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Country
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Capital City
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Afghanistan: |
Kabul
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Albania: |
Tirana
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Algeria: |
Algiers
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American Samoa: |
Pago Pago
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Andorra: |
Andorra la Vella
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Angola: |
Luanda
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Anguilla: |
The Valley
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Antigua and Barbuda: |
Saint John's
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Argentina: |
Buenos Aires
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Armenia: |
Yerevan
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Aruba: |
Oranjestad
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Australia: |
Canberra
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Austria: |
Vienna
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Azerbaijan: |
Baku (Baki)
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Bahamas, The: |
Nassau
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Bahrain: |
Manama
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Bangladesh: |
Dhaka
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Barbados: |
Bridgetown
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Belarus: |
Minsk
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Belgium: |
Brussels
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Belize: |
Belmopan
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Benin: |
Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government
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Bermuda: |
Hamilton
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Bhutan: |
Thimphu
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Bolivia: |
La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
Sarajevo
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Botswana: |
Gaborone
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Brazil: |
Brasilia
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British Virgin Islands: |
Road Town
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Brunei: |
Bandar Seri Begawan
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Bulgaria: |
Sofia
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Burkina Faso: |
Ouagadougou
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Burma: |
Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)
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Burundi: |
Bujumbura
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Cambodia: |
Phnom Penh
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Cameroon: |
Yaounde
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Canada: |
Ottawa
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Cape Verde: |
Praia |
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Cayman Islands: |
George Town
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Central African Republic: |
Bangui
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Chad: |
N'Djamena
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Chile: |
Santiago
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China: |
Beijing
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Christmas Island: |
The Settlement
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands: |
West Island
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Colombia: |
Bogota
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Comoros: |
Moroni
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
Kinshasa
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Congo, Republic of the: |
Brazzaville
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Cook Islands: |
Avarua
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Costa Rica: |
San Jose
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Cote d'Ivoire: |
Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative center.
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Croatia: |
Zagreb
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Cuba: |
Havana
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Cyprus: |
Nicosia
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Czech Republic: |
Prague
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Denmark: |
Copenhagen
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Djibouti: |
Djibouti
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Dominica: |
Roseau
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Dominican Republic: |
Santo Domingo
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Ecuador: |
Quito
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Egypt: |
Cairo
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El Salvador: |
San Salvador
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Equatorial Guinea: |
Malabo
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Eritrea: |
Asmara (formerly Asmera)
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Estonia: |
Tallinn
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Ethiopia: |
Addis Ababa
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): |
Stanley
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Faroe Islands: |
Torshavn
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Fiji: |
Suva
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Finland: |
Helsinki
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France: |
Paris
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French Guiana: |
Cayenne
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French Polynesia: |
Papeete
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Gabon: |
Libreville
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Gambia, The: |
Banjul
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Georgia: |
T'bilisi |
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Germany: |
Berlin
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Ghana: |
Accra
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Gibraltar: |
Gibraltar
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Greece: |
Athens
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Greenland: |
Nuuk (Godthab)
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Grenada: |
Saint George's
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Guadeloupe: |
Basse-Terre
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Guam: |
Hagatna (Agana)
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Guatemala: |
Guatemala
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Guernsey: |
Saint Peter Port
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Guinea: |
Conakry
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Guinea-Bissau: |
Bissau
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Guyana: |
Georgetown
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Haiti: |
Port-au-Prince
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Holy See (Vatican City): |
Vatican City
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Honduras: |
Tegucigalpa
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Hungary: |
Budapest
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Iceland: |
Reykjavik
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India: |
New Delhi
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Indonesia: |
Jakarta
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Iran: |
Tehran
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Iraq: |
Baghdad
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Ireland: |
Dublin
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Israel: |
Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
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Italy: |
Rome
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Jamaica: |
Kingston
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Japan: |
Tokyo
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Jersey: |
Saint Helier
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Jordan: |
Amman
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Kazakhstan: |
Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
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Kenya: |
Nairobi
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Kiribati: |
Tarawa
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Korea, North: |
Pyongyang
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Korea, South: |
Seoul
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Kuwait: |
Kuwait
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Kyrgyzstan: |
Bishkek
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Laos: |
Vientiane
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Latvia: |
Riga
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Lebanon: |
Beirut
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Lesotho: |
Maseru
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Liberia: |
Monrovia
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Libya: |
Tripoli
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Liechtenstein: |
Vaduz
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Lithuania: |
Vilnius
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Luxembourg: |
Luxembourg
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
Skopje
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Madagascar: |
Antananarivo
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Malawi: |
Lilongwe
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Malaysia: |
Kuala Lumpur
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Maldives: |
Male
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Mali: |
Bamako
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Malta: |
Valletta
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Man, Isle of: |
Douglas
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Marshall Islands: |
Majuro
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Martinique: |
Fort-de-France
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Mauritania: |
Nouakchott
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Mauritius: |
Port Louis
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Mayotte: |
Mamoutzou
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Mexico: |
Mexico
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Micronesia, Federated States of: |
Palikir
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Moldova: |
Chisinau
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Monaco: |
Monaco
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Mongolia: |
Ulaanbaatar
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Montserrat: |
Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades)
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Morocco: |
Rabat
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Mozambique: |
Maputo
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Namibia: |
Windhoek
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Nauru: |
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
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Nepal: |
Kathmandu
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Netherlands: |
Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government
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Netherlands Antilles: |
Willemstad
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New Caledonia: |
Noumea
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New Zealand: |
Wellington
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Nicaragua: |
Managua
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Niger: |
Niamey
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Nigeria: |
Abuja - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja
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Niue: |
Alofi
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Norfolk Island: |
Kingston
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Northern Mariana Islands: |
Saipan
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Norway: |
Oslo
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Oman: |
Muscat
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Pakistan: |
Islamabad
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Palau: |
Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror
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Panama: |
Panama
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Papua New Guinea: |
Port Moresby
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Paraguay: |
Asuncion
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Peru: |
Lima
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Philippines: |
Manila
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Pitcairn Islands: |
Adamstown
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Poland: |
Warsaw
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Portugal: |
Lisbon
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Puerto Rico: |
San Juan
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Qatar: |
Doha
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Reunion: |
Saint-Denis
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Romania: |
Bucharest
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Russia: |
Moscow
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Rwanda: |
Kigali
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Saint Helena: |
Jamestown
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Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
Basseterre
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Saint Lucia: |
Castries
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
Saint-Pierre
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
Kingstown
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Samoa: |
Apia
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San Marino: |
San Marino
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Sao Tome and Principe: |
Sao Tome
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Saudi Arabia: |
Riyadh
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Senegal: |
Dakar
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Seychelles: |
Victoria
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Sierra Leone: |
Freetown
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Singapore: |
Singapore
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Slovakia: |
Bratislava
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Slovenia: |
Ljubljana
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Solomon Islands: |
Honiara
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Somalia: |
Mogadishu
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South Africa: |
Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center
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Spain: |
Madrid
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Sri Lanka: |
Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital
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Sudan: |
Khartoum
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Suriname: |
Paramaribo
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Svalbard: |
Longyearbyen
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Swaziland: |
Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital
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Sweden: |
Stockholm
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Switzerland: |
Bern
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Syria: |
Damascus
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Taiwan: |
Taipei
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Tajikistan: |
Dushanbe
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Tanzania: |
Dar es Salaam - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital
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Thailand: |
Bangkok
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Togo: |
Lome
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Tokelau: |
none; each atoll has its own administrative center
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Tonga: |
Nuku'alofa
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Trinidad and Tobago: |
Port-of-Spain
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Tunisia: |
Tunis
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Turkey: |
Ankara
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Turkmenistan: |
Ashgabat
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Turks and Caicos Islands: |
Cockburn Town (on Grand Turk)
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Tuvalu: |
Funafuti
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Uganda: |
Kampala
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Ukraine: |
Kiev (Kyyiv)
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United Arab Emirates: |
Abu Dhabi
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United Kingdom: |
London
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United States: |
Washington, DC
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Uruguay: |
Montevideo
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Uzbekistan: |
Tashkent (Toshkent)
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Vanuatu: |
Port-Vila
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Venezuela: |
Caracas
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Vietnam: |
Hanoi
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Virgin Islands: |
Charlotte Amalie
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Wallis and Futuna: |
Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
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Western Sahara: |
Laayoune
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Yemen: |
Sanaa
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Yugoslavia: |
Belgrade
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Zambia: |
Lusaka
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Zimbabwe: |
Harare
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