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Below are the capital cities for all of the countries of the world. While most countries have one official capital, some countries also have different seats of government for various branches of their governmental system. For example a country may have an official capital and a:
In addition, several countries or territories listed below have no capital, but are instead governed by other countries. Where applicable, all of this information has been specified below in the format:
The countries are grouped into the following regions:
Africa
- Algeria - Algiers
- Angola - Luanda
- Bassas da India - administered from Paris (France)
- Benin - Porto-Novo (official capital), Cotonou (seat of government)
- Botswana - Gaborone
- Bouvet Island - administered from Oslo (Norway)
- Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
- Burundi - Bujumbura
- Cameroon - Yaounde
- Cape Verde - Praia
- Central African Republic - Bangui
- Chad - N'Djamena
- Comoros - Moroni
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa
- Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville
- Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official capital), Abidjan (administrative center of government)
- Djibouti - Djibouti
- Egypt - Cairo
- Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
- Eritrea - Asmara (formerly called Asmera)
- Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
- Europa Island - administered by France from its Reunion territory
- Gabon - Libreville
- Gambia, The - Banjul
- Ghana - Accra
- Glorioso Islands - administered by France from their Reunion territory
- Guinea - Conakry
- Guinea-Bissau - Bissau
- Juan de Nova Island - administered by France from their Reunion territory
- Kenya - Nairobi
- Lesotho - Maseru
- Liberia - Monrovia
- Libya - Tripoli
- Madagascar - Antananarivo
- Malawi - Lilongwe
- Mali - Bamako
- Mauritania - Nouakchott
- Mauritius - Port Louis
- Mayotte - Mamoutzou
- Morocco - Rabat
- Mozambique - Maputo
- Namibia - Windhoek
- Niger - Niamey
- Nigeria - Abuja
- Reunion - Saint-Denis
- Rwanda - Kigali
- Saint Helena - Jamestown
- Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome
- Senegal - Dakar
- Seychelles - Victoria
- Sierra Leone - Freetown
- Somalia - Mogadishu
- South Africa - Pretoria (official capital), Cape Town (legislative center), Bloemfontein (judicial center)
- Sudan - Khartoum
- Swaziland - Mbabane (official capital), Lobamba (royal and legislative capital)
- Tanzania - Dar es Salaam (current official capital), Dodoma (legislative capital, and possible future home of the official capital)
- Togo - Lome
- Tromelin Island - administered by France from their Reunion territory
- Tunisia - Tunis
- Uganda - Kampala
- Western Sahara - none
- Zambia - Lusaka
- Zimbabwe - Harare
Antarctica and surrounding region
Asia
Central America, Middle America, and the Caribbean
Europe
Middle East
North America
Oceania
- American Samoa - Pago Pago
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands - administered from Canberra (Australia)
- Australia - Canberra
- Baker Island - administered from Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Cook Islands - Avarua
- Coral Sea Islands - administered from Canberra (Australia)
- Fiji - Suva (aka Viti Levu)
- French Polynesia - Papeete
- Guam - Hagatna (aka Agana)
- Howland Island - administered from Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Jarvis Island - administered from Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Johnston Atoll - administered from Honolulu, Hawaii (United States)
- Kingman Reef - administered from Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Kiribati - Tarawa
- Marshall Islands - Majuro
- Micronesia, Federated States of - Palikir
- Midway Islands - administered from Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Nauru - no official capital, governmental offices are in the Yaren District
- New Caledonia - Noumea
- New Zealand - Wellington
- Niue - Alofi
- Norfolk Island - Kingston
- Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan
- Palau - Koror (a new capital is being built northeast of Koror)
- Palmyra Atoll - administered from Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Pitcairn Islands - Adamstown
- Samoa - Apia
- Solomon Islands - Honiara
- Tokelau - none - each atoll has its own administrative center
- Tonga - Nuku'alofa
- Tuvalu - Funafuti (official capital), Vaiaku Village (main administrative center)
- Vanuatu - Port-Vila (aka Efate)
- Wake Island - administered from Washington, DC (United States)
- Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu
South America
Southeast Asia
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