List of national capitals

This is a list of national capital cities in alphabetical order. It includes territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states, and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. Sovereign states are shown in bold text.

City	Country	Notes
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
Abuja	Nigeria
Accra	Ghana
Adamstown	Pitcairn	British Overseas Territory
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia
Algiers	Algeria
Alofi	Niue	Self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand.
Amman	Jordan
Amsterdam (official); The Hague (de facto)	Netherlands
Andorra la Vella	Andorra
Ankara	Turkey
Antananarivo	Madagascar
Arbil	Kurdistan	Part of Iraq
Apia	Samoa
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan
Asmara	Eritrea
Astana	Kazakhstan
Asunción	Paraguay
Athens	Greece
Avarua	Cook Islands	Self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand.
Baghdad	Iraq
Baku	Azerbaijan
Bamako	Mali
Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei ^[a]
Bangkok	Thailand
Bangui	Central African Republic
Banjul	Gambia
Basseterre	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Beijing	China
Beirut	Lebanon
Belfast	Northern Ireland	Country of the United Kingdom
Belgrade	Serbia
Belmopan	Belize
Berlin	Germany
Bern	Switzerland
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan
Bissau	Guinea-Bissau
Bogotá	Colombia
Brasília	Brazil
Bratislava	Slovakia
Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo
Bridgetown	Barbados
Brussels	Belgium
Bucharest	Romania
Budapest	Hungary
Buenos Aires	Argentina
Bujumbura	Burundi
Cairo	Egypt
Canberra	Australia
Caracas	Venezuela
Cardiff	Wales	Country of the United Kingdom
Castries	Saint Lucia
Cayenne	French Guiana	Overseas department of France
Charlotte Amalie	United States Virgin Islands	Territory of the United States
Chisinau	Moldova
Cockburn Town	Turks and Caicos Islands	British Overseas Territory
Conakry	Guinea
Copenhagen	Denmark
Dakar	Senegal
Damascus	Syria
Dhaka	Bangladesh
Dili	East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Djibouti	Djibouti
Dodoma (official); mostly de facto; Dar es Salaam (former; some government offices remaining)	Tanzania
Doha	Qatar
Douglas	Isle of Man	British Crown Dependency
Dublin	Ireland
Dushanbe	Tajikistan
Edinburgh	Scotland	Country of the United Kingdom
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas	Tristan da Cunha	British Overseas Territory
El Aaiún (declared)	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ^[d]	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. The Sahrawi government resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.^[1]
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
Georgetown	Guyana
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	British Overseas Territory
Grytviken	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	British Overseas Territory
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 ^[c]	De facto independent state not diplomatically recognized by any other state, claimed in whole by the Somali Republic.^[2]
Havana	Cuba
Helsinki	Finland
Honiara	Solomon Islands
Islamabad	Pakistan
Jakarta	Indonesia
Jamestown	Saint Helena	British Overseas Territory
Jerusalem (declared, de facto)^[i]	Israel	Israel claims that Jerusalem, complete and united, is its capital. The city is the seat of the government, home to the president's residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament. The United Nations Security Council in Resolution 478 does not accept this claim and called on member states to remove their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem. The United Nations and all member states have their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya, and do not recognise Jerusalem as the capital.^[3] Many countries officially accept a proposal that Jerusalem have international status, which was part of the Partition Plan of 1947.^[4] The Palestinian National Authority claims East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
Jerusalem (declared)^[i]; Ramallah and Gaza (de facto)	Palestine	The State of Palestine claims the territories occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital. This area is currently occupied by Israel and Palestine has no control over the territories it claims. Administration is based in Ramallah and Gaza, not Jerusalem. All members of the United Nations regard East Jerusalem as occupied territory. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League, the Non-Aligned Movement and the European Union recognise it as the capital of a future Palestinian state.^[5]
Juba	South Sudan
Kabul	Afghanistan
Kampala	Uganda
Kathmandu	Nepal
Khartoum	Sudan
Kigali	Rwanda
Kingston	Jamaica
Kingston	Norfolk Island	External territory of Australia
Kingstown	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of Congo
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia (official)
Kuwait City	Kuwait
Kyiv	Ukraine
La Paz	Bolivia (administrative)
Libreville	Gabon
Lilongwe	Malawi
Lima	Peru
Lisbon	Portugal
Ljubljana	Slovenia
Lomé	Togo
London	Great Britain; England	London is both the capital of England, a Country of the United Kingdom, and of the United Kingdom itself, a sovereign state.
Luanda	Angola
Lusaka	Zambia
Luxembourg	Luxembourg
Madrid	Spain
Majuro	Marshall Islands
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
Melekoek	Palau
Mexico City ^[e]	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
Niamey	Niger
Nicosia	Cyprus
North Nicosia	Northern Cyprus	De facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.^[6]
Nouakchott	Mauritania
Nouméa	New Caledonia	Sui generis collectivity of France
Nukuʻalofa	Tonga
Nuuk	Greenland	Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark
Oranjestad	Aruba	Self-governing part of 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
Panama City	Panama
Papeete	French Polynesia	Overseas collectivity of France
Paramaribo	Suriname
Paris	France
Philipsburg	Sint Maarten	Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Phnom Penh	Cambodia
Plymouth ^[f] (official); Brades Estate (de facto)	Montserrat	British Overseas Territory
Podgorica	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^[j]	De facto independent state that is recognised by UN member states and by Taiwan (Republic of China). Claimed in whole by the Republic of Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.
Pyongyang	North Korea
Quito	Ecuador
Rabat	Morocco
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	Yemen
Santiago	Chile
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
South Tarawa	Kiribati
Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte ^[g] (legislative; largely de facto); Colombo (previous capital; has some government offices)	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	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Stockholm	Sweden
Sucre	Bolivia
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	Republic of China (Taiwan)	The Republic of China (Taiwan) has competed for recognition with the People's Republic of China as the government of China since 1949. The Republic of China controls the island of Taiwan and its islands of Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas and part of the Spratly Islands^[7] The territory of the Republic of China is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China.^[8] The Republic of China takes part in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, International Olympic Committee and others under a number of different names, most commonly Chinese Taipei.
Tallinn	Estonia
Tarawa	Kiribati
Tashkent	Uzbekistan
Tbilisi	Georgia
Tegucigalpa	Honduras
Tehran	Iran
The Bottom	Saba
Thimphu	Bhutan
Tirana	Albania
Tiraspol	Transnistria	A 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	Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark
Tripoli	Libya
Tskhinvali	South Ossetia	A 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 ^[h]	City-state
Victoria	Seychelles
Vienna	Austria
Vientiane	Laos
Vilnius	Lithuania
Warsaw	Poland
Washington, D.C.	United States
Wellington	New Zealand
West Island	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	External territory of Australia
Willemstad	Curaçao	Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Windhoek	Namibia
Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (former capital; still has many government offices)	Côte d'Ivoire
Yaoundé	Cameroon
Yaren (de facto)	Nauru	Country does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren.
Yerevan	Armenia
Zagreb	Croatia

Notes

a. ^{^} That is, the State of Brunei Darussalam.
b. ^{^} See also List of historical capitals of China.
c. ^{^} Unrecognized, self-declared country.
d. ^{^} See Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
e. ^{^} The Spanish name is "México D.F." or just "D.F." (for "Distrito Federal").
f. ^{^} Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1997. Government offices since then have been moved to Brades Estate, which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat.
g. ^{^} 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.
h. ^{^} Also known as the "Holy See" for diplomatic and religious purposes.
i. ^{^} See Positions on Jerusalem.
j. ^{^} Kosovo proclaimed independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 by temporary governing institutions. That independence is against the current UNSC's resolution regarding Kosovo (1244).

References

↑ "Africa :: Western Sahara — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
↑ See Regions and territories: Somaliland (30 December 2005). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
↑ See the CIA Factbook Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine and Map of Israel
↑ Sharkansky, Ira. Governing Jerusalem: again on the world's agenda, p 23. State University Press (1996). ISBN 0814325920.
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See the following:
- Organisation of the Islamic Conference (13–16 March 1989). "Resolutions on Political, Legal and Information Affairs". The Eighteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (Session of Islamic Fraternity and Solidarity). Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- Agence France-Presse (6 September 2011). "Non-Aligned movement confirms support for Palestinian statehood bid". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- Sadaka. "The EU and Israel" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- Council of the European Union, "17218/09 (Presse 371)" (PDF), Press release, 2985th Council meeting on Foreign Affairs, Press Office, retrieved 2011-08-02
↑ See The World Factbook|Cyprus Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine (10 January 2006). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
↑ The sovereignty over the Spratly Islands is claimed by People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, Vietnam, the Philippines (part), Malaysia (part), and Brunei (part). Except Brunei, each of these countries occupies part of the islands.
↑ In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War to the Communist Party of China (CPC) and set up a provisional capital in Taipei. The CPC established the PRC. The political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan and areas currently under ROC control are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the China seat to the PRC and the ROC withdrew from the UN. Most states recognize the PRC to be the legitimate representative of all China. The UN classifies Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A large political movement within Taiwan wants Taiwan independence.

[1] "Africa :: Western Sahara — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2011-11-15.

[2] See Regions and territories: Somaliland (30 December 2005). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006.

[3] See the CIA Factbook Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine and Map of Israel

[4] Sharkansky, Ira. Governing Jerusalem: again on the world's agenda, p 23. State University Press (1996). ISBN 0814325920.

[5] See the following:
Organisation of the Islamic Conference (13–16 March 1989). "Resolutions on Political, Legal and Information Affairs". The Eighteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (Session of Islamic Fraternity and Solidarity). Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

Agence France-Presse (6 September 2011). "Non-Aligned movement confirms support for Palestinian statehood bid". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

Sadaka. "The EU and Israel" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

Council of the European Union, "17218/09 (Presse 371)" (PDF), Press release, 2985th Council meeting on Foreign Affairs, Press Office, retrieved 2011-08-02

[6] Organisation of the Islamic Conference (13–16 March 1989). "Resolutions on Political, Legal and Information Affairs". The Eighteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (Session of Islamic Fraternity and Solidarity). Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[7] Agence France-Presse (6 September 2011). "Non-Aligned movement confirms support for Palestinian statehood bid". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[8] Sadaka. "The EU and Israel" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[9] Council of the European Union, "17218/09 (Presse 371)" (PDF), Press release, 2985th Council meeting on Foreign Affairs, Press Office, retrieved 2011-08-02

[6] See The World Factbook|Cyprus Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine (10 January 2006). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2006.

[Spratly-7] The sovereignty over the Spratly Islands is claimed by People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, Vietnam, the Philippines (part), Malaysia (part), and Brunei (part). Except Brunei, each of these countries occupies part of the islands.

[TAI2-8] In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War to the Communist Party of China (CPC) and set up a provisional capital in Taipei. The CPC established the PRC. The political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan and areas currently under ROC control are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the China seat to the PRC and the ROC withdrew from the UN. Most states recognize the PRC to be the legitimate representative of all China. The UN classifies Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A large political movement within Taiwan wants Taiwan independence.

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