| | Capital (2001) | Capital (2003) |
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Afghanistan |
Kabul |
Kabul |
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Albania |
Tirana |
Tirana |
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Algeria |
Algiers |
Algiers |
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American Samoa |
Pago Pago |
Pago Pago |
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Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
Andorra la Vella |
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Angola |
Luanda |
Luanda |
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Anguilla |
The Valley |
The Valley |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
Saint John's |
Saint John's |
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Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Buenos Aires |
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Armenia |
Yerevan |
Yerevan |
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Aruba |
Oranjestad |
Oranjestad |
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Australia |
Canberra |
Canberra |
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Austria |
Vienna |
Vienna |
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Azerbaijan |
Baku (Baki) |
Baku (Baki) |
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Bahamas, The |
Nassau |
Nassau |
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Bahrain |
Manama |
Manama |
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Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
Dhaka |
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Barbados |
Bridgetown |
Bridgetown |
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Belarus |
Minsk |
Minsk |
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Belgium |
Brussels |
Brussels |
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Belize |
Belmopan |
Belmopan |
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Benin |
Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government |
Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government |
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Bermuda |
Hamilton |
Hamilton |
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Bhutan |
Thimphu |
Thimphu |
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Bolivia |
La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary) |
La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Sarajevo |
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Botswana |
Gaborone |
Gaborone |
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Brazil |
Brasilia |
Brasilia |
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British Virgin Islands |
Road Town |
Road Town |
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Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
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Bulgaria |
Sofia |
Sofia |
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Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
Ouagadougou |
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Burma |
Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon) |
Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon) |
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Burundi |
Bujumbura |
Bujumbura |
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Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
Phnom Penh |
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Cameroon |
Yaounde |
Yaounde |
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Canada |
Ottawa |
Ottawa |
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Cape Verde |
Praia |
Praia |
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Cayman Islands |
George Town |
George Town |
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Central African Republic |
Bangui |
Bangui |
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Chad |
N'Djamena |
N'Djamena |
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Chile |
Santiago |
Santiago |
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China |
Beijing |
Beijing |
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Christmas Island |
The Settlement |
The Settlement |
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
West Island |
West Island |
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Colombia |
Bogota |
Bogota |
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Comoros |
Moroni |
Moroni |
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Kinshasa |
Kinshasa |
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Congo, Republic of the |
Brazzaville |
Brazzaville |
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Cook Islands |
Avarua |
Avarua |
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Costa Rica |
San Jose |
San Jose |
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Cote d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan |
Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan |
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Croatia |
Zagreb |
Zagreb |
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Cuba |
Havana |
Havana |
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Cyprus |
Nicosia |
Nicosia |
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Czech Republic |
Prague |
Prague |
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Denmark |
Copenhagen |
Copenhagen |
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Djibouti |
Djibouti |
Djibouti |
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Dominica |
Roseau |
Roseau |
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Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
Santo Domingo |
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East Timor |
- |
Dili |
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Ecuador |
Quito |
Quito |
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Egypt |
Cairo |
Cairo |
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El Salvador |
San Salvador |
San Salvador |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
Malabo |
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Eritrea |
Asmara (formerly Asmera) |
Asmara (formerly Asmera) |
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Estonia |
Tallinn |
Tallinn |
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Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Addis Ababa |
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
Stanley |
Stanley |
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Faroe Islands |
Torshavn |
Torshavn |
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Fiji |
Suva |
Suva |
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Finland |
Helsinki |
Helsinki |
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France |
Paris |
Paris |
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French Guiana |
Cayenne |
Cayenne |
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French Polynesia |
Papeete |
Papeete |
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Gabon |
Libreville |
Libreville |
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Gambia, The |
Banjul |
Banjul |
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Georgia |
T'bilisi |
T'bilisi |
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Germany |
Berlin |
Berlin |
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Ghana |
Accra |
Accra |
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Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
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Greece |
Athens |
Athens |
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Greenland |
Nuuk (Godthab) |
Nuuk (Godthab) |
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Grenada |
Saint George's |
Saint George's |
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Guadeloupe |
Basse-Terre |
Basse-Terre |
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Guam |
Hagatna (Agana) |
Hagatna (Agana) |
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Guatemala |
Guatemala |
Guatemala |
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Guernsey |
Saint Peter Port |
Saint Peter Port |
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Guinea |
Conakry |
Conakry |
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Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
Bissau |
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Guyana |
Georgetown |
Georgetown |
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Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
Port-au-Prince |
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Holy See (Vatican City) |
Vatican City |
Vatican City |
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Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Tegucigalpa |
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Hungary |
Budapest |
Budapest |
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Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Reykjavik |
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India |
New Delhi |
New Delhi |
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Indonesia |
Jakarta |
Jakarta |
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Iran |
Tehran |
Tehran |
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Iraq |
Baghdad |
Baghdad |
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Ireland |
Dublin |
Dublin |
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Isle of Man |
Douglas |
Douglas |
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Israel |
Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv |
Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv |
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Italy |
Rome |
Rome |
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Jamaica |
Kingston |
Kingston |
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Japan |
Tokyo |
Tokyo |
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Jersey |
Saint Helier |
Saint Helier |
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Jordan |
Amman |
'Amman |
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Kazakhstan |
Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998 |
Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998 |
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Kenya |
Nairobi |
Nairobi |
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Kiribati |
Tarawa |
Tarawa |
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Korea, North |
P'yongyang |
Pyongyang |
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Korea, South |
Seoul |
Seoul |
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Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Kuwait |
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Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
Bishkek |
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Laos |
Vientiane |
Vientiane |
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Latvia |
Riga |
Riga |
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Lebanon |
Beirut |
Beirut |
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Lesotho |
Maseru |
Maseru |
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Liberia |
Monrovia |
Monrovia |
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Libya |
Tripoli |
Tripoli |
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Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
Vaduz |
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Lithuania |
Vilnius |
Vilnius |
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Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
Skopje |
Skopje |
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Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
Antananarivo |
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Malawi |
Lilongwe |
Lilongwe |
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Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Kuala Lumpur |
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Maldives |
Male |
Male |
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Mali |
Bamako |
Bamako |
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Malta |
Valletta |
Valletta |
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Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
Majuro |
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Martinique |
Fort-de-France |
Fort-de-France |
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Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
Nouakchott |
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Mauritius |
Port Louis |
Port Louis |
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Mayotte |
Mamoutzou |
Mamoutzou |
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Mexico |
Mexico |
Mexico (Distrito Federal) |
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
Palikir |
Palikir |
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Moldova |
Chisinau |
Chisinau |
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Monaco |
Monaco |
Monaco |
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Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar |
Ulaanbaatar |
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Montserrat |
Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat) |
Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat) |
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Morocco |
Rabat |
Rabat |
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Mozambique |
Maputo |
Maputo |
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Namibia |
Windhoek |
Windhoek |
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Nauru |
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
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Nepal |
Kathmandu |
Kathmandu |
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Netherlands |
Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government |
Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government |
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Netherlands Antilles |
Willemstad |
Willemstad |
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New Caledonia |
Noumea |
Noumea |
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New Zealand |
Wellington |
Wellington |
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Nicaragua |
Managua |
Managua |
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Niger |
Niamey |
Niamey |
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Nigeria |
Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja |
Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja |
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Niue |
Alofi |
Alofi |
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Norfolk Island |
Kingston |
Kingston |
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Northern Mariana Islands |
Saipan |
Saipan |
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Norway |
Oslo |
Oslo |
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Oman |
Muscat |
Muscat |
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Pakistan |
Islamabad |
Islamabad |
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Palau |
Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror |
Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror |
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Panama |
Panama |
Panama |
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Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby |
Port Moresby |
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Paraguay |
Asuncion |
Asuncion |
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Peru |
Lima |
Lima |
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Philippines |
Manila |
Manila |
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Pitcairn Islands |
Adamstown |
Adamstown |
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Poland |
Warsaw |
Warsaw |
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Portugal |
Lisbon |
Lisbon |
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Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
San Juan |
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Qatar |
Doha |
Doha |
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Reunion |
Saint-Denis |
Saint-Denis |
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Romania |
Bucharest |
Bucharest |
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Russia |
Moscow |
Moscow |
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Rwanda |
Kigali |
Kigali |
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Saint Helena |
Jamestown |
Jamestown |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre |
Basseterre |
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Saint Lucia |
Castries |
Castries |
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Saint-Pierre |
Saint-Pierre |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
Kingstown |
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Samoa |
Apia |
Apia |
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San Marino |
San Marino |
San Marino |
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Sao Tome and Principe |
Sao Tome |
Sao Tome |
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Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh |
Riyadh |
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Senegal |
Dakar |
Dakar |
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Serbia and Montenegro |
- |
Belgrade; note - Podgorica is the judicial capital |
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Seychelles |
Victoria |
Victoria |
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Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
Freetown |
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Singapore |
Singapore |
Singapore |
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Slovakia |
Bratislava |
Bratislava |
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Slovenia |
Ljubljana |
Ljubljana |
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Solomon Islands |
Honiara |
Honiara |
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Somalia |
Mogadishu |
Mogadishu |
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South Africa |
Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center |
Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center |
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Spain |
Madrid |
Madrid |
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Sri Lanka |
Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital |
Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital |
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Sudan |
Khartoum |
Khartoum |
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Suriname |
Paramaribo |
Paramaribo |
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Svalbard |
Longyearbyen |
Longyearbyen |
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Swaziland |
Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital |
Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital |
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Sweden |
Stockholm |
Stockholm |
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Switzerland |
Bern |
Bern |
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Syria |
Damascus |
Damascus |
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Taiwan |
Taipei |
Taipei |
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Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
Dushanbe |
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Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis |
Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis |
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Thailand |
Bangkok |
Bangkok |
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Togo |
Lome |
Lome |
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Tokelau |
none; each atoll has its own administrative center |
none; each atoll has its own administrative center |
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Tonga |
Nuku'alofa |
Nuku'alofa |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
Port-of-Spain |
Port-of-Spain |
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Tunisia |
Tunis |
Tunis |
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Turkey |
Ankara |
Ankara |
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Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat |
Ashgabat |
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Turks and Caicos Islands |
Cockburn Town (on Grand Turk) |
Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) |
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Tuvalu |
Funafuti |
Funafuti |
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Uganda |
Kampala |
Kampala |
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Ukraine |
Kiev (Kyyiv) |
Kiev (Kyyiv) |
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United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
Abu Dhabi |
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United Kingdom |
London |
London |
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United States |
Washington, DC |
Washington, DC |
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Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Montevideo |
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Uzbekistan |
Tashkent (Toshkent) |
Tashkent (Toshkent) |
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Vanuatu |
Port-Vila |
Port-Vila |
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Venezuela |
Caracas |
Caracas |
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Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Hanoi |
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Virgin Islands |
Charlotte Amalie |
Charlotte Amalie |
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Wallis and Futuna |
Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) |
Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) |
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Western Sahara |
none |
none |
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Yemen |
Sanaa |
Sanaa |
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Yugoslavia |
Belgrade |
- |
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Zambia |
Lusaka |
Lusaka |
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Zimbabwe |
Harare |
Harare |