With a capital C

A youngster I know is quite interested in geography, and the latest fascination is with capital cities. Wikipedia has a nicely compiled list. Here are the countries of the world and their capital cities.

It’s interesting to note that some countries have more than one capital – eg South Africa has three. Some have an official capital, but a de facto one in another town (such as Bolivia). The list also includes the capitals of some dependent territories.

• 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
• Austria - Vienna
• Azerbaijan - Baku
• Bahamas - Nassau
• Bahrain - Manama
• Bangladesh - Dhaka
• Barbados - Bridgetown
• Belarus - Minsk
• Belgium - Brussels
• Belize - Belmopan
• Benin - Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (de facto)
• Bhutan - Thimphu
• Bolivia - Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo
• Botswana - Gaborone
• Brazil - Brasília
• Brunei Darussalam - Bandar Seri Begawan
• Bulgaria - Sofia
• Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
• Burundi - Bujumbura
• Cambodia - Phnom Penh
• Cameroon - Yaoundé
• Canada - Ottawa
• Cape Verde - Praia
• Central African Republic - Bangui
• Chad - N'Djamena
• Chile - Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative)
• China, People's Republic of - Beijing
• Colombia - Bogotá
• Comoros - Moroni
• Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa
• Costa Rica - San José
• Côte d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative)
• Croatia - Zagreb
• Cuba - Havana
• Cyprus - Nicosia
• Czech Republic - Prague
• Denmark - Copenhagen
• Djibouti - Djibouti City
• Dominica - Roseau
• Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
• East Timor - Dili
• Ecuador - Quito
• Egypt - Cairo
• El Salvador - San Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
• Eritrea - Asmara
• Estonia - Tallinn
• Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
• Fiji - Suva
• Finland - Helsinki
• France - Paris
• 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
• Haiti - Port-au-Prince
• Honduras - Tegucigalpa
• Hungary - Budapest
• Iceland - Reykjavík
• India - New Delhi
• Indonesia - Jakarta
• Iran - Tehran
• Iraq - Baghdad
• Ireland - Dublin
• Israel - Jerusalem (disputed)
• Italy - Rome
• Jamaica - Kingston
• Japan - Tokyo
• Jordan - Amman
• Kazakhstan - Astana
• Kenya - Nairobi
• Kiribati - South Tarawa
• Korea, North - Pyongyang
• Korea, South - Seoul
• Kuwait - Kuwait City
• Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
• Laos - Vientiane
• Latvia - Riga
• Lebanon - Beirut
• Lesotho - Maseru
• Liberia - Monrovia
• Libya - Tripoli
• Liechtenstein - Vaduz
• Lithuania - Vilnius
• Luxembourg - Luxembourg City
• Macedonia, FYR - Skopje
• Madagascar - Antananarivo
• Malawi - Lilongwe
• Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
• Maldives - Malé
• Mali - Bamako
• Malta - Valletta
• Marshall Islands - Majuro
• Mauritania - Nouakchott
• Mauritius - Port Louis
• Mexico - Mexico City
• Micronesia - Palikir
• Moldova - Chişinău
• Monaco - Monaco
• Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
• Montenegro - Podgorica
• Morocco - Rabat
• Mozambique - Maputo
• Myanmar - Naypyidaw
• Namibia - Windhoek
• Nauru - None (Government offices in Yaren District)
• Nepal - Kathmandu
• Netherlands - Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative, legislative, and judicial)
• New Zealand - Wellington
• Nicaragua - Managua
• Niger - Niamey
• Nigeria - Abuja
• Norway - Oslo
• Oman - Muscat
• Pakistan - Islamabad
• Palau - Koror
• Panama - Panama City
• Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
• Paraguay - Asunción
• Peru - Lima
• The Philippines - Manila
• Poland - Warsaw
• Portugal - Lisbon
• Qatar - Doha
• Romania - Bucharest
• Russia - Moscow
• Rwanda - Kigali
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
• Saint Lucia - Castries
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown
• Samoa - Apia
• San Marino - San Marino
• 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)
• Spain - Madrid
• Sri Lanka - Colombo (official), Kotté (legislative and judicial)
• Sudan - Khartoum
• Suriname - Paramaribo
• Swaziland - Mbabane
• Sweden - Stockholm
• Switzerland - Bern
• Syria - Damascus
• Taiwan (Republic of China) - Taipei
• Tajikistan - Dushanbe
• Tanzania - Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (administrative)
• Thailand - Bangkok
• Togo - Lomé
• Tonga - Nuku'alofa
• Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain
• Tunisia - Tunis
• Turkey - Ankara
• Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
• Tuvalu - Funafuti
• Uganda - Kampala
• Ukraine - Kyiv
• United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
• United Kingdom - London
• United States - Washington, D.C.
• Uruguay - Montevideo
• Uzbekistan - Tashkent
• Vanuatu - Port Vila
• Vatican City - Vatican City
• Venezuela - Caracas
• Vietnam - Hanoi
• Yemen - Sanaá
• Zambia - Lusaka
• Zimbabwe - Harare

Some dependent territories and their capitals

• Anguilla - The Valley
• Andalusia - Seville
• American Samoa - Fagatogo
• Aosta Valley - Aosta
• Aragon - Zaragoza
• Aruba - Oranjestad
• Basque Country - Vitoria
• Bermuda - Hamilton
• British Virgin Islands - Road Town
• Catalonia - Barcelona
• Cayman Islands - George Town
• Christmas Island - The Settlement
• Cook Islands - Avarua
• Corse - Ajaccio
• Falkland Islands - Stanley
• Faroe Islands - Tórshavn
• French Guiana - Cayenne
• French Polynesia - Papeete
• Galicia - Santiago de Compostela
• Gibraltar - Gibraltar
• Greenland - Nuuk
• Guam - Hagåtña
• Guernsey - St Peter Port
• Jersey - Saint Helier
• Madeira - Funchal
• Man, Isle of - Douglas
• Martinique - Fort-de-France
• Mayotte - Mamoudzou
• Montserrat - Plymouth
• Netherlands Antilles - Willemstad
• New Caledonia - Nouméa
• Niue - Alofi
• Norfolk Island - Kingston
• Northern Ireland - Belfast
• Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan
• Pitcairn Island - Adamstown
• Puerto Rico - San Juan
• Réunion - St. Denis
• Saint Helena - Jamestown
• Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - Saint-Pierre
• Sardinia - Cagliari
• Scotland - Edinburgh
• Sicily - Palermo
• Svalbard - Longyearbyen
• Tokelau - None
• Turks and Caicos Islands - Cockburn Town
• U.S. Virgin Islands - Charlotte Amalie
• Wallis and Futuna - Matâ'Utu
• Wales - Cardiff