List of Capitals in World

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Country
Capital
ArubaOranjestad
AfghanistanKabul
AngolaLuanda
Anguillathe Valley
Aland IslandsMariehamn
AlbaniaTirana
AndorraAndorra La Vella
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
ArgentinaBuenos Aires
ArmeniaYerevan
American SamoaPago Pago
Antarctica
French Southern and Antarctic LandsPort Aux Francais
Antigua and BarbudaSaint John's
AustraliaCanberra
AustriaVienna
AzerbaijanBaku
BurundiBujumbura
BelgiumBrussels
BeninPorto Novo
Burkina FasoOuagadougou
BangladeshDhaka
BulgariaSofia
BahrainManama
BahamasNassau
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo
Saint BarthelemyGustavia
BelarusMinsk
BelizeBelmopan
BermudaHamilton
BoliviaSucre
BrazilBrasília
BarbadosBridgetown
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
BhutanThimphu
Bouvet Island
BotswanaGaborone
Central African RepublicBangui
CanadaOttawa
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsWest Island
SwitzerlandBern
ChileSantiago
ChinaBeijing
Ivory CoastYamoussoukro
CameroonYaoundé
DR CongoKinshasa
Republic of the CongoBrazzaville
Cook IslandsAvarua
ColombiaBogotá
ComorosMoroni
Cape VerdePraia
Costa RicaSan José
CubaHavana
CuracaoWillemstad
Christmas IslandFlying Fish Cove
Cayman IslandsGeorge Town
CyprusNicosia
Czech RepublicPrague
GermanyBerlin
DjiboutiDjibouti
DominicaRoseau
DenmarkCopenhagen
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo
AlgeriaAlgiers
EcuadorQuito
EgyptCairo
EritreaAsmara
Western SaharaLaayoune
SpainMadrid
EstoniaTallinn
EthiopiaAddis Ababa
FinlandHelsinki
FijiSuva
Falkland IslandsStanley
FranceParis
Faroe IslandsTórshavn
MicronesiaPalikir
GabonLibreville
United KingdomLondon
GeorgiaTbilisi
GuernseySt. Peter Port
GhanaAccra
GibraltarGibraltar
GuineaConakry
GuadeloupeBasse Terre
GambiaBanjul
Guinea BissauBissau
Equatorial GuineaMalabo
GreeceAthens
GrenadaSt. George's
GreenlandNuuk
GuatemalaGuatemala City
French GuianaCayenne
GuamHagåtña
GuyanaGeorgetown
Hong KongCity of Victoria
Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands
HondurasTegucigalpa
CroatiaZagreb
HaitiPort Au Prince
HungaryBudapest
IndonesiaJakarta
Isle of ManDouglas
IndiaNew Delhi
British Indian Ocean TerritoryDiego Garcia
IrelandDublin
IranTehran
IraqBaghdad
IcelandReykjavik
IsraelJerusalem
ItalyRome
JamaicaKingston
JerseySt. Helier
JordanAmman
JapanTokyo
KazakhstanAstana
KenyaNairobi
KyrgyzstanBishkek
CambodiaPhnom Penh
KiribatiSouth Tarawa
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre
South KoreaSeoul
KosovoPristina
KuwaitKuwait City
LaosVientiane
LebanonBeirut
LiberiaMonrovia
LibyaTripoli
Saint LuciaCastries
LiechtensteinVaduz
Sri LankaColombo
LesothoMaseru
LithuaniaVilnius
LuxembourgLuxembourg
LatviaRiga
Macau
Saint MartinMarigot
MoroccoRabat
MonacoMonaco
MoldovaChișinău
MadagascarAntananarivo
MaldivesMalé
MexicoMexico City
Marshall IslandsMajuro
North MacedoniaSkopje
MaliBamako
MaltaValletta
MyanmarNay Pyi Taw
MontenegroPodgorica
MongoliaUlan Bator
Northern Mariana IslandsSaipan
MozambiqueMaputo
MauritaniaNouakchott
MontserratPlymouth
MartiniqueFort De France
MauritiusPort Louis
MalawiLilongwe
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
MayotteMamoudzou
NamibiaWindhoek
New CaledoniaNouméa
NigerNiamey
Norfolk IslandKingston
NigeriaAbuja
NicaraguaManagua
NiueAlofi
NetherlandsAmsterdam
NorwayOslo
NepalKathmandu
NauruYaren
New ZealandWellington
OmanMuscat
PakistanIslamabad
PanamaPanama City
Pitcairn IslandsAdamstown
PeruLima
PhilippinesManila
PalauNgerulmud
Papua New GuineaPort Moresby
PolandWarsaw
Puerto RicoSan Juan
North KoreaPyongyang
PortugalLisbon
ParaguayAsunción
PalestineRamallah
French PolynesiaPapeetē
QatarDoha
ReunionSaint Denis
RomaniaBucharest
RussiaMoscow
RwandaKigali
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
SudanKhartoum
SenegalDakar
SingaporeSingapore
South GeorgiaKing Edward Point
Svalbard and Jan MayenLongyearbyen
Solomon IslandsHoniara
Sierra LeoneFreetown
El SalvadorSan Salvador
San MarinoCity of San Marino
SomaliaMogadishu
Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Pierre
SerbiaBelgrade
South SudanJuba
Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome
SurinameParamaribo
SlovakiaBratislava
SloveniaLjubljana
SwedenStockholm
EswatiniLobamba
Sint MaartenPhilipsburg
SeychellesVictoria
SyriaDamascus
Turks and Caicos IslandsCockburn Town
ChadN'djamena
TogoLomé
ThailandBangkok
TajikistanDushanbe
TokelauFakaofo
TurkmenistanAshgabat
Timor LesteDili
TongaNuku'alofa
Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain
TunisiaTunis
TurkeyAnkara
TuvaluFunafuti
TaiwanTaipei
TanzaniaDodoma
UgandaKampala
UkraineKiev
United States Minor Outlying Islands
UruguayMontevideo
United StatesWashington D.c.
UzbekistanTashkent
Vatican CityVatican City
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown
VenezuelaCaracas
British Virgin IslandsRoad Town
United States Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie
VietnamHanoi
VanuatuPort Vila
Wallis and FutunaMata Utu
SamoaApia
YemenSanaa
South AfricaPretoria
ZambiaLusaka
ZimbabweHarare
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Capital cities are generally locations that serve as the centers of government, business, and education, making them population hubs and popular tourist destinations. While some countries, such as Italy and Germany, have multiple cities of cultural importance, others have just one major city that functions as a seat of government and cultural attraction. Some capital cities are more well-known that the countries in which they are located – for example, Iceland's capital city of Reykjavik is a highly popular tourist destination, famous for its hot springs, but most tourists do not widely explore large parts of the rest of the country.

In countries with ongoing conflicts, capital cities often experience the worst effects; indeed, there are instances of entire towns almost destroyed. Most recently, capital cities such as Afghanistan's Kabul and Iraq's Baghdad have suffered significant destruction. Conversely, Syria's capital city of Damascus has remained relatively stable through the ongoing conflict there, while a large part of the rest of the country has been severely damaged.

The largest capital city in the world is Beijing in China, with a vast population of more than twenty million (although this is still a small percentage of the overall population in China). The title of smallest capital city in the world goes to Ngerulmud in the tiny Pacific island country of Palau, with a community of around 400 people. Other states with little capital cities include Vatican City, with a population of 1000 and San Marino with approximately 4000 residents.

List of Capitals in World