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List of national capitals

 

This is a list of national capitals of the world in alphabetical order. There are also a list of national capitals by country and a list of capitals of subnational entities.
Note: there is a separate list of former capitals at the bottom of this page.
A
Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire (administrative)
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Abuja Nigeria
Accra Ghana
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Algiers Algeria
Amman Jordan
Amsterdam Netherlands (official)
Andorra la Vella Andorra
Ankara Turkey
Antananarivo Madagascar
Apia Samoa
Ashgabat Turkmenistan
Asmara Eritrea
Astana Kazakhstan
Asunción Paraguay
Athens Greece
 
B
Baghdad Iraq
Baky Azerbaijan
Bamako Mali
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Darussalam
Bangkok Thailand
Bangui Central African Republic
Banjul The Gambia
Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis
Beijing People's Republic of China, see also Capital of China
Beirut Lebanon
Belgrade Serbia
Belmopan Belize
Berlin Germany
Berne Switzerland
Bishkek Kyrgyzstan
Bissau Guinea-Bissau
Bloemfontein South Africa (judicial)
Santafé de Bogotá Colombia
Brasília Brazil
Bratislava Slovakia
Brazzaville Republic of the Congo
Bridgetown Barbados
Brussels Belgium
Bucharest Romania
Budapest Hungary
Buenos Aires Argentina
Bujumbura Burundi
 
C
Cairo Egypt
Canberra Australia
Cape Town South Africa (legislative)
Caracas Venezuela
Castries Saint Lucia
Chisinau Moldova
Colombo Sri Lanka (official)
Conakry Guinea
Copenhagen Denmark
Cotonou Benin (de facto)
 
D
Dakar Senegal
Damascus Syria
Dar es Salaam Tanzania (administrative)
Dhaka Bangladesh
Dili East Timor
Djibouti Djibouti
Dodoma Tanzania (official)
Doha Qatar
Douglas[?] Isle of Man
Dublin Republic of Ireland
Dushanbe Tajikistan
 
F
Freetown Sierra Leone
Funafuti Tuvalu
 
G
Gaborone Botswana
Georgetown Guyana
Guatemala City Guatemala
 
H
The Hague Netherlands
Hanoi Vietnam
Harare Zimbabwe
Havana Cuba
Helsinki Finland
Honiara Solomon Islands
 
I
Islamabad Pakistan
 
J
Jakarta Indonesia
Jerusalem Israel
 
K
Kabul Afghanistan
Kampala Uganda
Kathmandu Nepal
Khartoum Sudan
Kiev Ukraine
Kigali Rwanda
Kingston Jamaica
Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo
Koror Palau
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Kuwait City Kuwait
 
L
La Paz Bolivia (official)
Libreville Gabon
Lilongwe Malawi
Lima Peru
Lisbon Portugal
Ljubljana Slovenia
Lomé Togo
London United Kingdom
Luanda Angola
Lusaka Zambia
Luxembourg Luxembourg
 
M
Madrid Spain
Majuro Marshall Islands
Malabo Equatorial Guinea
Malé Maldives
Managua Nicaragua
Manama Bahrain
Manila The Philippines
Maputo Mozambique
Maseru Lesotho
Mbabane Swaziland
Mexico City Mexico
Minsk Belarus
Mogadishu Somalia
Monaco City Monaco
Monrovia Liberia
Montevideo Uruguay
Moroni Comoros
Moscow Russia
Muscat Oman
 
N
Nairobi Kenya
Nassau Bahamas
N'Djamena Chad
New Delhi India
Niamey Niger
Nicosia Cyprus
Nouakchott Mauritania
Nuku'alofa Tonga
 
O
Oslo Norway
Ottawa Canada
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
 
P
Palikir Micronesia
Panama City Panama
Paramaribo Suriname
Paris France
Phnom Penh Cambodia
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 Benin (official)
Prague Czech Republic
Praia Cape Verde
Pretoria South Africa (official)
P'yongyang North Korea
 
Q
Quito Ecuador
 
R
Rabat Morocco
Rangoon Myanmar
Reykjavík Iceland
Riga Latvia
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Rome Italy
Roseau Dominica
 
S
San José Costa Rica
San Marino[?] San Marino
San Salvador El Salvador
Sanaá Yemen
Santiago Chile
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seoul South Korea
Singapore Singapore
Skopje Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Sofia Bulgaria
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte[?] Sri Lanka (legislative and judicial)
St. George's Grenada
St. John's Antigua and Barbuda
Stockholm Sweden
Sucre Bolivia (administrative)
Suva Fiji
 
T
Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China, see also Capital of China (provisional)
Tallinn Estonia
Tarawa Kiribati
Tashkent Uzbekistan
Tbilisi Georgia
Tegucigalpa Honduras
Tehran Iran
The Hague The Netherlands (administrative)
Thimphu Bhutan
Tirana Albania
Tokyo Japan
Tripoli Libya
Tunis Tunisia
 
U
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
 
V
Vaduz Liechtenstein
Valletta Malta
Vatican City Holy See
Victoria[?] Seychelles
Vienna Austria
Vientiane Laos
Vilnius Lithuania
 
W
Warsaw Poland
Washington, DC United States of America
Wellington New Zealand
Windhoek Namibia
 
Y
Yamoussoukro Côte d'Ivoire (official)
Yaoundé Cameroon
Yerevan Armenia
 
Z
Zagreb Croatia

 

 

Historical list of national capitals

In this list are cities that once where capitals, but now are not any more. That can be because the country ceased to exist, the capital moved, or the capital was renamed. Sorted on country and date.

 

Former capital city Country, empire Since Until Change, reason
Melbourne/Sydney Australia 1901 1908 alternated as capitals until Canberra became ready
St. George[?] Bermuda (Brit.)   1815 moved to Hamilton[?]
Salvador da Baía Brazil (Portuguese)   1763 moved to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro Brazil   1960 moved to Brasilia
Belize City British Honduras   1970 moved to Belmopan
Kingston Canada 1841 1843 moved to Montreal
Montreal  Canada 1843 1849 moved to Toronto
Toronto Canada 1849 1859 moved to Quebec City
Quebec City Canada 1859 1865 moved to Ottawa
  China     see: Capital of China
Léopoldville Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1960 1966 renamed to Kinshasa
Large-Bassam[?] Côte d'Ivoire 1893 1900 moved to Bingerville[?]
Bingerville[?] Côte d'Ivoire 1900 1933 moved to Abidjan
Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 1933 1983 moved to Yamoussoukro
Winchester England 3rd century? 9th century moved to London
Lavuka[?] Fiji (Brit.)     moved to Suva
Bonn Germany 1949 1994 moved to Berlin
Cape Coast[?] Gold Coast (Brit.)   1877 moved to Accra
Nafplion[?] Greece 1821 1836 moved to Athens
Lahaina Hawaii (Hawaiian monarchy)   1840 moved to Hawaii
Calcutta India (British)   1912 moved to New Delhi
Torino Italy, Kingdom of 1861 1865 moved to Florence
Florence Italy, Kingdom of 1865 1871 moved to Rome
Heijo-kyo (Nara) Japan (Nara period)   784  
Kyoto Japan   1868 moved to Tokyo
Alma-Atta Kazakhstan 1992 1993 renamed to Almaty
Almaty (Alma-Atta) Kazakhstan 1993 1998 moved to Astana
Auckland New Zealand   1865 moved to Wellington
Lagos Nigeria   1991 moved to Abuja
Bergen Norway (medieval)   1299 moved to Oslo
Christiana Norway   1924 renamed to Oslo
Karachi Pakistan   1967 moved to Islamabad
Quezon City[?] Philippines 1948 1976 moved to Manila
Guimarães[?] Portugal, Kingdom of   1255  
Saint Petersburg Russian empire   1914 renamed to Petrograd
Petrograd Russia   1918 moved to Moscow
Dariyah[?] Saudi[?] state   1818 moved to Riyadh
Tulaghi[?] Solomon Islands     moved to Honiara
New York City United States 1785 1790  
Philadelphia United States 1790 1800  
Bursa Ottoman empire 1335 1365 moved to Edirne
Edirne Ottoman empire 1365 1453 moved to Constantinople (Istanbul)
Constantinople Ottoman empire 1453 1923 country ceased to exist
Port-of-Spain West Indies Federation 1958 1962 country ceased to exist

See also: Capital of China, extinct countries, empires, former U.S. state capitals

 

 
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