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{{Short description|Capital cities by country}}

This is a '''list of national capitals''', including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including [[Social:Associated state|associated state]]s and entities whose sovereignty is disputed.

The capitals included on this list are those associated with states or territories listed by the international standard [[ISO 3166-1]], or that are included in the list of states with limited recognition.

Sovereign states and observer states within the {{wipe|United Nations}} are shown in bold text.

== List ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!scope="col" style="width:130px;"|City/Town
!scope="col" style="width:200px;"|Country/Territory
!Continent
! class="sortable" |Notes
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| [[Place:Abidjan|Abidjan]] {{small|(former capital; still hosts some government offices)}}|| rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Ivory Coast|name=Ivory Coast}}''' (Côte d'Ivoire) 
| rowspan="2" |Africa|| rowspan="2" |Abidjan is the largest city in Ivory Coast and is officially designated as the economic capital.
|-
| [[Place:Yamoussoukro|Yamoussoukro]] {{small|(''de jure'')}}
|-
| [[Place:Abu Dhabi|Abu Dhabi]] || '''{{flaglist|United Arab Emirates}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Abuja|Abuja]] || '''{{flaglist|Nigeria}}''' 
|Africa|| [[Place:Lagos|Lagos]] was the capital from 1914 to 1991.
|-
| [[Place:Accra|Accra]] || '''{{flaglist|Ghana}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands|Adamstown]] || {{flaglist|Pitcairn Islands}} 
| || British Overseas Territory.
|-
| [[Place:Addis Ababa|Addis Ababa]] || '''{{flaglist|Ethiopia}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Aden|Aden]] {{small|(''de facto'', temporary)}}|| rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Yemen}}''' 
| rowspan="2" |Asia|| rowspan="2" | Due to the Yemeni civil war (2014–present), Sanaa has been occupied by Houthi rebels since September 2014. Aden, the former capital of [[Place:South Yemen|South Yemen]], is Yemen's acting capital.
|-
| [[Place:Sanaa|Sanaa]] {{small|(''de jure'')}}
|-
| [[Place:Algiers|Algiers]] || '''{{flaglist|Algeria}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Alofi|Alofi]] || {{flaglist|Niue}} 
| Oceania|| Self-governing in free association with [[Earth:New Zealand|New Zealand]]. Government offices are spread across both Alofi North and Alofi South.
|-
| [[Place:Amman|Amman]] || '''{{flaglist|Jordan}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Amsterdam|Amsterdam]] {{small|(official)}} || rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Netherlands}}''' 
| rowspan="2" |Europe|| rowspan="2" | The Dutch government is located in The Hague, which also hosts the monarch, government ministries, judiciary and diplomatic missions. See also: Capital of the Netherlands.
|-
| [[Place:The Hague|The Hague]] {{small|(''de facto'')}}
|-
| [[Place:Andorra la Vella|Andorra la Vella]] || '''{{flaglist|Andorra}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Ankara|Ankara]] || '''{{flaglist|Turkey}}''' 
|Asia||Ankara became the capital of the newly-formed Republic of Turkey in 1923, after the Turkish War of Independence. Istanbul was the capital of Turkey's predecessor, the [[Place:Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire]].
|-
| [[Place:Antananarivo|Antananarivo]] || '''{{flaglist|Madagascar}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Apia|Apia]] || '''{{flaglist|Samoa}}''' 
|Oceania||
|-
| [[Place:Ashgabat|Ashgabat]] || '''{{flaglist|Turkmenistan}}''' 
| Asia||
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| [[Place:Asmara|Asmara]] || '''{{flaglist|Eritrea}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Astana|Astana]] || '''{{flaglist|Kazakhstan}}''' 
|Asia|| Astana was named Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. [[Place:Almaty|Almaty]] was the capital from 1929 to 1997.
|-
| [[Place:Asunción|Asunción]] || '''{{flaglist|Paraguay}}''' 
|South America||
|-
| [[Place:Athens|Athens]] || '''{{flaglist|Greece}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Avarua|Avarua]] || {{flaglist|Cook Islands}} 
|Oceania|| Self-governing in free association with [[Earth:New Zealand|New Zealand]]. The capital is sometimes incorrectly stated as Rarotonga, the island on which Avarua is located.
|-
| [[Place:Baghdad|Baghdad]] || '''{{flaglist|Iraq}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Baku|Baku]] || '''{{flaglist|Azerbaijan}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Bamako|Bamako]] || '''{{flaglist|Mali}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Bandar Seri Begawan|Bandar Seri Begawan]] || '''{{flaglist|Brunei}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Bangkok|Bangkok]] || '''{{THA}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Bangui|Bangui]] || '''{{flaglist|Central African Republic}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Banjul|Banjul]] || '''{{flaglist|Gambia|name=Gambia}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Basseterre|Basseterre]] || '''{{flaglist|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}''' 
|North America||
|-
| [[Place:Beijing|Beijing]] || '''{{CHN}}''' 
|Asia|| See also: Historical capitals of China.
|-
| [[Place:Beirut|Beirut]] || '''{{flaglist|Lebanon}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Belgrade|Belgrade]] || '''{{flaglist|Serbia}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Belmopan|Belmopan]] || '''{{flaglist|Belize}}''' 
|North America|| Belize City was the capital of Belize's predecessor, British Honduras.
|-
| [[Place:Berlin|Berlin]] || '''{{flaglist|Germany}}''' 
|Europe|| [[Place:Bonn|Bonn]] was the capital of West Germany and remained the [[Earth:Seat of government|seat of government]] for reunified Germany until 1999, and is still the primary seat of six ministries. See also: Capital of Germany. 
|-
| [[Place:Bern|Bern]] {{Small|(''de facto'')}}|| '''{{flaglist|Switzerland}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Bishkek|Bishkek]] || '''{{flaglist|Kyrgyzstan}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Bissau|Bissau]] || '''{{flaglist|Guinea-Bissau}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Bloemfontein|Bloemfontein]] {{small|(judicial)}} || rowspan="3" | '''{{flaglist|South Africa}}''' 
| rowspan="3" |Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Cape Town|Cape Town]] {{small|(legislative)}} ||
|-
| [[Place:Pretoria|Pretoria]] {{small|(executive)}} ||
|-
| [[Place:Bogotá|Bogotá]] || '''{{flaglist|Colombia}}''' 
|South America||
|-
| [[Place:Brades|Brades]] {{small|(''de facto'')}}|| rowspan="2" | {{flaglist|Montserrat}} 
| rowspan="2" | North America|| rowspan="2" | British Overseas Territory. Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the [[Earth:Soufrière Hills|Soufrière Hills]] volcano in 1997. Government offices since then have been moved to [[Place:Brades|Brades]], which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat. A new capital, [[Place:Little Bay, Montserrat|Little Bay]], is currently under construction.
|-
| [[Place:Plymouth, Montserrat|Plymouth]] {{small|(''de jure'')}}
|-
| [[Engineering:Brasília|Brasília]] || '''{{flaglist|Brazil}}''' 
|South America||Rio de Janeiro was the capital until 1960. See also: Capitals of Brazil.
|-
| [[Place:Bratislava|Bratislava]] || '''{{flaglist|Slovakia}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Brazzaville|Brazzaville]] || '''{{flaglist|Congo}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Bridgetown|Bridgetown]] || '''{{flaglist|Barbados}}''' 
| North America||
|-
| [[Place:City of Brussels|Brussels]] || '''{{flaglist|Belgium}}''' 
|Europe||Brussels also serves as ''de facto'' capital of the {{Flaglist|European Union}}.
|-
| [[Place:Bucharest|Bucharest]] || '''{{flaglist|Romania}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Budapest|Budapest]] || '''{{flaglist|Hungary}}''' 
|Europe||See also: [[Place:List of historical capitals of Hungary|List of historical capitals of Hungary]].
|-
| [[Place:Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]] || '''{{flaglist|Argentina}}''' 
|South America||
|-
|[[Place:Cairo|Cairo]]||'''{{flaglist|Egypt}}'''
|Africa||A new capital is being built at the [[Place:New Administrative Capital|New Administrative Capital]]. It might be named Egypt. See also: [[Place:List of historical capitals of Egypt|List of historical capitals of Egypt]].
|-
|[[Place:Canberra|Canberra]]||'''{{flaglist|Australia}}'''
|Oceania|| Planned city built to overcome the rivalry between [[Place:Melbourne|Melbourne]] (''de facto'' capital at the time) and [[Place:Sydney|Sydney]] (economic capital and largest population center), which were both put forward as potential capitals for the nation in the Australasia Federation Conventions of the 1890s. Section 125 of the Constitution gives basic details about the location of the capital, size of the encompassing territory and so forth, while the Seat of Government Act 1908 specified its precise location.
|-
|[[Place:Caracas|Caracas]]||'''{{flaglist|Venezuela|state}}'''
|South America||
|-
| [[Place:Castries|Castries]] || '''{{flaglist|Saint Lucia}}''' 
|North America||
|-
| [[Place:Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands|Charlotte Amalie]] || {{flaglist|United States Virgin Islands}} 
|North America|| Territory of the United States.
|-
| [[Place:Chișinău|Chișinău]] || '''{{flaglist|Moldova}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Cockburn Town|Cockburn Town]] || {{flaglist|Turks and Caicos Islands}} 
| North America|| British Overseas Territory.
|-
| [[Place:Colombo|Colombo]] {{small|(executive, judicial)}} || rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Sri Lanka}}''' 
| rowspan="2" |Asia|| Until the 1982, the capital was Colombo, where many governmental institutions still remain, and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. See also: Capital of Sri Lanka.
|-
| [[Place:Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte|Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]] {{small|(official)}} || Also known as Kotte, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a [[Engineering:Suburb|suburb]] of Colombo.
|-
| [[Place:Conakry|Conakry]] || '''{{flaglist|Guinea}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Copenhagen|Copenhagen]] || '''{{flaglist|Denmark}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| Cotonou {{small|(de facto)}} || rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Benin}}''' 
| rowspan="2" |Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Porto-Novo|Porto-Novo]] {{small|(official)}} ||
|-
| [[Place:Dakar|Dakar]] || '''{{flaglist|Senegal}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Damascus|Damascus]] || '''{{flaglist|Syria}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Dhaka|Dhaka]] || '''{{flaglist|Bangladesh}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Dili|Dili]] || '''{{flaglist|East Timor|name=East Timor}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Djibouti City|Djibouti]] || '''{{flaglist|Djibouti}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Dodoma|Dodoma]]
|'''{{flaglist|Tanzania}}'''
|Africa||[[Place:Dar es Salaam|Dar es Salaam]], the former capital and largest city, continues to host some government ministries, the judiciary, and diplomatic missions.
|-
| [[Place:Doha|Doha]] || '''{{flaglist|Qatar}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]] || {{flaglist|Isle of Man}} 
|Europe|| British Crown Dependency.
|-
| [[Place:Dublin|Dublin]] || '''{{flaglist|Ireland}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Dushanbe|Dushanbe]] || '''{{flaglist|Tajikistan}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Flying Fish Cove|Flying Fish Cove]] || {{flaglist|Christmas Island}} 
|Oceania|| External territory of {{wipe|Australia}}.
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| [[Place:Freetown|Freetown]] || '''{{flaglist|Sierra Leone}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Funafuti|Funafuti]] || '''{{flaglist|Tuvalu}}''' 
|Oceania||
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| [[Place:Gaborone|Gaborone]] || '''{{flaglist|Botswana}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]] || {{flaglist|Cayman Islands}} 
|North America|| British Overseas Territory.
|-
| Georgetown || {{flaglist|Ascension Island}} 
| || Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
|-
| [[Place:Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] || '''{{flaglist|Guyana}}''' 
|South America||
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| [[Place:Gibraltar|Gibraltar]] || {{flaglist|Gibraltar}} 
|Europe|| British Overseas Territory, [[Earth:City-state|city-state]].
|-
| [[Place:Gitega|Gitega]] {{small|(''de jure'')}}|| rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Burundi}}''' 
| rowspan="2" |Africa|| rowspan="2" | Bujumbura was the capital from 1962 to 2018.
|-
| [[Place:Bujumbura|Bujumbura]] {{small|(''de facto'')}}
|-
| [[Place:Guatemala City|Guatemala City]] || '''{{flaglist|Guatemala}}''' 
|North America||
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| [[Place:Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy|Gustavia]] || {{flaglist|Saint Barthélemy|local}} 
| || Overseas collectivity of {{wipe|France}}.
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| Hagåtña || {{flaglist|Guam}} 
|Oceania|| Territory of the United States.
|-
| [[Place:Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]] || {{flaglist|Bermuda}} 
|North America|| British Overseas Territory.
|-
| [[Place:Hanoi|Hanoi]] || '''{{VIE}}''' 
|Asia||See also: [[Place:List of historical capitals of Vietnam|List of historical capitals of Vietnam]].
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| [[Place:Harare|Harare]] || '''{{ZIM}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Hargeisa|Hargeisa]] || {{flaglist|Somaliland}} 
|Africa|| ''De facto'' independent state recognized by the UN as ''de jure'' part of Somalia.
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| [[Place:Havana|Havana]] || '''{{flaglist|Cuba}}''' 
|North America||
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| [[Place:Helsinki|Helsinki]] || '''{{flaglist|Finland}}''' 
|Europe||
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| [[Place:Honiara|Honiara]] || '''{{flaglist|Solomon Islands}}''' 
| Oceania||Honiara is a settlement on the island of Guadalcanal.
|-
| [[Place:Islamabad|Islamabad]] || '''{{flaglist|Pakistan}}''' 
|Asia|| [[Place:Karachi|Karachi]] was selected as the first capital of Pakistan and served as such from 1948 until the capital was shifted to [[Place:Rawalpindi|Rawalpindi]] in 1958. Rawalpindi served as an interim capital for almost a decade until the construction of Islamabad was complete; the capital became Islamabad in 1967.
|-
|[[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]]
|  '''{{INA}}''' 
|Asia|| A new purpose-built city named [[Place:Nusantara (planned city)|Nusantara]] in Kalimantan is planned to replace Jakarta as the national capital from the mid-2020s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/indonesia-new-capital-city-borneo-forests-jakarta|title=Indonesia announces site of capital city to replace sinking Jakarta|work=The Guardian|date=26 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-18 |title=Indonesia names new capital that will replace Jakarta |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60037163 |access-date=2022-05-29}}</ref>
|-
| [[Place:Jamestown, Saint Helena|Jamestown]] || {{flaglist|Saint Helena}} 
| || Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Place:Jerusalem|Jerusalem]]
|'''{{flaglist|Israel}}'''
|Asia
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Palestine}}'''
|Asia
|-
| Ramallah {{small|(''de facto'')}}
|
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| [[Place:Juba|Juba]] || '''{{flaglist|South Sudan}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Kabul|Kabul]] || '''{{flaglist|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|name=Afghanistan}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Kampala|Kampala]] || '''{{flaglist|Uganda}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Kathmandu|Kathmandu]] || '''{{flaglist|Nepal}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Khartoum|Khartoum]] || '''{{flaglist|Sudan}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Kigali|Kigali]] || '''{{flaglist|Rwanda}}''' 
|Africa||
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| King Edward Point || {{flaglist|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands}} 
| || British Overseas Territory.
|-
| [[Place:Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] || '''{{flaglist|Jamaica}}''' 
| North America||
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| [[Place:Kingston, Norfolk Island|Kingston]] || {{flaglist|Norfolk Island}} 
| Oceania|| External territory of {{wipe|Australia}}.
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| Kingstown || '''{{flaglist|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}''' 
| North America||
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| [[Place:Kinshasa|Kinshasa]] || '''{{flaglist|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Kuala Lumpur|Kuala Lumpur]] {{small|(''de jure'', legislative and royal)}}|| rowspan="2" | '''{{MAS}}''' 
| rowspan="2" |Asia||
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| [[Place:Putrajaya|Putrajaya]] {{small|(administrative and judicial)}} ||
|-
| [[Place:Kuwait City|Kuwait City]] || '''{{flaglist|Kuwait}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Kyiv|Kyiv]] || '''{{flaglist|Ukraine}}''' 
|Europe||
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| [[Place:La Paz|La Paz]] {{small|(administrative)}} || rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Bolivia}}''' 
| rowspan="2" |South America|| [[Place:La Paz|La Paz]] is the [[Place:List of capital cities by elevation|highest administrative capital]] (3,650 m) in the world, higher than Quito.<ref name="Highest"/>
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| [[Place:Sucre|Sucre]] {{small|(constitutional)}} ||
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| [[Place:Laayoune|Laayoune]] {{small|(declared)}} || rowspan="2" | {{flaglist|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic|name=Western Sahara}} 
| rowspan="2" |Africa|| rowspan="2" | The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), recognized by {{Numrec|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} UN member states and South Ossetia, claims the mostly Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara. Moroccan-controlled territory includes Laayoune, and Morocco claims all Sahrawi-controlled territory. Tifariti is the current [[Earth:Temporary capital|temporary capital]] of the SADR (formerly Bir Lehlou). Some government and military structures reside in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wi.html|title=CIA - The World Factbook -- Western Sahara|date=June 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612210735/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wi.html|archive-date=2007-06-12}}</ref> See also: Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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| [[Place:Tifariti|Tifariti]] {{small|(''de facto'')}}
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| [[Place:Libreville|Libreville]] || '''{{flaglist|Gabon}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Lilongwe|Lilongwe]] || '''{{flaglist|Malawi}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Lima|Lima]] || '''{{flaglist|Peru|state}}''' 
|South America|| Cusco is declared the "historical capital" ({{lang-es|capital histórica}}), a merely symbolic statement, by Article 49 of the Peruvian Constitution. [[Place:Arequipa|Arequipa]] is dubbed the "legal capital" of Peru for being the seat of the Constitutional Court.
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| [[Place:Lisbon|Lisbon]] || '''{{POR}}''' 
|Europe||
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| [[Place:Ljubljana|Ljubljana]] || '''{{flaglist|Slovenia}}''' 
|Europe||
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| [[Place:Lobamba|Lobamba]] {{small|(royal and legislative)}} || rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Eswatini}}''' 
| rowspan="2" |Africa||
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| [[Place:Mbabane|Mbabane]] {{small|(administrative)}} ||
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| [[Place:Lomé|Lomé]] || '''{{flaglist|Togo}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:London|London]] || '''{{UK}}''' 
|Europe|| Prior to the Acts of Union in 1707, London was the capital of England only; Edinburgh was the capital of the [[History:Kingdom of Scotland|Kingdom of Scotland]]. The United Kingdom also includes the subdivisions of {{Flagu|England}} (capital London), {{Flagu|Scotland}} (capital [[Place:Edinburgh|Edinburgh]]), {{Flagu|Wales}} (capital [[Place:Cardiff|Cardiff]]), {{Flagu|Northern Ireland}} (capital [[Place:Belfast|Belfast]]).
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|[[Place:London|London]] {{Small|(administration)}}
| rowspan="2" |{{Flaglist|British Indian Ocean Territory}}
|
| rowspan="2" |British Overseas Territory. Officially, the British Indian Ocean Territory is administered from London,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governance {{!}} British Indian Ocean Territory |url=https://www.biot.gov.io/governance/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=www.biot.gov.io}}</ref> though some consider the capital to be Diego Garcia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) |url=https://islandstudies.com/files/2016/11/British-Indian-Ocean-Territory-BIOT.pdf |website=Island Studies |publisher=[[Organization:University of Prince Edward Island|University of Prince Edward Island]]}}</ref>
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| Diego Garcia {{Small|(''de facto'')}} 
|
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| [[Place:Luanda|Luanda]] || '''{{flaglist|Angola}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Lusaka|Lusaka]] || '''{{flaglist|Zambia}}''' 
|Africa||
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| Luxembourg || '''{{flaglist|Luxembourg}}''' 
|Europe||
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| [[Place:Madrid|Madrid]] || '''{{flaglist|Spain}}''' 
|Europe||
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| [[Place:Majuro|Majuro]] || '''{{flaglist|Marshall Islands}}''' 
| Oceania||Self-governing in [[Social:Associated state|free association]] with the {{wipe|United States}}. The seat of government is at [[Place:Delap-Uliga-Djarrit|Delap-Uliga-Djarrit]], a settlement on the atoll of Majuro.
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| [[Place:Malabo|Malabo]] || '''{{flaglist|Equatorial Guinea}}''' 
|Africa|| [[Place:Ciudad de la Paz|Ciudad de la Paz]] is currently under construction and will become the new capital when complete.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fortin |first=Jacey |date=19 December 2012 |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/poverty-stricken-equatorial-guinea-builds-expensive-capital-city-middle-nowhere-949224 |title=Poverty-Stricken Equatorial Guinea Builds Expensive Capital City In The Middle Of Nowhere|website=International Business Times }}</ref>
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| [[Place:Malé|Malé]] || '''{{flaglist|Maldives}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Managua|Managua]] || '''{{flaglist|Nicaragua}}''' 
|North America||
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| [[Place:Manama|Manama]] || '''{{flaglist|Bahrain}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Manila|Manila]] || '''{{PHI}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Maputo|Maputo]] || '''{{flaglist|Mozambique}}''' 
|Africa||
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| Mariehamn || {{flaglist|Åland Islands}} 
|Europe|| Autonomous region of {{wipe|Finland}}.
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| [[Place:Marigot, Saint Martin|Marigot]] || {{flaglist|Saint Martin|local}} 
| || Overseas collectivity of {{wipe|France}}.
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| [[Place:Maseru|Maseru]] || '''{{flaglist|Lesotho}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Mata Utu|Mata Utu]] || {{flaglist|Wallis and Futuna|local}} 
| || Overseas collectivity of {{wipe|France}}.
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| [[Place:Mexico City|Mexico City]] || '''{{flaglist|Mexico}}''' 
|North America||
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| [[Place:Minsk|Minsk]] || '''{{flaglist|Belarus}}''' 
|Europe||
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| [[Place:Mogadishu|Mogadishu]] || '''{{flaglist|Somalia}}''' 
|Africa||
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| Monaco || '''{{flaglist|Monaco}}''' 
|Europe|| [[Earth:City-state|City-state]]. Monaco does not have an official capital designated in its constitution; however, the Commune of Monaco, the country's only commune, is coterminous with the nation, making it the ''de facto'' capital.<ref name="Gouvernement Princier Principauté de Monaco">{{cite web |title=Constitution of the Principality |url=https://en.gouv.mc/Government-Institutions/Institutions/Constitution-of-the-Principality |website=Gouvernement Princier Principauté de Monaco |publisher=Principauté de Monaco |access-date=28 February 2020 |language=en |date=17 December 1962}}</ref><ref name="Britannica">{{cite web |title=Monaco |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Monaco |website=Britannica |access-date=28 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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| [[Place:Monrovia|Monrovia]] || '''{{flaglist|Liberia}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Montevideo|Montevideo]] || '''{{flaglist|Uruguay}}''' 
|South America||
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| [[Place:Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]] || '''{{flaglist|Comoros}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Moscow|Moscow]] || '''{{flaglist|Russia}}''' 
|Europe||
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| Muscat || '''{{OMA}}''' 
|Asia||
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| [[Place:Nairobi|Nairobi]] || '''{{flaglist|Kenya}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] || '''{{flaglist|Bahamas, The}}''' 
| North America||
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| [[Place:Naypyidaw|Naypyidaw]] || '''{{MYA}}''' 
|Asia||[[Place:Yangon|Yangon]] was the capital until 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nay Pyi Taw {{!}} national capital, Myanmar {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Nay-Pyi-Taw |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> See also: List of capitals of Myanmar.
|-
| [[Place:N'Djamena|N'Djamena]] || '''{{flaglist|Chad}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:New Delhi|New Delhi]] || '''{{IND}}''' 
|Asia|| [[Place:Kolkata|Kolkata]] was the capital of {{wipe|India}} until 1911 during the [[History:British Raj|British Raj]].
|-
| [[Place:Ngerulmud|Ngerulmud]] || '''{{flaglist|Palau}}''' 
| Oceania|| Self-governing in [[Social:Associated state|free association]] with the {{wipe|United States}}. Koror City was the capital of Palau until 2006. 
|-
| [[Place:Niamey|Niamey]] || '''{{flaglist|Niger}}''' 
|Africa||
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| rowspan="2" | [[Place:Nicosia|Nicosia]] || '''{{flaglist|Cyprus}}'''<br> 
| rowspan="2" |Europe
| rowspan="2" |Nicosia is a divided capital, split between Cyprus, which claims the whole city, and the internationally unrecognized breakaway state of Northern Cyprus.
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|{{flaglist|Northern Cyprus}}
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| [[Place:Nouakchott|Nouakchott]] || '''{{flaglist|Mauritania}}''' 
|Africa||
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| [[Place:Nouméa|Nouméa]] || {{flagdeco|New Caledonia|local}} [[Earth:New Caledonia|New Caledonia]] 
| || Overseas territory of {{wipe|France}}.
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| [[Place:Nukuʻalofa|Nukuʻalofa]] || '''{{flaglist|Tonga}}''' 
| Oceania||
|-
| [[Place:Nuuk|Nuuk]] || {{flaglist|Greenland}} 
|North America|| Self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
|-
| [[Place:Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] || {{flaglist|Aruba}} 
| South America|| Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
|-
| [[Place:Oslo|Oslo]] || '''{{NOR}}''' 
|Europe||See also: [[Place:List of historical capitals of Norway|List of historical capitals of Norway]].
|-
| [[Place:Ottawa|Ottawa]] || '''{{CAN}}''' 
|North America||
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| [[Place:Ouagadougou|Ouagadougou]] || '''{{flaglist|Burkina Faso}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Pago Pago|Pago Pago]] || {{flaglist|American Samoa}} 
| Oceania|| Territory of the {{wipe|United States}}.
|-
| [[Place:Palikir|Palikir]] || '''{{flaglist|Micronesia|name=Micronesia}}''' 
| Oceania|| Self-governing in [[Social:Associated state|free association]] with the {{wipe|United States}}. [[Place:Kolonia|Kolonia]] is the former capital; and {{wipe|Australia}}, {{wipe|China}}, {{wipe|Japan}} and the {{wipe|United States}} retain embassies there.
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| [[Place:Panama City|Panama City]] || '''{{flaglist|Panama}}''' 
| North America||
|-
| [[Place:Papeete|Papeete]] || {{flaglist|French Polynesia}} 
| || Overseas collectivity of {{wipe|France}}.
|-
| [[Place:Paramaribo|Paramaribo]] || '''{{flaglist|Suriname}}''' 
| South America||
|-
| [[Place:Paris|Paris]] || '''{{FRA}}''' 
|Europe||See also: List of Capitals of France.
|-
| [[Place:Philipsburg, Sint Maarten|Philipsburg]] || {{flaglist|Sint Maarten}} 
| || Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
|-
| [[Place:Phnom Penh|Phnom Penh]] || '''{{CAM}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
|[[Place:Podgorica|Podgorica]]
|'''{{flaglist|Montenegro}}'''
|Europe
|[[Place:Cetinje|Cetinje]] has been designated the "Old Royal Capital" and is the present seat of the President.
|-
| [[Place:Port Louis|Port Louis]] || '''{{flaglist|Mauritius}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Port Moresby|Port Moresby]] || '''{{flaglist|Papua New Guinea}}''' 
| Oceania||
|-
| [[Place:Port of Spain|Port of Spain]] || '''{{flaglist|Trinidad and Tobago}}''' 
| South America||
|-
| [[Place:Port Vila|Port Vila]] || '''{{flaglist|Vanuatu}}''' 
| Oceania||
|-
| [[Place:Port-au-Prince|Port-au-Prince]] || '''{{flaglist|Haiti}}''' 
| North America||
|-
| [[Place:Prague|Prague]] || '''{{CZE}}''' 
|Europe|| The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic is located in Brno.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-30 |title=Countries With More Than One Capital City |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/countries-with-more-than-one-capital-city.html |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=WorldAtlas |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| [[Place:Praia|Praia]] || '''{{flaglist|Cape Verde}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Pristina|Pristina]] || {{flaglist|Kosovo}} 
|Europe|| ''De facto'' independent state that is recognized by {{Numrec|Kosovo}} UN member states, Taiwan, the Cook Islands and Niue. Claimed in whole by Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Kosovo has ''de facto'' control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.
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| [[Place:Pyongyang|Pyongyang]] || '''{{PRK}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Quito|Quito]] || '''{{flaglist|Ecuador}}''' 
|South America|| [[Place:List of capital cities by elevation|Highest official capital]] (2,850 m).<ref name = "Highest">{{cite news|url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/19/amazonia-or-bust/#ftn3 |title=Amazonia or Bust! |last=Jacobs |first=Frank |newspaper=New York Times |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref>
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| [[Place:Rabat|Rabat]] || '''{{flaglist|Morocco}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Reykjavík|Reykjavík]] || '''{{flaglist|Iceland}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Riga|Riga]] || '''{{flaglist|Latvia}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Riyadh|Riyadh]] || '''{{KSA}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Road Town|Road Town]] || {{flaglist|British Virgin Islands}} 
| || British Overseas Territory.
|-
| [[Place:Rome|Rome]] || '''{{flaglist|Italy}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Roseau|Roseau]] || '''{{flaglist|Dominica}}''' 
| North America||
|-
| Rothera || {{flaglist|British Antarctic Territory}} 
| || British Overseas Territory
|-
| [[Place:Saipan|Saipan]] || {{flaglist|Northern Mariana Islands|2020}} 
| || Territory of the {{wipe|United States}}. The seat of government is at Capitol Hill, a settlement on the island of Saipan.
|-
| [[Place:San José, Costa Rica|San José]] || '''{{flaglist|Costa Rica|state}}''' 
| North America||
|-
| [[Place:San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] || {{flaglist|Puerto Rico}} 
| North America|| Territory of the {{wipe|United States}}.
|-
| [[Place:City of San Marino|San Marino]] || '''{{flaglist|San Marino}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:San Salvador|San Salvador]] || '''{{flaglist|El Salvador}}''' 
| North America||
|-
| [[Place:Santiago|Santiago]]|| '''{{flaglist|Chile}}''' 
|South America||The National Congress of Chile is located in Valparaíso.
|-
| [[Place:Santo Domingo|Santo Domingo]] || '''{{flaglist|Dominican Republic}}''' 
| North America||
|-
| [[Place:São Tomé|São Tomé]] || '''{{flaglist|São Tomé and Príncipe}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Sarajevo|Sarajevo]] || '''{{flaglist|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Seoul|Seoul]] || '''{{KOR}}''' 
|Asia||On 2 July 2012, some functions of government moved to [[Place:Sejong City|Sejong City]], which became the ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
|-
| [[Place:Singapore|Singapore]] || '''{{SIN}}''' 
|Asia|| [[Earth:City-state|City-state]].
|-
| [[Place:Skopje|Skopje]] || '''{{flaglist|North Macedonia|name=North Macedonia}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Sofia|Sofia]] || '''{{flaglist|Bulgaria}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:South Tarawa|South Tarawa]] || '''{{KIR}}''' 
| Oceania||South Tarawa is a settlement on the atoll of [[Place:Tarawa|Tarawa]].
|-
| [[Place:St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]] || '''{{flaglist|Grenada}}''' 
| North America||
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| St. Helier || {{flaglist|Jersey}} 
| || {{wipe|United Kingdom}} Crown Dependency.
|-
| [[Place:St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]] || '''{{flaglist|Antigua and Barbuda}}''' 
| North America||
|-
| St. Peter Port || {{flaglist|Guernsey}} 
| || {{wipe|United Kingdom}} Crown Dependency.
|-
| St. Pierre || {{flaglist|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|local}} 
| || Overseas collectivity of {{wipe|France}}.
|-
| [[Place:Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]] || {{flaglist|Falkland Islands}} 
| South America|| British Overseas Territory.
|-
| [[Place:Stockholm|Stockholm]] || '''{{flaglist|Sweden}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Sukhumi|Sukhumi]] || {{flaglist|Abkhazia}} 
| Asia/Europe|| ''De facto'' independent state recognized by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Syria. Claimed in whole by [[Place:Georgia (country)|Georgia]] as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
|-
| [[Place:Suva|Suva]] || '''{{flaglist|Fiji}}''' 
| Oceania||
|-
| [[Place:Taipei|Taipei]] || {{flaglist|Taiwan}} 
|Asia|| Officially the Republic of China, it has been competing for recognition with the {{wipe|China}} 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.<ref name="Spratly" group="Note">Sovereignty over the Spratly Islands is disputed by the PRC, the ROC, Vietnam, the {{wipe|Philippines}} (part), Malaysia (part), and Brunei (part).</ref> Its territory is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China.<ref name="TAI2" group=Note>In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and set up a provisional capital in Taipei. The CCP established the People's Republic. As such, the political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan (alongside the territories under ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. In 1971, the {{wipe|United Nations}} gave the China seat to the PRC instead of the ROC: most states recognize the PRC to be the sole legitimate representative of all China, and the UN classifies Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates Taiwan independence.</ref> The Republic of China participates in the [[Organization:World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the [[Organization:World Trade Organization|World Trade Organization]], the International Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei.
|-
| [[Place:Tallinn|Tallinn]] || '''{{flaglist|Estonia}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Tashkent|Tashkent]] || '''{{UZB}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Tbilisi|Tbilisi]] || '''{{flaglist|Georgia}}''' 
|Asia/Europe||From 2012 to 2018, Kutaisi served as Georgia's legislative capital. Additionally, Mtskheta is sometimes called an "ancient capital" of Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mtskheta {{!}} Ancient Capital, UNESCO Site {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mtskheta |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgia marks day of ancient capital Mtskheta, Svetitskhoveli UNESCO monument |url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/3999 |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=Agenda.ge}}</ref>
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| [[Place:Tegucigalpa|Tegucigalpa]] || rowspan="2" | '''{{flaglist|Honduras}}''' 
| rowspan="2" | North America|| rowspan="2" |Comayagüela is declared in the Honduran Constitution as co-official capital with Tegucigalpa.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-07-05 |title=Constitution of Honduras |url=http://congreso.gob.hn/constituciones/CONSTITUCION%201982%20DECRETO%20131-82.pdf |access-date=2022-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705043950/http://congreso.gob.hn/constituciones/CONSTITUCION%201982%20DECRETO%20131-82.pdf |archive-date=2010-07-05 |language=es}}</ref> They have since merged into a single urban area.
|-
|Comayagüela
|-
| [[Place:Tehran|Tehran]] || '''{{flaglist|Iran}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Thimphu|Thimphu]] || '''{{flaglist|Bhutan}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Tirana|Tirana]] || '''{{flaglist|Albania}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| Tiraspol || {{flaglist|Transnistria|state}} 
|Europe|| ''De facto'' independent state, not recognized by any UN-member, but by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by Moldova as the autonomous territorial unit of Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester
|-
| [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]] || '''{{JPN}}''' 
|Asia||See also: [[Place:Capital of Japan|Capital of Japan]].
|-
| [[Place:Tórshavn|Tórshavn]] || {{flaglist|Faroe Islands}} 
|Europe|| Self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
|-
| [[Place:Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] || '''{{flaglist|Libya}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| Tskhinvali || {{flaglist|South Ossetia}} 
| Asia/Europe|| ''De facto'' independent state recognized by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Syria. Claimed in whole by [[Place:Georgia (country)|Georgia]] as the Provisional Administration of South Ossetia.
|-
| [[Place:Tunis|Tunis]] || '''{{flaglist|Tunisia}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Ulaanbaatar|Ulaanbaatar]] || '''{{flaglist|Mongolia}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Vaduz|Vaduz]] || '''{{flaglist|Liechtenstein}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Valletta|Valletta]] || '''{{flaglist|Malta}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:The Valley, Anguilla|The Valley]] || {{flaglist|Anguilla}} 
| || British Overseas Territory.
|-
| [[Religion:Vatican City|Vatican City]] || '''{{flaglist|Vatican City}}''' 
|Europe|| [[Earth:City-state|City-state]].
|-
| [[Place:Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] || '''{{flaglist|Seychelles}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Vienna|Vienna]] || '''{{flaglist|Austria}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Vientiane|Vientiane]] || '''{{LAO}}''' 
| Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Vilnius|Vilnius]] || '''{{flaglist|Lithuania}}''' 
|Europe||
|-
| [[Place:Warsaw|Warsaw]] || '''{{flaglist|Poland}}''' 
|Europe||Former capitals listed in: Template:Historical capitals of Poland.
|-
| [[Place:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]] || '''{{US}}''' 
|North America||The capital of the United States has moved multiple times. See also: National capitals of the United States.
|-
| [[Place:Wellington|Wellington]] || '''{{NZL}}''' 
|Oceania|| Since 1865. Wellington is New Zealand's third capital. See also: Capital of New Zealand.
|-
| [[Place:West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands|West Island]] || {{flaglist|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}} 
| || External territory of {{wipe|Australia}}.
|-
| [[Place:Willemstad|Willemstad]] || {{flaglist|Curaçao}} 
| || Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
|-
| [[Place:Windhoek|Windhoek]] || '''{{flaglist|Namibia}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| [[Place:Yaoundé|Yaoundé]] || '''{{flaglist|Cameroon}}''' 
|Africa||
|-
| Yaren {{small|(''de facto'')}}|| '''{{flaglist|Nauru}}''' 
| Oceania|| Nauru has no official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren.
|-
| [[Place:Yerevan|Yerevan]] || '''{{flaglist|Armenia}}''' 
|Asia||
|-
| [[Place:Zagreb|Zagreb]] || '''{{CRO}}''' 
|Europe||
|}

== See also ==
* [[Place:List of countries with multiple capitals|List of countries with multiple capitals]]
* [[Place:List of purpose-built national capitals|List of purpose-built national capitals]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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[[Category:Lists of capitals| Alphabetical]]

{{Sourceattribution|List of national capitals}}