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Country
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Capital
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Afghanistan
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Kabul
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Akrotiri
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Episkopi; also serves as capital of Dhekelia
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Albania
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Tirana
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Algeria
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Algiers
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American Samoa
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Pago Pago
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Andorra
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Andorra la Vella
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Angola
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Luanda
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Anguilla
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The Valley
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Saint John's (Antigua)
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Armenia
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Yerevan
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Aruba
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Oranjestad
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Australia
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Canberra
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Austria
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Vienna
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Azerbaijan
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Baku (Baki)
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Bahamas, The
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Nassau
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Bahrain
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Manama
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Bangladesh
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Dhaka
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Barbados
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Bridgetown
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Belarus
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Minsk
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Belgium
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Brussels
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Belize
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Belmopan
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Benin
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Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government
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Bermuda
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Hamilton
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Bhutan
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Thimphu
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Bolivia
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La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sarajevo
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Botswana
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Gaborone
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Brazil
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Brasilia
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British Virgin Islands
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Road Town
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Brunei
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Bandar Seri Begawan
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Bulgaria
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Sofia
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Burkina Faso
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Ouagadougou
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Burma
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Rangoon (government refers to the capital as Yangon)
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Burundi
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Bujumbura
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Cambodia
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Phnom Penh
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Cameroon
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Yaounde
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Canada
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Ottawa
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Cape Verde
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Praia
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Cayman Islands
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George Town
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Central African Republic
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Bangui
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Chad
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N'Djamena
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Chile
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Santiago
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China
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Beijing
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Christmas Island
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The Settlement
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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West Island
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Colombia
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Bogota
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Comoros
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Moroni
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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Kinshasa
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Congo, Republic of the
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Brazzaville
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Cook Islands
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Avarua
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Costa Rica
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San Jose
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
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Croatia
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Zagreb
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Cuba
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Havana
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Cyprus
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Nicosia
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Czech Republic
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Prague
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Denmark
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Copenhagen
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Dhekelia
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Episkopi; located in Akrotiri
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Djibouti
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Djibouti
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Dominica
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Roseau
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Dominican Republic
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Santo Domingo
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East Timor
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Dili
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Ecuador
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Quito
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Egypt
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Cairo
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El Salvador
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San Salvador
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Equatorial Guinea
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Malabo
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Eritrea
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Asmara
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Estonia
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Tallinn
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Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa
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European Union
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Brussels, Belgium
note: the Council of the European Union meets in Brussels, the European Parliament meets in Strasbourg, France, and the Court of Justice of the European Communities meets in Luxembourg
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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Stanley
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Faroe Islands
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Torshavn
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Fiji
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Suva (Viti Levu)
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Finland
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Helsinki
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France
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Paris
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French Guiana
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Cayenne
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French Polynesia
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Papeete
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Gabon
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Libreville
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Gambia, The
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Banjul
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Georgia
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T'bilisi
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Germany
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Berlin
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Ghana
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Accra
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Gibraltar
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Gibraltar
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Greece
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Athens
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Greenland
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Nuuk (Godthab)
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Grenada
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Saint George's
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Guadeloupe
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Basse-Terre
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Guam
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Hagatna (Agana)
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Guatemala
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Guatemala
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Guernsey
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Saint Peter Port
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Guinea
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Conakry
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Guinea-Bissau
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Bissau
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Guyana
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Georgetown
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Haiti
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Port-au-Prince
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Holy See (Vatican City)
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Vatican City
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Honduras
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Tegucigalpa
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Hungary
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Budapest
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Iceland
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Reykjavik
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India
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New Delhi
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Indonesia
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Jakarta
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Iran
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Tehran
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Iraq
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Baghdad
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Ireland
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Dublin
|
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Israel
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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
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Rome
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Jamaica
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Kingston
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Japan
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Tokyo
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Jersey
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Saint Helier
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Jordan
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'Amman
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Kazakhstan
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Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
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Kenya
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Nairobi
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Kiribati
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Tarawa
|
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Korea, North
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Pyongyang
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Korea, South
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Seoul
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Kuwait
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Kuwait
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Kyrgyzstan
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Bishkek
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Laos
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Vientiane
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Latvia
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Riga
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Lebanon
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Beirut
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Lesotho
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Maseru
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Liberia
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Monrovia
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Libya
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Tripoli
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Liechtenstein
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Vaduz
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Lithuania
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Vilnius
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Luxembourg
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Luxembourg
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Macedonia
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Skopje
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Madagascar
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Antananarivo
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Malawi
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Lilongwe
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Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur
note: Putrajaya is referred to as administrative center not capital; Parliament meets in Kuala Lumpur
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Maldives
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Male
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Mali
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Bamako
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Malta
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Valletta
|
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Man, Isle of
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Douglas
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Marshall Islands
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Majuro
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Martinique
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Fort-de-France
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Mauritania
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Nouakchott
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Mauritius
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Port Louis
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Mayotte
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Mamoutzou
|
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Mexico
|
Mexico (Distrito Federal)
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Micronesia, Federated States of
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Palikir
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Moldova
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Chisinau
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Monaco
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Monaco
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Mongolia
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Ulaanbaatar
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Montserrat
|
Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat)
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Morocco
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Rabat
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Mozambique
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Maputo
|
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Namibia
|
Windhoek
|
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Nauru
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no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
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Nepal
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Kathmandu
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Netherlands
|
Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government
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Netherlands Antilles
|
Willemstad; note - located on Curacao, the largest of the islands
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New Caledonia
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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
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Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now moved to Abuja
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Niue
|
Alofi
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Norfolk Island
|
Kingston
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Northern Mariana Islands
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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
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Manila
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Pitcairn Islands
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Adamstown
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Poland
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Warsaw
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Portugal
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Lisbon
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Puerto Rico
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San Juan
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Qatar
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Doha
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Reunion
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Saint-Denis
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Romania
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Bucharest
|
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Russia
|
Moscow
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Rwanda
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Kigali
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Saint Helena
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Jamestown
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Basseterre
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Saint Lucia
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Castries
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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Saint-Pierre
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Kingstown
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Samoa
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Apia
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San Marino
|
San Marino
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Sao Tome
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Saudi Arabia
|
Riyadh
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Senegal
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Dakar
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Serbia and Montenegro
|
Belgrade
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Seychelles
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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
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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; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis
|
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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
|
Grand Turk
|
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Tuvalu
|
Funafuti; note - administrative offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet
|
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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 (Efate)
|
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Venezuela
|
Caracas
|
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Vietnam
|
Hanoi
|
|
Virgin Islands
|
Charlotte Amalie
|
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
|
|
Western Sahara
|
none
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Yemen
|
Sanaa
|
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Zambia
|
Lusaka
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Zimbabwe
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Harare
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