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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 Athens
Grenada St. George's
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 Amman
K
Kazakhstan Astana Almaty
Kenya Nairobi
Kiribati South Tarawa
Korea, North Pyongyang
Korea, South Seoul
Kuwait Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
L
Laos Vientiane
Latvia Riga
Lebanon Beirut
Lesotho Maseru
Liberia Monrovia
Libya Tripoli
Liechtenstein Vaduz
Lithuania Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg City -
M
Macedonia, FYR Skopje
Madagascar Antananarivo
Malawi Lilongwe Blantyre
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Maldives Malé
Mali Bamako
Malta Valletta Birkirkara
Marshall Islands Majuro
Mauritania Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Mexico Mexico City
Micronesia Palikir Weno
Moldova Chisinau
Monaco Monaco
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro Podgorica
Morocco Rabat Casablanca
Mozambique Maputo
Myanmar Rangoon
N
Namibia Windhoek
Nauru None (Government offices in Yaren District)
Nepal Kathmandu
Netherlands Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative) Rotterdam has more inhabitants than The Hague, but not Amsterdam.
New Zealand Wellington Auckland
Nicaragua Managua
Niger Niamey
Nigeria Abuja Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Ilorin, Port Harcourt, Ogbomosho
Norway Oslo
O
Oman Muscat
P
Pakistan Islamabad Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Quetta
Palau Koror
Panama Panama City
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Paraguay Asunción
Peru Lima
The Philippines Manila Quezon City
Poland Warsaw Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area (Katowice metropolitan area); some sources say the capital is larger
Portugal Lisbon
Q
Qatar Doha
R
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
Rwanda Kigali
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
Saint Lucia Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
Samoa Apia
San Marino San Marino -
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Senegal Dakar
Serbia Belgrade
Seychelles Port Victoria
Sierra Leone Freetown
Singapore Singapore City -
Slovakia Bratislava
Slovenia Ljubljana
Solomon Islands Honiara
Somalia Mogadishu
South Africa Pretoria (official), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) Largest metro area: Johannesburg; largest city: Cape Town
Spain Madrid Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Málaga
Sri Lanka Colombo (official), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative and judicial)
Sudan Khartoum
Suriname Paramaribo
Swaziland Mbabane
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Bern Zurich, Geneva, Basel
Syria Damascus
T
China, Republic of (Taiwan) Taipei (provisional), Nanking (official) Kaohsiung
Tajikistan Dushanbe
Tanzania Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (administrative)
Thailand Bangkok
Togo Lomé
Tonga Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain
Tunisia Tunis
Turkey Ankara Istanbul
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Tuvalu Funafuti
U
Uganda Kampala
Ukraine Kyiv
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom London
United States Washington, DC New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and 16 others
Uruguay Montevideo
Uzbekistan Tashkent
V
Vanuatu Port Vila
Vatican City See Holy See, The
Venezuela Caracas
Vietnam Hanoi
Y
Yemen Sanaá
Z
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare -

List of capitals and large cities of colonies, possessions, protectorates and territories.

Country Capital Larger cities (population compared to the capital's)
G
Gibraltar Gibraltar
Guam Hagåtña
H
Hong Kong Victoria City Kowloon
P
Puerto Rico San Juan

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