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Capitals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Akrotiri | Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia) |
| Albania | Tirana (Tirane) |
| Algeria | Algiers |
| American Samoa | Pago Pago |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
| Angola | Luanda |
| Anguilla | The Valley |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Armenia | Yerevan |
| Aruba | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Canberra |
| Austria | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | Baku (Baki, Baky) |
| Bahamas, The | Nassau |
| Bahrain | Manama |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka |
| Barbados | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Minsk |
| Belgium | Brussels |
| Belize | Belmopan |
| Benin | Porto-Novo (official capital); note - Cotonou (seat of government) |
| Bermuda | Hamilton |
| Bhutan | Thimphu |
| Bolivia | La Paz (administrative capital); Sucre (constitutional capital) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
| Botswana | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Brasília |
| British Virgin Islands | Road Town |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria | Sofia |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Burma | Rangoon (Yangon); note - Nay Pyi Taw is the administrative capital |
| Burundi | Bujumbura |
| Cabo Verde | Praia |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé |
| Canada | Ottawa |
| Cayman Islands | George Town (on Grand Cayman) |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | N'Djamena |
| Chile | Santiago; note - Valparaiso is the seat of the national legislature |
| China | Beijing |
| Christmas Island | The Settlement |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island |
| Colombia | Bogotá |
| Comoros | Moroni |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Kinshasa |
| Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville |
| Cook Islands | Avarua |
| Costa Rica | San José |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan |
| Croatia | Zagreb |
| Cuba | Havana |
| Curaçao | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Nicosia (Lefkosia/Lefkosa) |
| Czech Repblic | Prague |
| Denmark | Copenhagen |
| Dhekelia | Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Dominica | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
| Ecuador | Quito |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
| Eritrea | Asmara (Asmera) |
| Estonia | Tallinn |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Stanley |
| Faroe Islands | Tórshavn |
| Fiji | Suva (on Viti Levu) |
| Finland | Helsinki |
| France | Paris |
| French Polynesia | Pape'ete (located on Tahiti) |
| Gabon | Libreville |
| Gambia, The | Banjul |
| Georgia | T'bilisi |
| Germany | Berlin |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Athens |
| Greenland | Nuuk (Godthåb) |
| Grenada | Saint George's |
| Guam | Hagåtña (Agana) |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City |
| Guernsey | Saint Peter Port |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Guyana | Georgetown |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | Vatican City |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary | Budapest |
| Iceland | Reykjavík |
| India | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Jakarta |
| Iran | Tehran |
| Iraq | Baghdad |
| Ireland | Dublin |
| Isle of Man | Douglas |
| Israel | Jerusalem: note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv - Yafo |
| Italy | Rome |
| Jamaica | Kingston |
| Japan | Tokyo |
| Jersey | Saint Helier |
| Jordan | Amman |
| Kazakhstan | Astana |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| Kiribati | Tarawa |
| Korea, North | P'yongyang |
| Korea, South | Seoul |
| Kosovo | Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina) |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
| Laos | Vientiane (Viangchan) |
| Latvia | Riga |
| Lebanon | Beirut |
| Lesotho | Maseru |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Libya | Tripoli (Tarabulus) |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Macedonia | Skopje |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | Lilongwe |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur; note - Putrajaya is referred to as an administrative center not the capital; Parliament meets in Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives | Malé |
| Mali | Bamako |
| Malta | Valletta |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Mauritius | Port Louis |
| Mexico | Mexico City (Distrito Federal) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | Palikir |
| Moldova | Chișinău in Romanian (Kishinev in Russian) |
| Monaco | Monaco |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
| Montenegro | Podgorica; note - Cetinje retains the status of "Old Royal Capital" |
| Montserrat | Plymouth; note - Plymouth was abandoned in 1997 because of volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat |
| Morocco | Rabat |
| Mozambique | Maputo |
| Namibia | Windhoek |
| Nauru | no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
| Nepal | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam; note - The Hague is the seat of government |
| New Caledonia | Nouméa |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
| Nicaragua | Managua |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Abuja |
| Niue | Alofi |
| Norfolk Island | Kingston |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan |
| Norway | Oslo |
| Oman | Muscat |
| Namibia | Windhoek |
| Nauru | no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
| Nepal | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam; note - The Hague is the seat of government |
| New Caledonia | Nouméa |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
| Nicaragua | Managua |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Abuja |
| Niue | Alofi |
| Norfolk Island | Kingston |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan |
| Pakistan | Islamabad |
| Palau | Melekeok |
| Panama | Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | Asunción |
| Peru | Lima |
| Philippines | Manila |
| Pitcairn Islands | Adamstown |
| Poland | Warsaw |
| Portugal | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | San Juan |
| Qatar | Doha |
| Romania | Bucharest |
| Russia | Moscow |
| Rwanda | Kigali |
| Saint Barthélemy | Gustavia |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | Jamestown |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
| Saint Lucia | Castries |
| Saint Martin | Marigot |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre |
| 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 (Beograd) |
| Seychelles | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Singapore | Singapore |
| Sint Maarten | Philipsburg |
| Slovakia | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara |
| Somalia | Mogadishu |
| South Africa | Pretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital) |
| South Sudan | Juba |
| Spain | Madrid |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital |
| Sudan | Khartoum |
| Suriname | Paramaribo |
| Svalbard | Longyearbyen |
| Swaziland | Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital |
| Sweden | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Bern |
| Syria | Damascus |
| Taiwan | Taipei |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
| Tanzania | Dodoma; note - officially changed in 1996; serves as the meeting place for the National Assembly; the executive branch offices and diplomatic representation remain in Dar es Salaam, the largest city and commercial capital |
| Thailand | Bangkok |
| Timor-Leste | Díli |
| Togo | Lomé |
| Tokelau | none; each atoll has its own administrative center |
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain |
| Tunisia | Tunis |
| Turkey | Ankara |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti; note - administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet |
| Uganda | Kampala |
| Ukraine | Kyiv (Kiev) |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
| United Kingdom | London |
| United States | Washington, DC |
| Uruguay | Montevideo |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent (Toshkent) |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila (on Efate) |
| Venezuela | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Hanoi (Ha Noi) |
| Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie |
| Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu (on île Uvea) |
| Western Sahara | Laayoune (administrative center) |
| Yemen | Sana'a |
| Zambia | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | Harare |
Created by:
Pistachio Gingrich
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