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City/Town	Country/Territory	Continent	Notes
Abidjan (former capital; still hosts some government offices)	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	Africa	Abidjan is the largest city in Ivory Coast and is officially designated as the economic capital.
(de jure)
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Asia
	Nigeria	Africa	Lagos was the capital from 1914 to 1991.
	Ghana	Africa
Adamstown	Pitcairn Islands		British Overseas Territory.
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	Africa
Aden (de facto, temporary)	Yemen	Asia	Due to the Yemeni civil war (2014–present), Sanaa has been occupied by Houthi rebels since September 2014. Aden, the former capital of South Yemen, is Yemen's acting capital.
Sanaa (de jure)
	Algeria	Africa
Alofi	Niue	Oceania	Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. Government offices are spread across both Alofi North and Alofi South.
	Jordan	Asia
(official)	Netherlands	Europe	The Dutch government is located in The Hague, which also hosts the monarch, government ministries, judiciary and diplomatic missions. See also: Capital of the Netherlands.
The Hague (de facto)
Andorra la Vella	Andorra	Europe
	Turkey	Asia	became the capital of the newly-formed Republic of Turkey in 1923, after the Turkish War of Independence. Istanbul was the capital of Turkey's predecessor, the Ottoman Empire.
	Madagascar	Africa
	Samoa	Oceania
	Turkmenistan	Asia
	Eritrea	Africa
	Kazakhstan	Asia	was named Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty was the capital from 1929 to 1997.
	Paraguay	South America
	Greece	Europe
Avarua	Cook Islands	Oceania	Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. The capital is sometimes incorrectly stated as Rarotonga, the island on which Avarua is located.
	Iraq	Asia
	Azerbaijan	Asia
	Mali	Africa
Bandar Seri	Brunei	Asia
	Thailand	Asia
	Central African Republic	Africa
	Gambia	Africa
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	North America
	China	Asia	See also: Historical capitals of China.
	Lebanon	Asia
	Serbia	Europe
	Belize	North America	Belize City was the capital of Belize's predecessor, British Honduras.
	Germany	Europe	Bonn was the capital of West Germany and remained the seat of government for reunified Germany until 1999, and is still the primary seat of six ministries. See also: Capital of Germany.
(de facto)	Switzerland	Europe
	Kyrgyzstan	Asia
	Guinea-Bissau	Africa
Bloemfontein (judicial)	South Africa	Africa
Cape Town (legislative)
Pretoria (executive)
	Colombia	South America
Brades (de facto)	Montserrat	North America	British Overseas Territory. Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano in 1997. Government offices since then have been moved to Brades, which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat. A new capital, Little Bay, is currently under construction.
Plymouth (de jure)
	Brazil	South America	Rio de Janeiro was the capital until 1960. See also: Capitals of Brazil.
	Slovakia	Europe
	Congo	Africa
	Barbados	North America
City of	Belgium	Europe	also serves as de facto capital of the  European Union.
	Romania	Europe
	Hungary	Europe	See also: List of historical capitals of Hungary.
Buenos Aires	Argentina	South America
	Egypt	Africa	A new capital is being built at the New Administrative Capital. It might be named Egypt. See also: List of historical capitals of Egypt.
	Australia	Oceania	Planned city built to overcome the rivalry between Melbourne (de facto capital at the time) and Sydney (economic capital and largest population center), which were both put forward as potential capitals for the nation in the Australasia Federation Conventions of the 1890s. Section 125 of the Constitution gives basic details about the location of the capital, size of the encompassing territory and so forth, while the Seat of Government Act 1908 specified its precise location.
	Venezuela	South America
	Saint Lucia	North America
Charlotte Amalie	United States Virgin Islands	North America	Territory of the United States.
	Moldova	Europe
Cockburn Town	Turks and Caicos Islands	North America	British Overseas Territory.
Colombo (executive, judicial)	Lanka	Asia	Until the 1982, the capital was Colombo, where many governmental institutions still remain, and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Lanka. See also: Capital of Lanka.
(official)			Also known as, is a suburb of Colombo.
	Guinea	Africa
	Denmark	Europe
(de facto)	Benin	Africa
Porto-Novo (official)
	Senegal	Africa
	Syria	Asia
	Bangladesh	Asia
	East Timor	Asia
City	[[|]]	Africa
	Tanzania	Africa	Dar es Salaam, the former capital and largest city, continues to host some government ministries, the judiciary, and diplomatic missions.
	Qatar	Asia
Douglas	Isle of Man	Europe	British Crown Dependency.
	Ireland	Europe
	Tajikistan	Asia
Flying Fish Cove	Christmas Island	Oceania	External territory of Australia.
	Sierra Leone	Africa
	Tuvalu	Oceania
	Botswana	Africa
George Town	Cayman Islands	North America	British Overseas Territory.
, Ascension Island	Ascension Island		Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
, Guyana	Guyana	South America
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Europe	British Overseas Territory, city-state.
(de jure)	Burundi	Africa	Bujumbura was the capital from 1962 to 2018.
Bujumbura (de facto)
Guatemala City	Guatemala	North America
Gustavia	Saint Barthélemy		Overseas collectivity of France.
Hagåtña	Guam	Oceania	Territory of the United States.
Hamilton	Bermuda	North America	British Overseas Territory.
	Vietnam	Asia	See also: List of historical capitals of Vietnam.
	Zimbabwe	Africa
Hargeisa	Somaliland	Africa	De facto independent state recognized by the UN as de jure part of Somalia.
	Cuba	North America
	Finland	Europe
	Solomon Islands	Oceania	is a settlement on the island of Guadalcanal.
	Pakistan	Asia	Karachi was selected as the first capital of Pakistan and served as such from 1948 until the capital was shifted to Rawalpindi in 1958. Rawalpindi served as an interim capital for almost a decade until the construction of was complete; the capital became in 1967.
	Indonesia	Asia	A new purpose-built city named Nusantara in Kalimantan is planned to replace as the national capital from the mid-2020s.[1][2]
Jamestown	Saint Helena		Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
	Israel	Asia	The Law states that ", complete and united, is the capital of Israel" and the city serves as the seat of the Israeli government and its institutions. United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 declared the Law "null and void" and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from. Most countries currently maintain their embassies in and around Tel Aviv. The United States recognized as the capital and moved its embassy there in May 2018.[3] Many countries officially adhere to the proposal that have international status, as called for in the 1947 Partition Plan.[4]
	Palestine	Asia
Ramallah (de facto)
	South Sudan	Africa
	Afghanistan	Asia
	Uganda	Africa
	Nepal	Asia
	Sudan	Africa
	Rwanda	Africa
King Edward Point	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		British Overseas Territory.
, Jamaica	Jamaica	North America
, Norfolk Island	Norfolk Island	Oceania	External territory of Australia.
, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	North America
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa
Kuala Lumpur (de jure, legislative and royal)	Malaysia	Asia
Putrajaya (administrative and judicial)
Kuwait City	Kuwait	Asia
	Ukraine	Europe
La Paz (administrative)	Bolivia	South America	La Paz is the highest administrative capital (3,650 m) in the world, higher than.[5]
Sucre (constitutional)
Laayoune (declared)	Western Sahara	Africa	The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), recognized by 84 UN member states and South Ossetia, claims the mostly Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara. Moroccan-controlled territory includes Laayoune, and Morocco claims all Sahrawi-controlled territory. Tifariti is the current temporary capital of the SADR (formerly Bir Lehlou). Some government and military structures reside in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.[6] See also: Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Tifariti (de facto)
	Gabon	Africa
	Malawi	Africa
	Peru	South America	Cusco is declared the "historical capital" (Spanish: capital histórica), a merely symbolic statement, by Article 49 of the Peruvian Constitution. Arequipa is dubbed the "legal capital" of Peru for being the seat of the Constitutional Court.
	Portugal	Europe
	Slovenia	Europe
Lobamba (royal and legislative)	Eswatini	Africa
(administrative)
	Togo	Africa
	United Kingdom	Europe	Prior to the Acts of Union in 1707, was the capital of England only; Edinburgh was the capital of the Kingdom of Scotland. The United Kingdom also includes the subdivisions of  England (capital),  Scotland (capital Edinburgh),  Wales (capital Cardiff),  Northern Ireland (capital Belfast).
(administration)	British Indian Ocean Territory		British Overseas Territory. Officially, the British Indian Ocean Territory is administered from,[7] though some consider the capital to be Diego Garcia.[8]
Diego Garcia (de facto)
	Angola	Africa
	Zambia	Africa
	[[|]]	Europe
	Spain	Europe
	Marshall Islands	Oceania	Self-governing in free association with the United States. The seat of government is at Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, a settlement on the atoll of.
	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	Ciudad de la Paz is currently under construction and will become the new capital when complete.[9]
	Maldives	Asia
	Nicaragua	North America
	Bahrain	Asia
	Philippines	Asia
	Mozambique	Africa
Mariehamn	Åland Islands	Europe	Autonomous region of Finland.
Marigot	Saint Martin		Overseas collectivity of France.
	Lesotho	Africa
Mata Utu	Wallis and Futuna		Overseas collectivity of France.
Mexico City	Mexico	North America
	Belarus	Europe
	Somalia	Africa
Municipality of	[[|]]	Europe	City-state. does not have an official capital designated in its constitution; however, the Commune of, the country's only commune, is coterminous with the nation, making it the de facto capital.[10][11]
	Liberia	Africa
	Uruguay	South America
, Comoros	Comoros	Africa
	Russia	Europe
, Oman	Oman	Asia
	Kenya	Africa
, Bahamas	Bahamas, The	North America
	Myanmar	Asia	Yangon was the capital until 2006.[12] See also: List of capitals of Myanmar.
	Chad	Africa
New Delhi	India	Asia	Kolkata was the capital of India until 1911 during the British Raj.
	Palau	Oceania	Self-governing in free association with the United States. Koror City was the capital of Palau until 2006.
	Niger	Africa
	Cyprus	Asia	is a divided capital, split between Cyprus, which claims the whole city, and the internationally unrecognized breakaway state of Northern Cyprus.
	Northern Cyprus
	Mauritania	Africa
Nouméa	New Caledonia		Overseas territory of France.
	Tonga	Oceania
Nuuk	Greenland	North America	Self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
Oranjestad	Aruba	South America	Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
	Norway	Europe	See also: List of historical capitals of Norway.
	Canada	North America
	Burkina Faso	Africa
Pago Pago	American Samoa	Oceania	Territory of the United States.
	Micronesia	Oceania	Self-governing in free association with the United States. Kolonia is the former capital; and Australia, China, Japan and the United States retain embassies there.
Panama City	Panama	North America
Papeete	French Polynesia		Overseas collectivity of France.
	Suriname	South America
	France	Europe	See also: List of Capitals of France.
Philipsburg	Sint Maarten		Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Phnom Penh	Cambodia	Asia
	Montenegro	Europe	Cetinje has been designated the "Old Royal Capital" and is the present seat of the President.
Port Louis	Mauritius	Africa
Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	Oceania
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	South America
Port Vila	Vanuatu	Oceania
	Haiti	North America
	Czech Republic	Europe	The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic is located in Brno.[13]
	Cape Verde	Africa
	Kosovo	Europe	De facto independent state that is recognized by 114 UN member states, Taiwan, the Cook Islands and Niue. Claimed in whole by Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.
	North Korea	Asia
	Ecuador	South America	Highest official capital (2,850 m).[5]
	Morocco	Africa
	Iceland	Europe
	Latvia	Europe
	Saudi Arabia	Asia
Road Town	British Virgin Islands		British Overseas Territory.
	Italy	Europe
	Dominica	North America
Rothera	British Antarctic Territory		British Overseas Territory
Saipan	Northern Mariana Islands		Territory of the United States. The seat of government is at Capitol Hill, a settlement on the island of Saipan.
San José	Costa Rica	North America
San Juan	Puerto Rico	North America	Territory of the United States.
San Marino	San Marino	Europe
San Salvador	El Salvador	North America
	Chile	South America	The National Congress of Chile is located in Valparaíso.
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	North America
São Tomé	São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe
	South Korea	Asia	On 2 July 2012, some functions of government moved to Sejong City, which became the de facto administrative capital of South Korea.
	Singapore	Asia	City-state.
	North Macedonia	Europe
	Bulgaria	Europe
South Tarawa	Kiribati	Oceania	South Tarawa is a settlement on the atoll of Tarawa.
St. George's	Grenada	North America
St. Helier	Jersey		British Crown Dependency.
St. John's	Antigua and Barbuda	North America
St. Peter Port	Guernsey		British Crown Dependency.
St. Pierre	Saint Pierre and Miquelon		Overseas collectivity of France.
Stanley	Falkland Islands	South America	British Overseas Territory.
	Sweden	Europe
Sukhumi	Abkhazia	Asia/Europe	De facto independent state recognized by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Syria. Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
	Fiji	Oceania
	Taiwan	Asia	Officially the Republic of China, it has been competing for recognition with the People's Republic of China as the sole Chinese government since 1949. Taiwan controls the island of Taiwan and its associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas, and part of the Spratly Islands.[Note 1] Its territory is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China.[Note 2] The Republic of China participates in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the International Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese.
	Estonia	Europe
	Uzbekistan	Asia
	Georgia	Asia/Europe	From 2012 to 2018, Kutaisi served as Georgia's legislative capital. Additionally, Mtskheta is sometimes called an "ancient capital" of Georgia.[14][15]
	Honduras	North America	Comayagüela is declared in the Honduran Constitution as co-official capital with.[16] They have since merged into a single urban area.
Comayagüela
	Iran	Asia
	Bhutan	Asia
	Albania	Europe
Tiraspol	Transnistria	Europe	De facto independent state, not recognized by any UN-member, but by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by Moldova as the autonomous territorial unit of Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester
	Japan	Asia	See also: Capital of Japan.
Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	Europe	Self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
, Libya	Libya	Africa
Tskhinvali	South Ossetia	Asia/Europe	De facto independent state recognized by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Syria. Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Provisional Administration of South Ossetia.
	Tunisia	Africa
	Mongolia	Asia
	Liechtenstein	Europe
	Malta	Europe
The Valley	Anguilla		British Overseas Territory.
Vatican City	Vatican City	Europe	City-state.
, Seychelles	Seychelles	Africa
	Austria	Europe
	Laos	Asia
	Lithuania	Europe
	Poland	Europe	Former capitals listed in: Template:Historical capitals of Poland.
Washington, D.C.	United States	North America	The capital of the United States has moved multiple times. See also: National capitals of the United States.
	New Zealand	Oceania	Since 1865. is New Zealand's third capital. 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.
	Namibia	Africa
	Cameroon	Africa
District (de facto)	Nauru	Oceania	Nauru has no official capital; however, the government offices are in.
	Armenia	Asia
	Croatia	Europe

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