List of national capitals
This is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed.

List of national capitals

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Table Section Text: This is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed.

City	Country	Notes

Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates

Abuja	Nigeria	Lagos was the capital from 1914 to 1991.

Accra	Ghana

Adamstown	Pitcairn Islands	British Overseas Territory

Addis Ababa	Ethiopia

Algiers	Algeria

Alofi	Niue	Self-governing in free association with New Zealand

Amman	Jordan

Amsterdam (official) The Hague (de facto)	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.

Andorra la Vella	Andorra

Ankara	Turkey

Antananarivo	Madagascar

Apia	Samoa

Ashgabat	Turkmenistan

Asmara	Eritrea

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

Basseterre	Saint Kitts and Nevis

Beijing	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

Cairo	Egypt

Canberra	Australia

Caracas	Venezuela

Castries	Saint Lucia

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

Djibouti	Djibouti

Dodoma (official, legislative) Dar es Salaam (de facto, judicial)	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

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas	Tristan da Cunha	Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

El Aioun (declared) Tifariti (de facto)	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	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.

Episkopi Cantonment	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	British Overseas Territory

Flying Fish Cove	Christmas Island	External territory of Australia

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

Gitega	Burundi	Bujumbura was the capital from 1962 to 2018

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	Somaliland	Unrecognized and self-declared state, de jure part of Somalia.

Havana	Cuba

Helsinki	Finland

Honiara	Solomon Islands

Islamabad	Pakistan	Karachi was selected as the first capital of Pakistan and served as such until the capital was shifted to Rawalpindi in 1958.

Jakarta	Indonesia

Jamestown	Saint Helena	Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Jarabulus	Syrian opposition	See Syrian Civil War.

Jerusalem (disputed)	Israel (de facto) Palestine (claimed)	The Jerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel" and the city serves as the seat of the Israeli government and its institutions.

Juba	South Sudan

Kabul	Afghanistan

Kampala	Uganda

Kathmandu	Nepal

Khartoum	Sudan

Kyiv	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 Historica), 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 Islands	Self-governing in free association with United States.

Malabo	Equatorial Guinea

Malé	Maldives

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)	Eswatini (Swaziland)

Mexico City	Mexico

Minsk	Belarus

Mogadishu	Somalia

Monaco	Monaco	City-state

Monrovia	Liberia

Montevideo	Uruguay

Moroni	Comoros

Moscow	Russia

Muscat	Oman

Nairobi	Kenya

Nassau	Bahamas

Naypyidaw	Myanmar

N'Djamena	Chad

New Delhi	India	Kolkata was the capital of India until 1911 during the British Raj

Ngerulmud	Palau	Self-governing in free association with United States.

Niamey	Niger

Nicosia	Cyprus

Nicosia	Northern Cyprus	De facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.

Nouakchott	Mauritania

Nouméa	New Caledonia	Sui generis collectivity of France

Nukuʻalofa	Tonga

Nursultan	Kazakhstan	Formerly known as Astana; the name was changed on 20 March 2019.

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 Micronesia	Self-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.

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	Cape Verde

Pretoria (executive) Bloemfontein (judicial) Cape Town (legislative)	South Africa

Pristina	Kosovo	De facto independent state that is recognised by 112 UN member states and by Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.

Pyongyang	North Korea

Quito	Ecuador	Highest official capital (2,850 m).

Rabat	Morocco

Ramallah	Palestine	De facto capital

Reykjavík	Iceland

Riga	Latvia

Riyadh	Saudi Arabia

Road Town	British Virgin Islands	British Overseas Territory

Rome	Italy

Roseau	Dominica

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 (de jure) Seiyun (de facto, temporary)	Yemen	Sana'a has been occupied by Houthi rebels since February 2015. See also: Yemeni Civil War (2015–present).

Santiago (official) Valparaíso (legislative)	Chile	The 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	Singapore	City-state

Skopje	North Macedonia

Sofia	Bulgaria

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official) Colombo (executive, judicial)	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	Artsakh	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.

Stockholm	Sweden

Sucre (constitutional) La Paz (administrative)	Bolivia	La Paz is the highest administrative capital (3,650 m), higher than Quito.

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	Taiwan	Officially the Republic of China (ROC), it has been competing for recognition with the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole Chinese government since 1949.

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 City	City-state

Victoria	Seychelles

Vienna	Austria

Vientiane	Laos

Vilnius	Lithuania

Warsaw	Poland

Washington	United States

Wellington	New Zealand	See also: Capital of 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)	Ivory Coast

Yaoundé	Cameroon

Yaren (de facto)	Nauru	Country does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren.

Yerevan	Armenia

Zagreb	Croatia

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Ankara is the capital of Turkey.

final_sentence: Ankara is the capital of Turkey.