List of national capitals
A Abidjan C™te d'Ivoire (administrative) Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Abuja Nigeria Accra Ghana Addis Ababa Ethiopia Algiers Algeria Amman Jordan Amsterdam Netherlands (official) Andorra la Vella Andorra Ankara Turkey Antananarivo Madagascar Apia Samoa Ashgabat Turkmenistan Asmara Eritrea Astana Kazakhstan Asunci—n Paraguay Athens Greece Ê B Baghdad Iraq Baku Azerbaijan Bamako Mali Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Darussalam Bangkok Thailand Bangui Central African Republic Banjul The Gambia Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis Beijing People's Republic of China, see also Capital of China Beirut Lebanon Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro Belmopan Belize Berlin Germany Berne Switzerland Bishkek Kyrgyzstan Bissau Guinea-Bissau Bloemfontein South Africa (judicial) Bogot‡ Colombia Bras’lia Brazil Bratislava Slovakia Brazzaville Republic of the Congo Bridgetown Barbados Brussels Belgium Bucharest Romania Budapest Hungary Buenos Aires Argentina Bujumbura Burundi Ê C Cairo Egypt Canberra Australia Cape Town South Africa (legislative) Caracas Venezuela Castries Saint Lucia Chisinau Moldova Colombo Sri Lanka (official) Conakry Guinea Copenhagen Denmark Cotonou Benin (de facto) Ê D Dakar Senegal Damascus Syria Dar es Salaam Tanzania (administrative) Dhaka Bangladesh Dili East Timor Djibouti Djibouti Dodoma Tanzania (official) Doha Qatar Dublin Republic of Ireland Dushanbe Tajikistan Ê F Freetown Sierra Leone Funafuti Tuvalu Ê G Gaborone Botswana Georgetown Guyana Guatemala City Guatemala Ê H The Hague Netherlands (administrative) Hanoi Vietnam Harare Zimbabwe Havana Cuba Helsinki Finland Honiara Solomon Islands Ê I Islamabad Pakistan Ê J Jakarta Indonesia Jerusalem Israel (disputed; most countries recognize Tel Aviv instead) Ê K Kabul Afghanistan Kampala Uganda Kathmandu Nepal Khartoum Sudan Kiev Ukraine Kigali Rwanda Kingston Jamaica Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Koror Palau Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Kuwait City Kuwait Ê L La Paz Bolivia (official) Libreville Gabon Lilongwe Malawi Lima Peru Lisbon Portugal Ljubljana Slovenia LomŽ Togo London United Kingdom Luanda Angola Lusaka Zambia Luxembourg Luxembourg Ê M Madrid Spain Majuro Marshall Islands Malabo Equatorial Guinea MalŽ Maldives Managua Nicaragua Manama Bahrain Manila The Philippines Maputo Mozambique Maseru Lesotho Mbabane Swaziland Mexico City Mexico Minsk Belarus Mogadishu Somalia Monaco City Monaco Monrovia Liberia Montevideo Uruguay Moroni Comoros Moscow Russia Muscat Oman Ê N Nairobi Kenya Nassau Bahamas N'Djamena Chad New Delhi India Niamey Niger Nicosia Cyprus Nouakchott Mauritania Nuku'alofa Tonga Ê O Oslo Norway Ottawa Canada Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Ê P Palikir Micronesia Panama City Panama Paramaribo Suriname Paris France Phnom Penh Cambodia Port Louis Mauritius Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Port Vila Vanuatu Port-au-Prince Haiti Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago Porto-Novo Benin (official) Prague Czech Republic Praia Cape Verde Pretoria South Africa (official) P'yongyang North Korea Ê Q Quito Ecuador Ê R Rabat Morocco Rangoon Myanmar Reykjav’k Iceland Riga Latvia Riyadh Saudi Arabia Rome Italy Roseau Dominica Ê S San JosŽ Costa Rica San Marino San Marino San Salvador El Salvador Sana‡ Yemen Santiago Chile Santo Domingo Dominican Republic S‹o TomŽ S‹o TomŽ and Pr’ncipe Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Seoul South Korea Singapore Singapore Skopje Republic of Macedonia Sofia Bulgaria Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sri Lanka (legislative and judicial) St. George's Grenada St. John's Antigua and Barbuda Stockholm Sweden Sucre Bolivia (administrative) Suva Fiji Ê T Taipei Republic of China (a.k.a. Taiwan; see also Capital of China) (provisional) Tallinn Estonia Tarawa Kiribati Tashkent Uzbekistan Tbilisi Georgia Tegucigalpa Honduras Tehran Iran The Hague The Netherlands (administrative) Thimphu Bhutan Tirana Albania Tokyo Japan Tripoli Libya Tunis Tunisia Ê U Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Ê V Vaduz Liechtenstein Valletta Malta Vatican City Holy See Victoria Seychelles Vienna Austria Vientiane Laos Vilnius Lithuania Ê W Warsaw Poland Washington, DC United States of America Wellington New Zealand Windhoek Namibia Ê Y Yamoussoukro C™te d'Ivoire (official) YaoundŽ Cameroon Yerevan Armenia Ê Z Zagreb Croatia Historical list of national capitals In this list are cities that once where capitals, but now are not any more. That can be because the country ceased to exist, the capital moved, or the capital was renamed. Sorted on country and date. Former capital city Country, empire Since Until Change, reason alternated as Melbourne/Sydney Australia 1901 1908 capitals until Canberra became ready St. George Bermuda (Brit.) Ê 1815 moved to Hamilton Salvador da Ba’a Brazil Ê 1763 moved to Rio de (Portuguese) Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil Ê 1960 moved to Brasilia Belize City British HondurasÊ 1970 moved to Belmopan Kingston Canada 1841 1843 moved to Montreal MontrealÊ Canada 1843 1849 moved to Toronto Toronto Canada 1849 1859 moved to Quebec City Quebec City Canada 1859 1865 moved to Ottawa Datong China (Northern Ê 493 moved to Luoyang Wei Dynasty) Nanjing China (Ming Ê 15th moved to Beijing by Dynasty) century Yongle Anyang China see: Capital of China Chang'an Chongqing City Hangzhou Hao Luoyang Congo, LŽopoldville Democratic 1960 1966 renamed Kinshasa Republic of the Large-Bassam C™te d'Ivoire 1893 1900 moved to Bingerville Bingerville C™te d'Ivoire 1900 1933 moved to Abidjan Abidjan C™te d'Ivoire 1933 1983 moved to Yamoussoukro renamed Santo Ciudad Trujillo Dominican 1930 1961 Domingo after the Republic death of Trujillo Memphis Egypt Ê Ê Ê Winchester England 3rd 9th moved to London century? century Lavuka Fiji (Brit.) Ê Ê moved to Suva Bonn Germany 1949 1994 moved to Berlin Cape Coast Gold Coast Ê 1877 moved to Accra (Brit.) Nafplion Greece 1821 1836 moved to Athens Lahaina Hawaii (HawaiianÊ 1840 moved to Honolulu monarchy) Calcutta India (British) Ê 1912 moved to New Delhi Torino Italy, Kingdom 1861 1865 moved to Florence of Florence Italy, Kingdom 1865 1871 moved to Rome of Heijo-kyo (Nara) Japan (Nara Ê 784 Ê period) Kyoto Japan Ê 1868 moved to Tokyo Alma-Atta Kazakhstan 1992 1993 renamed Almaty Almaty (Alma-Atta) Kazakhstan 1993 1998 moved to Astana Cetinje Montenegro Ê 1946 moved to Podgorica Auckland New Zealand Ê 1865 moved to Wellington Lagos Nigeria Ê 1991 moved to Abuja Bergen Norway Ê 1299 moved to Oslo (medieval) Christiana Norway Ê 1924 renamed Oslo Karachi Pakistan Ê 1967 moved to Islamabad Quezon City Philippines 1948 1976 moved to Manila Guimar‹es Portugal, Ê 1255 Ê Kingdom of Saint Petersburg Russian empire Ê 1914 renamed Petrograd Petrograd Russia Ê 1918 moved to Moscow Dariyah Saudi state Ê 1818 moved to Riyadh Tulaghi Solomon Islands Ê Ê moved to Honiara New York City United States 1785 1790 moved to Philadelphia Philadelphia United States 1790 1800 moved to Washington, DC Bursa Ottoman empire 1335 1365 moved to Edirne moved to Edirne Ottoman empire 1365 1453 Constantinople (Istanbul) Constantinople Ottoman empire 1453 1923 country ceased to exist Port-of-Spain West Indies 1958 1962 country ceased to Federation exist
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