Capitals Flashcards

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Afghanistan

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Kabul

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Albania

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Tirana

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Algeria

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Algiers

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Andorra

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Andorra la Vella

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Angola

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Luanda

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Saint John’s

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Argentina

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Buenos Aires

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Armenia

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Yerevan

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Australia

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Canberra

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Austria

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Vienna

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Azerbaijan

A

Baku (Baki)

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Bahamas, The

A

Nassau

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Bahrain

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Manama

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Bangladesh

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Dhaka

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Barbados

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Bridgetown

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Belarus

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Minsk

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Belgium

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Brussels

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Belize

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Belmopan

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Benin

A

Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government

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Bhutan

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Thimphu

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Bolivia

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La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Sarajevo

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Botswana

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Gaborone

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Brazil

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Brasilia

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Brunei

A

Bandar Seri Begawan

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Bulgaria

A

Sofia

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Burkina Faso

A

Ouagadougou

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Burma

A

Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)

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Burundi

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Bujumbura

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Cambodia

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Phnom Penh

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Cameroon

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Yaounde

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Canada

A

Ottawa

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Cape Verde

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Praia

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Central African Republic

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Bangui

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Chad

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N’Djamena

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36
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Chile

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Santiago

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China

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Beijing

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Colombia

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Bogota

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Comoros

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Moroni

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Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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Kinshasa

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Congo, Republic of the

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Brazzaville

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Costa Rica

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San Jose

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43
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Cote d’Ivoire

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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

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Croatia

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Zagreb

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Cuba

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Havana

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Cyprus

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Nicosia

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Czech Republic

A

Prague

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Denmark

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Copenhagen

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Djibouti

A

Djibouti

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50
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Dominica

A

Roseau

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51
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Dominican Republic

A

Santo Domingo

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52
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East Timor

A

Dili

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53
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Ecuador

A

Quito

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54
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Egypt

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Cairo

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55
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El Salvador

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San Salvador

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56
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Equatorial Guinea

A

Malabo

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57
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Eritrea

A

Asmara (formerly Asmera)

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Estonia

A

Tallinn

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Ethiopia

A

Addis Ababa

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Fiji

A

Suva

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61
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Finland

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Helsinki

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France

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Paris

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Gabon

A

Libreville

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Gambia, The

A

Banjul

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Georgia

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T’bilisi

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Germany

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Berlin

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Ghana

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Accra

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Greece

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Athens

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Grenada

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Saint George’s

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Guatemala

A

Guatemala

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Guinea

A

Conakry

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Guinea-Bissau

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Bissau

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Guyana

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Georgetown

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74
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Haiti

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Port-au-Prince

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75
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Holy See (Vatican City)

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Vatican City

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Honduras

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Tegucigalpa

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Hungary

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Budapest

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Iceland

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Reykjavik

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India

A

New Delhi

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Indonesia

A

Jakarta

81
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Iran

A

Tehran

82
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Iraq

A

Baghdad

83
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Ireland

A

Dublin

84
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Israel

A

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

A

Rome

86
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Jamaica

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Kingston

87
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Japan

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Tokyo

88
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Jordan

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Amman

89
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Kazakhstan

A

Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998

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Kenya

A

Nairobi

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Kiribati

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Tarawa

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Korea, North

A

P’yongyang

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Korea, South

A

Seoul

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Kuwait

A

Kuwait

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Kyrgyzstan

A

Bishkek

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Laos

A

Vientiane

97
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Latvia

A

Riga

98
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Lebanon

A

Beirut

99
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Lesotho

A

Maseru

100
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Liberia

A

Monrovia

101
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Libya

A

Tripoli

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Liechtenstein

A

Vaduz

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Lithuania

A

Vilnius

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Luxembourg

A

Luxembourg

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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

A

Skopje

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Madagascar

A

Antananarivo

107
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Malawi

A

Lilongwe

108
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Malaysia

A

Kuala Lumpur

109
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Maldives

A

Male

110
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Mali

A

Bamako

111
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Malta

A

Valletta

112
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Marshall Islands

A

Majuro

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Mauritania

A

Nouakchott

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Mauritius

A

Port Louis

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Mexico

A

Mexico (Distrito Federal)

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Micronesia, Federated States of

A

Palikir

117
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Moldova

A

Chisinau

118
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Monaco

A

Monaco

119
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Mongolia

A

Ulaanbaatar

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Morocco

A

Rabat

121
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Mozambique

A

Maputo

122
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Namibia

A

Windhoek

123
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Nauru

A

no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

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Nepal

A

Kathmandu

125
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Netherlands

A

Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government

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New Zealand

A

Wellington

127
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Nicaragua

A

Managua

128
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Niger

A

Niamey

129
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Nigeria

A

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

130
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Norway

A

Oslo

131
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Oman

A

Muscat

132
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Pakistan

A

Islamabad

133
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Palau

A

Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror

134
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Panama

A

Panama

135
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Papua New Guinea

A

Port Moresby

136
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Paraguay

A

Asuncion

137
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Peru

A

Lima

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Philippines

A

Manila

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Poland

A

Warsaw

140
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Portugal

A

Lisbon

141
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Qatar

A

Doha

142
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Romania

A

Bucharest

143
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Russia

A

Moscow

144
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Rwanda

A

Kigali

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

A

Basseterre

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Saint Lucia

A

Castries

147
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

A

Kingstown

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Samoa

A

Apia

149
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San Marino

A

San Marino

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Sao Tome and Principe

A

Sao Tome

151
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Saudi Arabia

A

Riyadh

152
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Senegal

A

Dakar

153
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Seychelles

A

Victoria

154
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Sierra Leone

A

Freetown

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Singapore

A

Singapore

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Slovakia

A

Bratislava

157
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Slovenia

A

Ljubljana

158
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Solomon Islands

A

Honiara

159
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Somalia

A

Mogadishu

160
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South Africa

A

Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center

161
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Spain

A

Madrid

162
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Sri Lanka

A

Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital

163
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Sudan

A

Khartoum

164
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Suriname

A

Paramaribo

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Swaziland

A

Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital

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Sweden

A

Stockholm

167
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Switzerland

A

Bern

168
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Syria

A

Damascus

169
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Tajikistan

A

Dushanbe

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Tanzania

A

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

A

Bangkok

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Togo

A

Lome

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Tonga

A

Nuku’alofa

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Trinidad and Tobago

A

Port-of-Spain

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Tunisia

A

Tunis

176
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Turkey

A

Ankara

177
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Turkmenistan

A

Ashgabat

178
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Tuvalu

A

Fongafale

179
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Uganda

A

Kampala

180
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Ukraine

A

Kiev (Kyyiv)

181
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United Arab Emirates

A

Abu Dhabi

182
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United Kingdom

A

London

183
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United States

A

Washington, DC

184
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Uruguay

A

Montevideo

185
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Uzbekistan

A

Tashkent (Toshkent)

186
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Vanuatu

A

Port-Vila

187
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Venezuela

A

Caracas

188
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Vietnam

A

Hanoi

189
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Yemen

A

Sanaa

190
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Zambia

A

Lusaka

191
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Zimbabwe

A

Harare