Sukhumi |
Abkhazia |
De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Republic of Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. |
Kabul |
Afghanistan |
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Episkopi Cantonment |
Akrotiri and Dhekelia |
British Overseas Territory |
Tirana |
Albania |
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Algiers |
Algeria |
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Pago Pago |
American Samoa |
Territory of the United States |
Andorra la Vella |
Andorra |
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Luanda |
Angola |
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The Valley |
Anguilla |
British Overseas Territory |
St. John’s |
Antigua and Barbuda |
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Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
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Yerevan |
Armenia |
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Oranjestad |
Aruba |
Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Georgetown |
Ascension Island |
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Canberra |
Australia |
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Vienna |
Austria |
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Baku |
Azerbaijan |
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Nassau |
Bahamas |
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Manama |
Bahrain |
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Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
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Bridgetown |
Barbados |
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Minsk |
Belarus |
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Brussels |
Belgium |
Also the de facto capital of the European Union |
Belmopan |
Belize |
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Porto-Novo (official)
Cotonou (de facto) |
Benin |
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Hamilton |
Bermuda |
British Overseas Territory |
Thimphu |
Bhutan |
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Sucre (constitutional)
La Paz (administrative) |
Bolivia |
La Paz is the highest administrative capital, higher than Quito.[7] |
Sarajevo |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Gaborone |
Botswana |
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Brasília |
Brazil |
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Road Town |
British Virgin Islands |
British Overseas Territory |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Brunei |
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Sofia |
Bulgaria |
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Ouagadougou |
Burkina Faso |
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Naypyidaw |
Burma |
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Bujumbura |
Burundi |
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia |
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Yaoundé |
Cameroon |
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Ottawa |
Canada |
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Praia |
Cape Verde |
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George Town |
Cayman Islands |
British Overseas Territory |
Bangui |
Central African Republic |
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N’Djamena |
Chad |
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Santiago (official)
Valparaíso (legislative) |
Chile |
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Beijing |
China [a] |
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Flying Fish Cove |
Christmas Island |
External territory of Australia |
West Island |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
External territory of Australia |
Bogotá |
Colombia |
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Moroni |
Comoros |
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Avarua |
Cook Islands |
Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. |
San José |
Costa Rica |
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Zagreb |
Croatia |
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Havana |
Cuba |
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Willemstad |
Curaçao |
Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Nicosia |
Cyprus |
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Prague |
Czech Republic |
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Kinshasa |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Copenhagen |
Denmark |
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Djibouti |
Djibouti |
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Roseau |
Dominica |
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Santo Domingo |
Dominican Republic |
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Dili |
East Timor (Timor-Leste) |
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Hanga Roa |
Easter Island |
Special territory of Chile |
Quito |
Ecuador |
Highest official capital.[7] |
Cairo |
Egypt |
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San Salvador |
El Salvador |
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Malabo |
Equatorial Guinea |
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Asmara |
Eritrea |
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Tallinn |
Estonia |
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Addis Ababa |
Ethiopia |
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Stanley |
Falkland Islands |
British Overseas Territory |
Tórshavn |
Faroe Islands |
Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm |
Palikir |
Federated States of Micronesia |
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Suva |
Fiji |
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Helsinki |
Finland |
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Paris |
France |
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Cayenne |
French Guiana |
Overseas department of France |
Papeete |
French Polynesia |
Overseas collectivity of France |
Libreville |
Gabon |
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Banjul |
Gambia |
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Tbilisi (official)
Kutaisi (legislative) |
Georgia |
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Berlin |
Germany |
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Accra |
Ghana |
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Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
British Overseas Territory |
Athens |
Greece |
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Nuuk |
Greenland |
Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm |
St. George’s |
Grenada |
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Hagåtña |
Guam |
Territory of the United States |
Guatemala City |
Guatemala |
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St. Peter Port |
Guernsey |
British Crown Dependency |
Conakry |
Guinea |
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Bissau |
Guinea-Bissau |
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Georgetown |
Guyana |
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Port-au-Prince |
Haiti |
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Tegucigalpa |
Honduras |
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Budapest |
Hungary |
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Reykjavík |
Iceland |
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New Delhi |
India |
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Jakarta |
Indonesia |
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Tehran |
Iran |
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Baghdad |
Iraq |
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Dublin |
Ireland |
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Douglas |
Isle of Man |
British Crown Dependency |
Jerusalem (declared, de facto)[f] |
Israel |
Jerusalem Law states that “Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel”, and the city serves as the seat of the government, home to the president’s residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament. United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 declared the Jerusalem Law “null and void” and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem. The United Nations and all member states maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya, and do not recognise Jerusalem as the capital.[3] Many countries officially adhere to the proposal that Jerusalem have international status, as called for in the Partition Plan of 1947.[4] The Palestinian National Authority claims East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. |
Rome |
Italy |
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Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (former capital; still has many government offices) |
Ivory Coast |
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Kingston |
Jamaica |
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Tokyo |
Japan |
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St. Helier |
Jersey |
British Crown Dependency |
Amman |
Jordan |
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Astana |
Kazakhstan |
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Nairobi |
Kenya |
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Tarawa |
Kiribati |
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Pristina |
Kosovo[g] |
De facto independent state that is recognised by 106 UN member states and by Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo. |
Kuwait City |
Kuwait |
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Bishkek |
Kyrgyzstan |
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Vientiane |
Laos |
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Riga |
Latvia |
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Beirut |
Lebanon |
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Maseru |
Lesotho |
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Monrovia |
Liberia |
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Tripoli |
Libya |
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Vaduz |
Liechtenstein |
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Vilnius |
Lithuania |
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Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
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Skopje |
Macedonia |
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Antananarivo |
Madagascar |
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Lilongwe |
Malawi |
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Kuala Lumpur (official, legislative and royal)
Putrajaya (administrative and judicial) |
Malaysia |
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Malé |
Maldives |
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Bamako |
Mali |
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Valletta |
Malta |
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Majuro |
Marshall Islands |
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Nouakchott |
Mauritania |
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Port Louis |
Mauritius |
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Mexico City |
Mexico |
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Chisinau |
Moldova |
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Monaco |
Monaco |
City-state |
Ulan Bator |
Mongolia |
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Podgorica (official)
Cetinje (seat of thePresident) |
Montenegro |
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Plymouth [d] (official)
Brades Estate (de facto) |
Montserrat |
British Overseas Territory |
Rabat |
Morocco |
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Maputo |
Mozambique |
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Stepanakert |
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
The self-declared country remains diplomatically unrecognised by UN-member states, including Armenia. Transnistria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia, all UN non-member states, recognise the state. |
Windhoek |
Namibia |
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Yaren (de facto) |
Nauru |
Country does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren. |
Kathmandu |
Nepal |
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Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
The Dutch constitution refers to Amsterdam as the “capital”. The Dutch government is located in The Hague. |
Nouméa |
New Caledonia |
Sui generis collectivity of France |
Wellington |
New Zealand |
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Managua |
Nicaragua |
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Niamey |
Niger |
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Abuja |
Nigeria |
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Alofi |
Niue |
Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. |
Kingston |
Norfolk Island |
External territory of Australia |
Pyongyang |
North Korea |
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Nicosia |
Northern Cyprus |
De facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.[6] |
Saipan |
Northern Mariana Islands |
Territory of the United States |
Oslo |
Norway |
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Muscat |
Oman |
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Islamabad |
Pakistan |
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Melekeok (official)
Ngerulmud (seat of government) |
Palau |
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Panama City |
Panama |
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Port Moresby |
Papua New Guinea |
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Asunción |
Paraguay |
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Lima[h] |
Peru |
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Manila |
Philippines |
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Adamstown |
Pitcairn Islands |
British Overseas Territory |
Warsaw |
Poland |
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Lisbon |
Portugal |
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San Juan |
Puerto Rico |
Territory of the United States |
Doha |
Qatar |
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Brazzaville |
Republic of the Congo |
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Bucharest |
Romania |
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Moscow |
Russia |
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Kigali |
Rwanda |
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El Aaiún (declared) |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [c] |
The Sahrawi Republic, recognised by 82 states, claims the mostly Moroccan controlled Western Sahara. Moroccan controlled territory includes El Aaiún, and Morocco claims all Sahrawi controlled territory. The Sahrawi government resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.[1] |
Gustavia |
Saint Barthélemy |
Overseas collectivity of France |
Jamestown |
Saint Helena |
British Overseas Territory |
Basseterre |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Castries |
Saint Lucia |
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Marigot |
Saint Martin |
Overseas collectivity of France |
St. Pierre |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Overseas collectivity of France |
Kingstown |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Apia |
Samoa |
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San Marino |
San Marino |
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Riyadh |
Saudi Arabia |
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Dakar |
Senegal |
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Belgrade |
Serbia |
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Victoria |
Seychelles |
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Freetown |
Sierra Leone |
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Singapore |
Singapore |
City-state |
Philipsburg |
Sint Maarten |
Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Bratislava |
Slovakia |
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Ljubljana |
Slovenia |
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Honiara |
Solomon Islands |
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Mogadishu |
Somalia |
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Hargeisa |
Somaliland [b] |
De facto independent state not diplomatically recognized by any other state, claimed in whole by the Somali Republic.[2] |
Pretoria (executive)
Bloemfontein (judicial)
Cape Town (legislative) |
South Africa |
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Grytviken |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
British Overseas Territory |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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Tskhinvali |
South Ossetia |
De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. |
Juba |
South Sudan |
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Madrid |
Spain |
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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte [e] (official)
Colombo (former capital; has some government offices) |
Sri Lanka |
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Jerusalem (declared)[f]
Ramallah and Gaza (de facto) |
State of Palestine |
The State of Palestine claims the territories occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The proclaimed state is currently occupied by Israel and has no effective control over the territories it claims. Administration is based in Ramallah and Gaza, rather than Jerusalem. Most members of the United Nations regard East Jerusalem as occupied territory, and theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League and the Non-Aligned Movement recognise it as the capital of a future Palestinian state.[5] |
Khartoum |
Sudan |
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Paramaribo |
Suriname |
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Mbabane (administrative)
Lobamba (royal and legislative) |
Swaziland |
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Stockholm |
Sweden |
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Bern |
Switzerland |
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Damascus |
Syria |
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São Tomé |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Taipei |
Taiwan |
Officially the Republic of China (ROC), it has been competing for recognition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the sole Chinese government since 1949. Taiwan controls the island of Taiwan and its associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas, and part of the Spratly Islands[8] The territory of Taiwan is claimed in whole by China.[9] The Republic of China participates in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, International Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei. |
Dushanbe |
Tajikistan |
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Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (former capital; some government offices remaining) |
Tanzania |
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Bangkok |
Thailand |
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Lomé |
Togo |
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Nukuʻalofa |
Tonga |
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Tiraspol |
Transnistria |
De facto independent state, not recognized by any UN-member, but by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Moldova as the Territorial Unit of Transnistria. |
Port of Spain |
Trinidad and Tobago |
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Edinburgh of the Seven Seas |
Tristan da Cunha |
British Overseas Territory |
Tunis |
Tunisia |
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Ankara |
Turkey |
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Ashgabat |
Turkmenistan |
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Cockburn Town |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
British Overseas Territory |
Funafuti |
Tuvalu |
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Kampala |
Uganda |
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Kiev |
Ukraine |
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Abu Dhabi |
United Arab Emirates |
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London |
United Kingdom |
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Washington, D.C. |
United States |
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Charlotte Amalie |
United States Virgin Islands |
Territory of the United States |
Montevideo |
Uruguay |
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Tashkent |
Uzbekistan |
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Port Vila |
Vanuatu |
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Vatican City |
Vatican City |
City-state |
Caracas |
Venezuela |
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Hanoi |
Vietnam |
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Mata-Utu |
Wallis and Futuna |
Overseas collectivity of France |
Sana’a |
Yemen |
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Lusaka |
Zambia |
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Harare |
Zimbabwe |