List of Capitals
The capital city of every country and territory in the world — search, filter by continent, sort, or take the quiz.
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About this list of capital cities
This list includes all UN member states plus observer states, partially recognised states and dependent territories — about 250 entries in total. Tick “Sovereign states only” to hide dependencies. Click a column header to sort, and use the search box to find a country or a capital (accents are ignored, so “bogota” finds Bogotá).
Countries with more than one capital
A few countries split government functions between cities. South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial). Bolivia’s constitutional capital is Sucre while the government sits in La Paz, and the Netherlands’ capital is Amsterdam although the government is in The Hague. Where the data lists several capitals, all are shown.
Capital quiz
Switch to the quiz tab to practise: you get a flag and a country name and pick the right capital from four choices taken from the same continent, which makes it a little harder. Your best streak is remembered on this device.
Data: world-countries by Mohammed Le Doze, ODbL 1.0.