The capitals included on this list are those associated with states or territories listed by the international standard ISO 3166-1, or that are included in the list of states with limited recognition.
Sovereign states and observer states within the United Nations are shown in bold text.
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Abidjan(former capital; still hosts some government offices)
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.
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.
Until the 1982, the capital was Colombo, where many governmental institutions still remain, and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. See also: Capital of Sri Lanka.
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 Islamabad was complete; the capital became Islamabad in 1967.
Prior to the Acts of Union in 1707, London 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 London), Scotland (capital Edinburgh), Wales (capitalCardiff), Northern Ireland (capital Belfast).
City-state. Monaco does not have an official capital designated in its constitution; however, the Commune of Monaco, the country's only commune, is coterminous with the nation, making it the de facto capital.[10][11]
The self-declared country remains diplomatically unrecognized by UN member states, though Transnistria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia all recognize it. Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.
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 Taipei.
From 2012 to 2018, Kutaisi served as Georgia's legislative capital. Additionally, Mtskheta is sometimes called an "ancient capital" of Georgia.[14][15]
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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 The capitals included on this list are those associated with states or territories listed by the international standard ISO 3166 1 or that are included in the list of states with limited recognition Sovereign states and observer states within the United Nations are shown in bold text List editCity Town Country Territory NotesAbidjan former capital still hosts some government offices nbsp Ivory Coast Cote d Ivoire Abidjan is the largest city in Ivory Coast and is officially designated as the economic capital Yamoussoukro de jure Abu Dhabi nbsp United Arab EmiratesAbuja nbsp Nigeria Lagos was the capital from 1914 to 1991 Accra nbsp GhanaAdamstown nbsp Pitcairn Islands British Overseas Territory Addis Ababa nbsp EthiopiaAden de facto temporary nbsp Yemen 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 Algiers nbsp AlgeriaAlofi nbsp Niue Self governing in free association with New Zealand Government offices are spread across both Alofi North and Alofi South Amman nbsp JordanAmsterdam official nbsp Netherlands 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 nbsp AndorraAnkara nbsp Turkey Ankara 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 Antananarivo nbsp MadagascarApia nbsp SamoaAshgabat nbsp TurkmenistanAsmara nbsp EritreaAstana nbsp Kazakhstan Astana was named Nur Sultan from 2019 to 2022 Almaty was the capital from 1929 to 1997 Asuncion nbsp ParaguayAthens nbsp GreeceAvarua nbsp Cook Islands Self governing in free association with New Zealand The capital is sometimes incorrectly stated as Rarotonga the island on which Avarua is located Baghdad nbsp IraqBaku nbsp AzerbaijanBamako nbsp MaliBandar Seri Begawan nbsp BruneiBangkok nbsp ThailandBangui nbsp Central African RepublicBanjul nbsp GambiaBasseterre nbsp Saint Kitts and NevisBeijing nbsp China See also Historical capitals of China Beirut nbsp LebanonBelgrade nbsp SerbiaBelmopan nbsp Belize Belize City was the capital of Belize s predecessor British Honduras Berlin nbsp Germany 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 Bern de facto nbsp SwitzerlandBishkek nbsp KyrgyzstanBissau nbsp Guinea BissauBloemfontein judicial nbsp South AfricaCape Town legislative Pretoria executive Bogota nbsp ColombiaBrades de facto nbsp Montserrat British Overseas Territory Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1997 Government offices since then have been moved to Brades which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat Plymouth de jure Brasilia nbsp Brazil Rio de Janeiro was the capital until 1960 See also Capitals of Brazil Bratislava nbsp SlovakiaBrazzaville nbsp CongoBridgetown nbsp BarbadosBrussels nbsp BelgiumBucharest nbsp RomaniaBudapest nbsp Hungary See also List of historical capitals of Hungary Buenos Aires nbsp ArgentinaCairo nbsp Egypt A new capital is being built at the New Administrative Capital It might be named Egypt See also List of historical capitals of Egypt Canberra nbsp Australia 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 Caracas nbsp VenezuelaCastries nbsp Saint LuciaCharlotte Amalie nbsp United States Virgin Islands Territory of the United States Chișinău nbsp MoldovaCockburn Town nbsp Turks and Caicos Islands British Overseas Territory Colombo executive judicial nbsp Sri Lanka Until the 1982 the capital was Colombo where many governmental institutions still remain and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka See also Capital of Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte official Also known as Kotte Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a suburb of Colombo Conakry nbsp GuineaCopenhagen nbsp DenmarkCotonou de facto nbsp BeninPorto Novo official Dakar nbsp SenegalDamascus nbsp SyriaDhaka nbsp BangladeshDili nbsp East TimorDjibouti nbsp DjiboutiDodoma nbsp Tanzania Dar es Salaam the former capital and largest city continues to host some government ministries the judiciary and diplomatic missions Doha nbsp QatarDouglas nbsp Isle of Man British Crown Dependency Dublin nbsp IrelandDushanbe nbsp TajikistanFlying Fish Cove nbsp Christmas Island External territory of Australia Freetown nbsp Sierra LeoneFunafuti nbsp TuvaluGaborone nbsp BotswanaGeorge Town nbsp Cayman Islands British Overseas Territory Georgetown nbsp Ascension Island Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Georgetown nbsp GuyanaGibraltar nbsp Gibraltar British Overseas Territory city state Gitega de jure nbsp Burundi Bujumbura was the capital from 1962 to 2018 Bujumbura de facto Guatemala City nbsp GuatemalaGustavia nbsp Saint Barthelemy Overseas collectivity of France Hagatna nbsp Guam Territory of the United States Hamilton nbsp Bermuda British Overseas Territory Hanoi nbsp Vietnam See also List of historical capitals of Vietnam Harare nbsp ZimbabweHargeisa nbsp Somaliland Unrecognized and self declared state de jure part of Somalia Havana nbsp CubaHelsinki nbsp FinlandHoniara nbsp Solomon Islands Honiara is a settlement on the island of Guadalcanal Islamabad nbsp Pakistan 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 Islamabad was complete the capital became Islamabad in 1967 Jakarta nbsp Indonesia A new purpose built city named Nusantara in Kalimantan is planned to replace Jakarta as the national capital from the mid 2020s 1 2 Jamestown nbsp Saint Helena Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Jerusalem nbsp Israel 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 United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 declared the Jerusalem Law null and void and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem Most countries currently maintain their embassies in and around Tel Aviv The United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital and moved its embassy there in May 2018 3 Many countries officially adhere to the proposal that Jerusalem have international status as called for in the 1947 Partition Plan 4 nbsp PalestineRamallah de facto Juba nbsp South SudanKabul nbsp AfghanistanKampala nbsp UgandaKathmandu nbsp NepalKhartoum nbsp SudanKigali nbsp RwandaKing Edward Point nbsp South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands British Overseas Territory Kingston nbsp JamaicaKingston nbsp Norfolk Island External territory of Australia Kingstown nbsp Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKinshasa nbsp Democratic Republic of the CongoKuala Lumpur de jure legislative and royal nbsp MalaysiaPutrajaya administrative and judicial Kuwait City nbsp KuwaitKyiv nbsp UkraineLa Paz administrative nbsp Bolivia La Paz is the highest administrative capital 3 650 m in the world higher than Quito 5 Sucre constitutional Laayoune declared nbsp Western Sahara 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 Libreville nbsp GabonLilongwe nbsp MalawiLima nbsp Peru Cusco is declared the historical capital Spanish capital historica 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 Lisbon nbsp PortugalLjubljana nbsp SloveniaLobamba royal and legislative nbsp EswatiniMbabane administrative Lome nbsp TogoLondon nbsp 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 The United Kingdom also includes the subdivisions of nbsp England capital London nbsp Scotland capital Edinburgh nbsp Wales capital Cardiff nbsp Northern Ireland capital Belfast London administration nbsp British Indian Ocean Territory British Overseas Territory Officially the British Indian Ocean Territory is administered from London 7 though some consider the capital to be Diego Garcia 8 Diego Garcia de facto Luanda nbsp AngolaLusaka nbsp ZambiaLuxembourg nbsp LuxembourgMadrid nbsp SpainMajuro nbsp Marshall Islands Self governing in free association with the United States The seat of government is at Delap Uliga Djarrit a settlement on the atoll of Majuro Malabo nbsp Equatorial Guinea Ciudad de la Paz is currently under construction and will become the new capital when complete 9 Male nbsp MaldivesManagua nbsp NicaraguaManama nbsp BahrainManila nbsp PhilippinesMaputo nbsp MozambiqueMariehamn nbsp Aland Islands Autonomous region of Finland Marigot nbsp Saint Martin Overseas collectivity of France Maseru nbsp LesothoMata Utu nbsp Wallis and Futuna Overseas collectivity of France Mexico City nbsp MexicoMinsk nbsp BelarusMogadishu nbsp SomaliaMonaco nbsp Monaco City state Monaco does not have an official capital designated in its constitution however the Commune of Monaco the country s only commune is coterminous with the nation making it the de facto capital 10 11 Monrovia nbsp LiberiaMontevideo nbsp UruguayMoroni nbsp ComorosMoscow nbsp RussiaMuscat nbsp OmanNairobi nbsp KenyaNassau nbsp Bahamas TheNaypyidaw nbsp Myanmar Yangon was the capital until 2006 12 See also List of capitals of Myanmar N Djamena nbsp ChadNew Delhi nbsp India Kolkata was the capital of India until 1911 during the British Raj Ngerulmud nbsp Palau Self governing in free association with the United States Koror City was the capital of Palau until 2006 Niamey nbsp NigerNicosia nbsp Cyprus Nicosia is a divided capital split between Cyprus which claims the whole city and the internationally unrecognized breakaway state of Northern Cyprus nbsp Northern CyprusNouakchott nbsp MauritaniaNoumea nbsp New Caledonia Overseas territory of France Nukuʻalofa nbsp TongaNuuk nbsp Greenland Self governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark Oranjestad nbsp Aruba Self governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands Oslo nbsp Norway See also List of historical capitals of Norway Ottawa nbsp CanadaOuagadougou nbsp Burkina FasoPago Pago nbsp American Samoa Territory of the United States Palikir nbsp Micronesia 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 nbsp PanamaPapeete nbsp French Polynesia Overseas collectivity of France Paramaribo nbsp SurinameParis nbsp France See also List of Capitals of France Philipsburg nbsp Sint Maarten Self governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands Phnom Penh nbsp CambodiaPodgorica nbsp Montenegro Cetinje has been designated the Old Royal Capital and is the present seat of the President Port Louis nbsp MauritiusPort Moresby nbsp Papua New GuineaPort of Spain nbsp Trinidad and TobagoPort Vila nbsp VanuatuPort au Prince nbsp HaitiPrague nbsp Czech Republic The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic is located in Brno 13 Praia nbsp Cape VerdePristina nbsp Kosovo 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 Pyongyang nbsp North KoreaQuito nbsp Ecuador Highest official capital 2 850 m 5 Rabat nbsp MoroccoReykjavik nbsp IcelandRiga nbsp LatviaRiyadh nbsp Saudi ArabiaRoad Town nbsp British Virgin Islands British Overseas Territory Rome nbsp ItalyRoseau nbsp DominicaRothera nbsp British Antarctic Territory British Overseas Territory Saint Denis nbsp ReunionSaipan nbsp Northern Mariana Islands Territory of the United States The seat of government is at Capitol Hill a settlement on the island of Saipan San Jose nbsp Costa RicaSan Juan nbsp Puerto Rico Territory of the United States San Marino nbsp San MarinoSan Salvador nbsp El SalvadorSantiago nbsp Chile The National Congress of Chile is located in Valparaiso Santo Domingo nbsp Dominican RepublicSao Tome nbsp Sao Tome and PrincipeSarajevo nbsp Bosnia and HerzegovinaSeoul nbsp South Korea On 2 July 2012 some functions of government moved to Sejong City which became the de facto administrative capital of South Korea Singapore nbsp Singapore City state Skopje nbsp North MacedoniaSofia nbsp BulgariaSouth Tarawa nbsp Kiribati South Tarawa is a settlement on the atoll of Tarawa St George s nbsp GrenadaSt Helier nbsp Jersey British Crown Dependency St John s nbsp Antigua and BarbudaSt Peter Port nbsp Guernsey British Crown Dependency St Pierre nbsp Saint Pierre and Miquelon Overseas collectivity of France Stanley nbsp Falkland Islands British Overseas Territory Stepanakert nbsp Artsakh The self declared country remains diplomatically unrecognized by UN member states though Transnistria South Ossetia and Abkhazia all recognize it Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan Stockholm nbsp SwedenSukhumi nbsp Abkhazia De facto independent state recognized by Russia Nauru Nicaragua Venezuela and Syria Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia Suva nbsp FijiTaipei nbsp Taiwan 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 Taipei Tallinn nbsp EstoniaTashkent nbsp UzbekistanTbilisi nbsp Georgia From 2012 to 2018 Kutaisi served as Georgia s legislative capital Additionally Mtskheta is sometimes called an ancient capital of Georgia 14 15 Tegucigalpa nbsp Honduras Comayaguela is declared in the Honduran Constitution as co official capital with Tegucigalpa 16 They have since merged into a single urban area ComayaguelaTehran nbsp IranThe Bottom nbsp SabaThimphu nbsp BhutanTirana nbsp AlbaniaTiraspol nbsp Transnistria De facto independent state not recognized by any UN member but by Abkhazia South Ossetia and Artsakh Claimed in whole by Moldova as the autonomous territorial unit of Administrative Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the DniesterTokyo nbsp Japan See also Capital of Japan Torshavn nbsp Faroe Islands Self governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark Tripoli nbsp LibyaTskhinvali nbsp South Ossetia De facto independent state recognized by Russia Nauru Nicaragua Venezuela and Syria Claimed in whole by Georgia as the Provisional Administration of South Ossetia Tunis nbsp TunisiaUlaanbaatar nbsp MongoliaVaduz nbsp LiechtensteinValletta nbsp MaltaThe Valley nbsp Anguilla British Overseas Territory Vatican City nbsp Vatican City City state Victoria nbsp SeychellesVienna nbsp AustriaVientiane nbsp LaosVilnius nbsp LithuaniaWarsaw nbsp Poland Former capitals listed in Template Historical capitals of Poland Washington D C nbsp United States The capital of the United States has moved multiple times See also National capitals of the United States Wellington nbsp New Zealand Since 1865 Wellington is New Zealand s third capital See also Capital of New Zealand West Island nbsp Cocos Keeling Islands External territory of Australia Willemstad nbsp Curacao Self governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands Windhoek nbsp NamibiaYaounde nbsp CameroonYaren de facto nbsp Nauru Nauru has no official capital however the government offices are in Yaren Yerevan nbsp ArmeniaZagreb nbsp CroatiaNotes edit Sovereignty over the Spratly Islands is disputed by the PRC the ROC Vietnam the Philippines part Malaysia part and Brunei part Except Brunei each of these countries occupies part of the islands see List of territorial disputes 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 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 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