This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation. Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities, in particular colder temperatures in winter. Low elevation cities are often seaports or are close to the sea.
The first country on the main list, Bolivia, is a country with multiple capitals; La Paz is the seat of the government while Sucre is the constitutional capital. If La Paz is considered the national capital, then it is ranked number one on the list. However, if Sucre is specified, then Ecuador's capital, Quito, is the national capital at the highest elevation while Sucre would be second.
^The State of Palestine (according to the Basic Law of Palestine, Title One: Article 3) regards Jerusalem as its capital. But the documents of the PLO's Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) often refer to East Jerusalem (rather than the whole of Jerusalem) as a future capital, and sometimes as the current capital. One of its 2010 documents, described as "for discussion purposes only", says that Palestine has a '"vision"' for a future in which "East Jerusalem ... shall be the capital of Palestine, and West Jerusalem shall be the capital of Israel",[1] and one of its 2013 documents refers to "Palestine's capital, East Jerusalem", and states that "Occupied East Jerusalem is the natural socio-economic and political center for the future Palestinian state", while also stating that "Jerusalem has always been and remains the political, administrative and spiritual heart of Palestine" and that "The Palestinian acceptance of the 1967 border, which includes East Jerusalem, is a painful compromise".[2]
^PLO-NAD, June 2010, Jerusalem Non-Paper 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine on Statements and Speeches Archived 24 June 2013 at archive.today, nad-plo.org; accessed 25 November 2014. Extracts from page 2:"This paper is for discussion purposes only. Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
Palestinian vision for Jerusalem ... Pursuant to our vision, East Jerusalem, as defined by its pre-1967 occupation municipal borders, shall be the capital of Palestine, and West Jerusalem shall be the capital of Israel, with each state enjoying full sovereignty over its respective part of the city."
^PLO-Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD), August 2013, East Jerusalem today – Palestine's Capital: The 1967 border in Jerusalem and Israel's illegal policies on the ground 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, nad-plo.org; accessed 25 November 2014, Quotes:" ... Palestine's capital, East Jerusalem ... The Palestinian acceptance of the 1967 border, which includes East Jerusalem, is a painful compromise: ... Jerusalem has always been and remains the political, administrative and spiritual heart of Palestine. Occupied East Jerusalem is the natural socio-economic and political center for the future Palestinian state."
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This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation Higher elevations typically have social economic and architectural effects on cities in particular colder temperatures in winter Low elevation cities are often seaports or are close to the sea La Paz BoliviaQuito EcuadorBogota ColombiaAddis Ababa EthiopiaThimphu BhutanAsmara EritreaSana a YemenMexico City MexicoTehran IranKabul AfghanistanThe first country on the main list Bolivia is a country with multiple capitals La Paz is the seat of the government while Sucre is the constitutional capital If La Paz is considered the national capital then it is ranked number one on the list However if Sucre is specified then Ecuador s capital Quito is the national capital at the highest elevation while Sucre would be second The second list below contains several states with limited recognition Contents 1 List 1 1 Member and observer states of the United Nations 1 2 Other states including de facto independent states autonomous region and dependencies 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesList editMember and observer states of the United Nations edit Country Capital Elevation m Elevation ft nbsp Bolivia La Paz Government seat Capital Sucre 3 640 11 942 nbsp Ecuador Quito 2 850 9 350 nbsp Bolivia Sucre 2 790 9 220 nbsp Colombia Bogota 2 625 8 612 nbsp Ethiopia Addis Ababa 2 355 7 726 nbsp Bhutan Thimphu 2 334 7 657 nbsp Eritrea Asmara 2 325 7 628 nbsp Yemen Sanaʽa 2 250 7 382 nbsp Mexico Mexico City 2 240 7 350 nbsp Iran Tehran 1 830 6 003 nbsp Afghanistan Kabul 1 790 5 873 nbsp Namibia Windhoek 1 721 5 646 nbsp Kenya Nairobi 1 680 5 550 nbsp Lesotho Maseru 1 673 5 489 nbsp Rwanda Kigali 1 567 5 141 nbsp Guatemala Guatemala City 1 529 5 016 nbsp Burundi Gitega 1 504 4 934 nbsp Zimbabwe Harare 1 483 4 865 nbsp Nepal Kathmandu 1 400 4 593 nbsp Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1 350 4 429 nbsp Madagascar Antananarivo 1 288 4 226 nbsp South Africa Pretoria 1 271 4 170 nbsp Zambia Lusaka 1 270 4 167 nbsp Eswatini Mbabane 1 243 4 078 nbsp Uganda Kampala 1 190 3 904 nbsp Costa Rica San Jose 1 146 3 760 nbsp Tanzania Dodoma 1 120 3 675 nbsp Brazil Brasilia 1 079 3 540 nbsp Malawi Lilongwe 1 024 3 360 nbsp Andorra Andorra la Vella 1 023 3 356 nbsp Honduras Tegucigalpa 990 3 250 nbsp Armenia Yerevan 989 3 246 nbsp Botswana Gaborone 983 3 225 nbsp Turkey Ankara 938 3 077 nbsp Venezuela Caracas 909 2 982 nbsp Jordan Amman 900 2 953 nbsp Tajikistan Dushanbe 789 2 589 nbsp Palestine East Jerusalem and Ramallah Note 1 779 and 880 2 557 and 2 890 nbsp Nigeria Abuja 777 2 549 nbsp Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 771 2 530 nbsp Israel Jerusalem 754 2 474 nbsp Cameroon Yaounde 726 2 382 nbsp Syria Damascus 691 2 267 nbsp Spain Madrid 667 2 188 nbsp El Salvador San Salvador 658 2 159 nbsp Saudi Arabia Riyadh 624 2 047 nbsp Australia Canberra 605 1 985 nbsp Bulgaria Sofia 580 1 900 nbsp Pakistan Islamabad 560 1 830 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 550 1 800 nbsp South Sudan Juba 550 1 800 nbsp Switzerland Bern 542 1 778 nbsp Chile Santiago 521 1 709 nbsp Uzbekistan Tashkent 459 1 506 nbsp Liechtenstein Vaduz 455 1 493 nbsp Georgia Tbilisi 451 1 480 nbsp Sudan Khartoum 377 1 237 nbsp Central African Republic Bangui 369 1 211 nbsp Mali Bamako 349 1 145 nbsp Kazakhstan Astana 338 1 109 nbsp San Marino San Marino 328 1 076 nbsp Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 305 1 001 nbsp Chad N Djamena 298 978 nbsp Slovenia Ljubljana 281 922 nbsp Luxembourg Luxembourg 273 896 nbsp Czech Republic Prague 244 801 nbsp North Macedonia Skopje 243 797 nbsp Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 240 787 nbsp Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 217 712 nbsp Turkmenistan Ashgabat 215 705 nbsp India New Delhi 210 689 nbsp Niger Niamey 207 679 nbsp Micronesia Federated States of Palikir 207 678 nbsp St Lucia Castries 204 669 nbsp Belarus Minsk 198 650 nbsp Austria Vienna 170 558 nbsp Cyprus Nicosia 170 557 nbsp Ukraine Kyiv 168 551 nbsp Congo Brazzaville 155 509 nbsp Peru Lima 154 506 nbsp Greece Athens 153 502 nbsp Laos Vientiane 174 570 nbsp Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome 141 463 nbsp Mauritius Port Louis 134 440 nbsp Slovakia Bratislava 131 430 nbsp Croatia Zagreb 130 427 nbsp Lithuania Vilnius 124 407 nbsp Russia Moscow 124 407 nbsp Serbia Belgrade 116 381 nbsp Comoros Moroni 110 361 nbsp Equatorial Guinea Malabo 107 351 nbsp Albania Tirana 104 341 nbsp Hungary Budapest 102 335 nbsp Haiti Port au Prince 98 322 nbsp Ghana Accra 98 322 nbsp Poland Warsaw 93 305 nbsp Moldova Chișinău 80 263 nbsp Myanmar Naypyidaw 77 253 nbsp Belize Belmopan 76 250 nbsp Belgium Brussels 76 249 nbsp Sierra Leone Freetown 76 249 nbsp Nicaragua Managua 83 272 nbsp Canada Ottawa 74 243 nbsp Palau Ngerulmud 72 236 nbsp Romania Bucharest 70 230 nbsp Oman Muscat 68 223 nbsp Mozambique Maputo 63 207 nbsp Togo Lome 63 207 nbsp Montenegro Podgorica 61 200 nbsp Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 60 197 nbsp Lebanon Beirut 55 180 nbsp Malta Valletta 54 186 nbsp Paraguay Asuncion 54 177 nbsp Jamaica Kingston 53 174 nbsp Morocco Rabat 53 174 nbsp China Beijing 44 144 nbsp Uruguay Montevideo 43 141 nbsp Vatican City Vatican City 41 135 nbsp Iraq Baghdad 40 131 nbsp Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 39 128 nbsp Benin Porto Novo 38 125 nbsp Estonia Tallinn 37 121 nbsp Senegal Dakar 37 121 nbsp France Paris 34 112 nbsp Germany Berlin 34 112 nbsp South Korea Seoul 33 108 nbsp Solomon Islands Honiara 29 95 nbsp Somalia Mogadishu 28 92 nbsp Finland Helsinki 25 82 nbsp Vietnam Hanoi 25 82 nbsp Grenada Saint George s 25 82 nbsp Egypt Cairo 22 72 nbsp Japan Tokyo 17 56 nbsp Iceland Reykjavik 15 49 nbsp Portugal Lisbon 15 49 nbsp Sweden Stockholm 15 49 nbsp Cambodia Phnom Penh 15 49 nbsp Italy Rome 14 46 nbsp United Kingdom London 14 46 nbsp Qatar Doha 13 43 nbsp United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 13 43 nbsp Norway Oslo 12 40 nbsp East Timor Dili 11 36 nbsp Argentina Buenos Aires 10 33 nbsp New Zealand Wellington 10 32 nbsp Nauru Yaren 9 30 nbsp Republic of Ireland Dublin 8 26 nbsp Latvia Riga 8 26 nbsp Philippines Manila 7 23 nbsp Bahrain Manama 6 20 nbsp North Korea P yongyang 6 20 nbsp Barbados Bridgetown 6 20 nbsp Angola Luanda 6 20 nbsp Libya Tripoli 6 20 nbsp Mauritania Nouakchott 6 20 nbsp Denmark Copenhagen 5 16 nbsp Kuwait Kuwait 5 16 nbsp Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte 4 13 nbsp Cuba Havana 4 13 nbsp Bangladesh Dhaka 3 10 nbsp Indonesia Jakarta 3 10 nbsp Marshall Islands Majuro 3 10 nbsp Bahamas Nassau 2 7 nbsp United States Washington D C 2 7 nbsp Algeria Algiers 1 3 nbsp Thailand Bangkok 1 3 nbsp Suriname Paramaribo 1 3 nbsp Monaco Monaco 0 0 nbsp Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 0 0 nbsp Maldives Male 0 0 nbsp Singapore Singapore 0 0 nbsp Antigua and Barbuda Saint John s 0 0 nbsp Dominica Roseau 0 0 nbsp Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 0 0 nbsp Guyana Georgetown 0 0 nbsp Panama Panama City 0 0 nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 0 0 nbsp St Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 0 0 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 0 0 nbsp Cape Verde Praia 0 0 nbsp Djibouti Djibouti 0 0 nbsp Gabon Libreville 0 0 nbsp Gambia Banjul 0 0 nbsp Guinea Conakry 0 0 nbsp Guinea Bissau Bissau 0 0 nbsp Liberia Monrovia 0 0 nbsp Seychelles Victoria 0 0 nbsp Tunisia Tunis 0 0 nbsp Fiji Suva 0 0 nbsp Kiribati Bairiki 0 0 nbsp Samoa Apia 0 0 nbsp Tonga Nuku alofa 0 0 nbsp Tuvalu Vaiaku 0 0 nbsp Vanuatu Port Vila 0 0 nbsp Netherlands Amsterdam 2 7 nbsp Azerbaijan Baku 28 92Other states including de facto independent states autonomous region and dependencies edit Country Capital Altitude m Altitude ft nbsp Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa 3 656 11 995 nbsp Somaliland Note 2 Hargeisa 1 334 4 377 nbsp South Ossetia Note 2 Tskhinvali 860 2 820 nbsp Kosovo Note 2 Pristina 603 1 977 nbsp Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Note 2 Tifariti and Laayoune 490 and 68 1 610 and 223 nbsp Northern Cyprus Note 2 North Nicosia 130 428 nbsp Transnistria Note 2 Tiraspol 26 85 nbsp Greenland Nuuk 5 16 nbsp Abkhazia Note 2 Sukhumi 5 16 nbsp Sint Eustatius Oranjestad 4 13 nbsp Aruba Oranjestad 4 13 nbsp Cayman Islands George Town 3 10 nbsp Taiwan Note 3 Note 2 Taipei 0 0 nbsp Martinique Fort de France 0 0 nbsp Hong Kong Admiralty 0 0 nbsp Saint Helena Jamestown 0 0 nbsp Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre 0 0 nbsp French Guiana Cayenne 0 0 nbsp Montserrat Brades 0 0 nbsp Tristan da Cunha Edinburgh of the Seven Seas 0 0 nbsp Bermuda Hamilton 0 0 nbsp Macau Nam Van 0 0 nbsp Niue Alofi 0 0 nbsp Faroe Islands Torshavn 0 0 nbsp British Virgin Islands Road Town 0 0 nbsp Anguilla The Valley 0 0 nbsp United States Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie 0 0 nbsp Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Town 0 0 nbsp Guadeloupe Basse Terre 0 0 nbsp Curacao Willemstad 0 0 nbsp Saint Martin Marigot 0 0 nbsp Bonaire Kralendijk 0 0 nbsp Sint Maarten Philipsburg 0 0See also editList of cities by elevationNotes edit The State of Palestine according to the Basic Law of Palestine Title One Article 3 regards Jerusalem as its capital But the documents of the PLO s Negotiations Affairs Department NAD often refer to East Jerusalem rather than the whole of Jerusalem as a future capital and sometimes as the current capital One of its 2010 documents described as for discussion purposes only says that Palestine has a vision for a future in which East Jerusalem shall be the capital of Palestine and West Jerusalem shall be the capital of Israel 1 and one of its 2013 documents refers to Palestine s capital East Jerusalem and states that Occupied East Jerusalem is the natural socio economic and political center for the future Palestinian state while also stating that Jerusalem has always been and remains the political administrative and spiritual heart of Palestine and that The Palestinian acceptance of the 1967 border which includes East Jerusalem is a painful compromise 2 a b c d e f g h See List of states with limited recognition In 1949 the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang KMT lost the Chinese Civil War to the Chinese Communist Party CCP and set up a provisional capital in Taipei which serves as the seat of government to this day The CCP established the People s Republic As such the political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan alongside the territories under ROC jurisdiction are in dispute In 1971 the United Nations gave the China seat to the PRC instead of the ROC most states recognize the PRC to be the sole legitimate representative of all China and the UN classifies Taiwan as Taiwan Province of China The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates Taiwan independence References edit PLO NAD June 2010 Jerusalem Non Paper Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine on Statements and Speeches Archived 24 June 2013 at archive today nad plo org accessed 25 November 2014 Extracts from page 2 This paper is for discussion purposes only Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed Palestinian vision for Jerusalem Pursuant to our vision East Jerusalem as defined by its pre 1967 occupation municipal borders shall be the capital of Palestine and West Jerusalem shall be the capital of Israel with each state enjoying full sovereignty over its respective part of the city PLO Negotiations Affairs Department NAD August 2013 East Jerusalem today Palestine s Capital The 1967 border in Jerusalem and Israel s illegal policies on the ground Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine nad plo org accessed 25 November 2014 Quotes Palestine s capital East Jerusalem The Palestinian acceptance of the 1967 border which includes East Jerusalem is a painful compromise Jerusalem has always been and remains the political administrative and spiritual heart of Palestine Occupied East Jerusalem is the natural socio economic and political center for the future Palestinian state Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of capital cities by elevation amp oldid 1194789538, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
