and 16 others
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Uruguay
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Montevideo
|
Uzbekistan
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Tashkent
|
V |
Vanuatu
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Port Vila
|
Vatican City
|
See Holy See, The |
Venezuela
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Caracas
|
Vietnam
|
Hanoi
|
Y |
Yemen
|
Sanaá
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Z |
Zambia
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Lusaka
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Zimbabwe
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Harare
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List of capitals and large cities of colonies, possessions, protectorates and territories.
See also
External link
- Compare with Most populous city of each country http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/geo_lar_cit&int=-1&b_ac=1
Last updated: 02-19-2005 02:31:38
Last updated: 05-01-2005 03:52:42
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