Countries around the World and their Capital City
A country’s capital is usually the principal city associated with a country's seat of government. Historically, the capital is usually the major economic center of a nation and the center of political power and thus, it is the one that the enemy usually captures first after invading a country. Capturing the capital is usually a military strategy that means defeat for the country being invaded since it guarantees capture of the government. Also, it is usually most the populous city attracting people from all classes and professions because it is the country’s cultural, social, economic, political and intellectual center. However,today, this not always the case for all capital cities, there are countries with unorthodox capital cities which are not the most populous cities or host to the seat of government. This may be due to pragmatic reasons or situations in that country. Some capital cities maybe unofficial while others official and they do not represent the seat of the government. So a capital city is not necessarily in few cases, the symbol for the state and its government. Here's a list of countries worldwide with their capitals below:
| Country A | City Kabul |
| Albania | Tirana |
| Algeria | Algiers |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
| Angola | Luanda |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Armenia | Yerevan |
| Australia | Canberra |
| Austria | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | Baku |
B | Nassau |
| Bahrain | Al-Manámah |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka |
| Barbados | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Mensk (Minsk) |
| Belgium | Brussels |
| Belize | Belmopan |
| Benin | Porto-Novo (official). Largest city and seat of government is: Cotonou |
| Bhutan | Thimphu (official) |
| Bolivia | Sucre. Administrative capital is: La Paz |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo (unofficial) |
| Botswana | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Brasília |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria | Sofia |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Burundi | Bujumbura |
C | Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé |
| Canada | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Cape Verde | Praia |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | N'Djamena |
| Chile | Santiago |
| China | Beijing |
| Colombia | Santafé de Bogotá |
| Comoros | Moroni (on Grande Comoro) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Kinshasa |
| Congo, Republic of | Brazzaville |
| Costa Rica | San José |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro (official). Largest city and administrative center is: Abidjan |
| Croatia | Zagreb |
| Cuba | Havana |
| Cyprus | Lefkosia (Nicosia) - government controlled area |
| Czech Republic | Prague |
D | Copenhagen |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Dominica | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
E | Dili |
| Ecuador | Quito |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
| Eritrea | Asmara |
| Estonia | Tallinn |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
F | Suva (on Viti Levu) |
| Finland | Helsinki |
| France | Paris |
G | Libreville |
| Gambia | Banjul |
| Georgia | Tbilisi |
| Germany | Berlin |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Greece | Athens |
| Grenada | St. George's |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
| Guyana | Georgetown |
H | Port-au-Prince |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary | Budapest |
I | Reykjavik |
| India | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Jakarta |
| Iran | Tehran |
| Iraq | Baghdad |
| Ireland | Dublin |
| Israel | Jerusalem. However the embassy for foreign countries are all found in Tel Aviv. |
| Italy | Rome |
J | Kingston |
| Japan | Tokyo |
| Jordan | Amman |
K | Astana |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| Kiribati | Tarawa |
| Korea, North | Pyongyang |
| Korea, South | Seoul |
| Kuwait | Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek (formerly Frunze) |
L | Vientiane |
| Latvia | Riga |
| Lebanon | Beirut |
| Lesotho | Maseru |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Libya | Tripoli |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
M | Skopje |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | Lilongwe |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives | Malé |
| Mali | Bamako |
| Malta | Valletta |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Mauritius | Port Louis |
| Mexico | Mexico City |
| Micronesia | Palikir |
| Moldova | Chisinau |
| Monaco | Monaco |
| Mongolia | Ulaan Baatar |
| Montenegro | Podgorica (administrative capital); Cetinje (capital city) |
| Morocco | Rabat |
| Mozambique | Maputo |
| Myanmar | Rangoon (Yangon) |
N | Windhoek. Summer capital: Swakopmund |
| Nauru | Yaren |
| Nepal | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam (official); The Hague (administrative capital) |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
| Nicaragua | Managua |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Abuja |
| Norway | Oslo |
O | Muscat |
P | Islamabad |
| Palau | Koror |
| Palestinian State (proposed) | Undetermined |
| Panama | Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | Asunción, |
| Peru | Lima |
| Philippines | Manila |
| Poland | Warsaw |
| Portugal | Lisbon |
Q | Doha |
R | Bucharest |
| Russia | Moscow |
| Rwanda | Kigali |
S | Basseterre (on St. Kitts) |
| St. Lucia | Castries |
| St. 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 | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Singapore | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara (on Guadalcanal) |
| Somalia | Mogadishu |
| South Africa | Pretoria; Legislative capital and largest city: Cape Town. Judicial capital: Bloemfontein. |
| Spain | Madrid |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo. Legislative and judicial capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
| Sudan | Khartoum |
| Suriname | Paramaribo |
| Swaziland | Mbabane; Royal and legislative capital: Lobamba, circa |
| Sweden | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Bern |
| Syria | Damascus |
T | Taipei |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
| Tanzania | Dodoma. Largest city (2003 est.): Dar es Salaam |
| Thailand | Bangkok |
| Togo | Lomé, 749,700 |
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain |
| Tunisia | Tunis |
| Turkey | Ankara |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti |
U | Kampala |
| Ukraine | Kyiv (Kiev) |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
| United Kingdom | London |
| United States | Washington |
| Uruguay | Montevideo |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent |
V | Port Vila |
| Venezuela | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Hanoi |
W | El Aaiun |
Y | Sanaá |
Z | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | Harare |
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Labels: Geography, Human Geography
posted by R. Edmondson @ 10:16 PM 6 comments 
R. Edmondson
United States
6 Comments:
Some countries might have lost their capital in an ancient war, and moved their capital.
I think that's happened quite a bit.
Right you are Phoenix :) One example of such a case is Nubia (Kingdom of Kush or Cush) which is now known as Sudan. The ancient Nubians (Kushites) first had their capital city at the city of Napata but after they were conquered by the Assyrians they then moved it to Meroe.
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