List of capitals and largest cities by country Totally Explained

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This is a list of national capitals in the world in alphabetical order by country:

Countries

In case that the capital isn't the largest city, the third column gives the cities that are larger.

Country	Capital	Cities larger than the capital
A
Afghanistan	Kabul
Albania	Tirana
Algeria	Algiers
Andorra	Andorra la Vella
Angola	Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's
Argentina	Buenos Aires
Armenia	Yerevan
Australia	Canberra	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Gold Coast
Austria	Vienna
Azerbaijan	Baku
B
Bahamas	Nassau
Bahrain	Manama
Bangladesh	Dhaka
Barbados	Bridgetown
Belarus	Minsk
Belgium	Brussels
Belize	Belmopan	Belize City, Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo
Benin	Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (administrative)	Cotonou
Bhutan	Thimphu
Bolivia	Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)	Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz is larger than La Paz; La Paz is larger than Sucre; metropolitan La Paz is larger than Santa Cruz)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
Botswana	Gaborone
Brazil	Brasília	São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Recife, Salvador
Brunei Darussalam	Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria	Sofia
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou
Burundi	Bujumbura
C
Cambodia	Phnom Penh
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Douala
Canada	Ottawa	Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
Cape Verde	Praia
Central African Republic	Bangui
Chad	N'Djamena
Chile	Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative)	Santiago
China, People's Republic of	Beijing	Shanghai, Chongqing
Colombia	Bogotá
Comoros	Moroni
Congo Republic	Brazzaville
Congo Democratic Republic	Kinshasa
Costa Rica	San José
Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative)	Abidjan
Croatia	Zagreb
Cuba	Havana
Cyprus	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Prague
D
Denmark	Copenhagen
Djibouti	Djibouti City
Dominica	Roseau
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Santiago de los Caballeros, San Felipe de Puerto Plata, San Francisco de Macorís
E
East Timor	Dili
Ecuador	Quito	Guayaquil
Egypt	Cairo
El Salvador	San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo
Eritrea	Asmara
Estonia	Tallinn
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
F
Fiji	Suva
Finland	Helsinki
France	Paris
G
Gabon	Libreville
Gambia, The	Banjul
Georgia	Tbilisi
Germany	Berlin
Ghana	Accra
Greece	Athens
Grenada	St. George's
Guatemala	Guatemala City
Guinea	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
Guyana	Georgetown
H
Haiti	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Budapest
I
Iceland	Reykjavík
India	New Delhi	(Metropolitan area rank) Mumbai (Bombay)(1st), (Old) Delhi(2nd), Kolkata(3rd), Chennai(4th), Bangalore(5th), Hyderabad(6th), Ahmedabad, Pune, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kanpur, Nagpur, Vadodara, Cochin,Trivandrum (metropolitan ).
Indonesia	Jakarta
Iran	Tehran
Iraq	Baghdad
Ireland, Republic of	Dublin
Israel	Jerusalem
Italy	Rome
J
Jamaica	Kingston
Japan	Tokyo
Jordan	Amman
K
Kazakhstan	Astana	Almaty
Kenya	Nairobi
Kiribati	South Tarawa
Korea, North	Pyongyang
Korea, South	Seoul
Kuwait	Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek
L
Laos	Vientiane
Latvia	Riga
Lebanon	Beirut
Lesotho	Maseru
Liberia	Monrovia
Libya	Tripoli
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Schaan
Lithuania	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City
M
Macedonia	Skopje
Madagascar	Antananarivo
Malawi	Lilongwe	Blantyre
Malaysia	Putrajaya (administrative), Kuala Lumpur (legislative; de facto)	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	Malé
Mali	Bamako
Malta	Valletta	Birkirkara, Mosta, Qormi, Żabbar, St. Paul's Bay, Sliema, San Ġwann, Naxxar, Rabat, Żejtun, Żebbuġ, Fgura, Attard, Żurrieq, Ħamrun, Marsascala, Birzebbugia, Paola, Swieqi, Siġġiewi, St. Julian's, Msida, Tarxien, Mellieħa, Gżira, Rabat (Victoria)
Marshall Islands	Majuro
Mauritania	Nouakchott
Mauritius	Port Louis
Mexico	Mexico City
Micronesia	Palikir	Weno
Moldova	Chişinău
Monaco	Monaco-Ville	Monte-Carlo, La Condamine
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Podgorica
Morocco	Rabat	Casablanca
Mozambique	Maputo
Myanmar	Naypyidaw (Pyinmana)	Yangon, Mandalay etc
N
Namibia	Windhoek
Nauru	None (government offices in Yaren District)
Nepal	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative, legislative, and judicial)	Rotterdam (Larger than The Hague; Amsterdam is the largest city)
New Zealand	Wellington	Auckland, Christchurch, Manukau, North Shore, Waitakere
Nicaragua	Managua
Niger	Niamey
Nigeria	Abuja	Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Ilorin, Port Harcourt, Ogbomosho
Norway	Oslo
O
Oman	Muscat
P
Pakistan	Islamabad	Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Quetta
Palau	Melekeok	Koror
Panama	Panama City
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby
Paraguay	Asunción
Peru	Lima
Philippines	Manila	Quezon City (part of Metro Manila)
Poland	Warsaw
Portugal	Lisbon
Q
Qatar	Doha
R
Romania	Bucharest
Russia	Moscow
Rwanda	Kigali
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre
Saint Lucia	Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown
Samoa	Apia
San Marino	San Marino	Serravalle
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
Senegal	Dakar
Serbia	Belgrade
Seychelles	Victoria
Sierra Leone	Freetown
Singapore	Singapore
Slovakia	Bratislava
Slovenia	Ljubljana
Solomon Islands	Honiara
Somalia	Mogadishu
South Africa	Pretoria (official, and administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)	Johannesburg, Durban
Spain	Madrid
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (official), Colombo (legislative)	Kotte is suburb of Colombo
Sudan	Khartoum	Omdurman
Suriname	Paramaribo
Swaziland	Mbabane (official), Lobamba (legislative and royal)	Manzini
Sweden	Stockholm
Switzerland	Bern	Zürich, Geneva, Basel
Syria	Damascus
T
Taiwan	Taipei
Tajikistan	Dushanbe
Tanzania	Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (administrative)	Dar es Salaam, Mwanza
Thailand	Bangkok
Togo	Lomé
Tonga	Nukualofa
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	Chaguanas, San Fernando, San Juan
Tunisia	Tunis
Turkey	Ankara	Istanbul
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
Tuvalu	Funafuti
U
Uganda	Kampala
Ukraine	Kiev
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Dubai, Sharjah
United Kingdom	London	(note: The City of London is the second-smallest city in the United Kingdom. What is commonly regarded internationally as "London" is the City of London combined with the surrounding governmental area known as Greater London, which contains 32 boroughs surrounding "The City" proper. The British government is actually based in the City of Westminster.)
United States	Washington, D.C.	New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Detroit, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Columbus, Austin, Memphis, Ft. Worth, Baltimore, Charlotte, El Paso, Milwaukee, Boston, Seattle, Denver, (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area ranks 4th)
Uruguay	Montevideo
Uzbekistan	Tashkent
V
Vanuatu	Port Vila
Vatican City	Vatican City
Venezuela	Caracas
Vietnam	Hanoi	Ho Chi Minh City
Y
Yemen	Sanaá
Z
Zambia	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Harare

Dependent territories

List of capitals and larger cities of dependent territories:

Territory	Capital	Cities larger than the capital
A
Anguilla	The Valley
American Samoa	Pago Pago	Tafuna, Nu'uuli, Leone, Ili'ili, Aua
Aruba	Oranjestad
B
Bermuda	Hamilton
British Virgin Islands	Road Town
C
Cayman Islands	George Town
Christmas Island	The Settlement
Cook Islands	Avarua
F
Falkland Islands	Stanley
Faroe Islands	Tórshavn
French Guiana	Cayenne
French Polynesia	Papeete
G
Gibraltar	Gibraltar
Greenland	Nuuk
Guam	Hagåtña	Tamuning, Mangilao, Yigo and 15 others
Guernsey	St Peter Port
J
Jersey	Saint Helier
M
Man, Isle of	Douglas
Martinique	Fort-de-France
Mayotte	Mamoudzou
Montserrat	Plymouth	(Capital abandoned due to volcanic eruption)
N
Netherlands Antilles	Willemstad
New Caledonia	Nouméa
Niue	Alofi
Norfolk Island	Kingston	Burnt Pine
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan
P
Pitcairn Island	Adamstown
Puerto Rico	San Juan
R
Réunion	Saint-Denis
S
Saint Helena	Jamestown
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre
Svalbard	Longyearbyen
T
Tokelau	None
Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town
U
U.S. Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie
W
Wallis and Futuna	Matâ'Utu

Aspirant states

List of capitals of aspirant states: � Note: whilst these entities aspire to statehood and have significant territory, they're not recognised by a majority of other states, and don't have a seat at the United Nations

Entity	Capital	Cities larger than the capital
Abkhazia	Sukhumi
Biafra	Enugu
Kosovo	Priština
Kurdistan	Erbil
Nagorno Karabakh	Stepanakert
Northern Cyprus	Nicosia
South Ossetia	Tskhinvali
Somaliland	Hargeisa
Tamil Eelam	Killinochchi	Jaffna, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Vavuniya, Mannar
Transnistria	Tiraspol

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