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