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A capital is usually the seat of government; some countries split roles (e.g. South Africa) or have constitutional vs administrative capitals. List follows common references.
World country/region capitals reference, 249 entries (245 with a designated capital).
| Country/region | 2-letter | Capital (English) | Capital (Chinese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | CN | Beijing | Beijing |
| Afghanistan | AF | Kabul | Kabul |
| Aland | AX | Mariehamn | Mariehamn |
| Albania | AL | Tirana | Tirana |
| Algeria | DZ | Algiers | Algiers |
| American Samoa | AS | Pago Pago | Pago Pago |
| Andorra | AD | Andorra la Vella | Andorra la Vella |
| Angola | AO | Luanda | Luanda |
| Anguilla | AI | The Valley | The Valley |
| Antarctica | AQ | — | — |
| Antigua and Barbuda | AG | Saint John's | Saint John's |
| Argentina | AR | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires |
| Armenia | AM | Yerevan | Yerevan |
| Aruba | AW | Oranjestad | Oranjestad |
| Ascension Island | AC | Georgetown | Georgetown |
| Australia | AU | Canberra | Canberra |
| Austria | AT | Vienna | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | AZ | Baku | Baku |
| Bahamas | BS | Nassau | Nassau |
| Bahrain | BH | Manama | Manama |
| Bangladesh | BD | Dhaka | Dhaka |
| Barbados | BB | Bridgetown | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | BY | Minsk | Minsk |
| Belgium | BE | Brussels | Brussels |
| Belize | BZ | Belmopan | Belmopan |
| Benin | BJ | Porto-Novo | Porto-Novo |
| Bermuda | BM | Hamilton | Hamilton |
| Bhutan | BT | Thimphu | Thimphu |
| Bolivia | BO | Sucre | Sucre |
| Bonaire | BQ | Kralendijk | Kralendijk |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BA | Sarajevo | Sarajevo |
| Botswana | BW | Gaborone | Gaborone |
| Bouvet Island | BV | — | — |
| Brazil | BR | Brasília | Brasília |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | IO | Diego Garcia | Diego Garcia |
| British Virgin Islands | VG | Road Town | Road Town |
| Brunei | BN | Bandar Seri Begawan | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria | BG | Sofia | Sofia |
| Burkina Faso | BF | Ouagadougou | Ouagadougou |
| Burundi | BI | Gitega | Gitega |
| Cambodia | KH | Phnom Penh | Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon | CM | Yaoundé | Yaoundé |
| Canada | CA | Ottawa | Ottawa |
| Cape Verde | CV | Praia | Praia |
| Cayman Islands | KY | George Town | George Town |
| Central African Republic | CF | Bangui | Bangui |
| Chad | TD | N'Djamena | N'Djamena |
| Chile | CL | Santiago | Santiago |
| Christmas Island | CX | Flying Fish Cove | Flying Fish Cove |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | CC | West Island | West Island |
| Colombia | CO | Bogotá | Bogotá |
| Comoros | KM | Moroni | Moroni |
| Cook Islands | CK | Avarua | Avarua |
| Costa Rica | CR | San José | San José |
| Croatia | HR | Zagreb | Zagreb |
| Cuba | CU | Havana | Havana |
| Curacao | CW | Willemstad | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | CY | Nicosia | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | CZ | Prague | Prague |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | CD | Kinshasa | Kinshasa |
| Denmark | DK | Copenhagen | Copenhagen |
| Djibouti | DJ | Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Dominica | DM | Roseau | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic | DO | Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo |
| East Timor | TL | Dili | Dili |
| Ecuador | EC | Quito | Quito |
| Egypt | EG | Cairo | Cairo |
| El Salvador | SV | San Salvador | San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea | GQ | Malabo | Malabo |
| Eritrea | ER | Asmara | Asmara |
| Estonia | EE | Tallinn | Tallinn |
| Eswatini | SZ | Lobamba | Lobamba |
| Ethiopia | ET | Addis Ababa | Addis Ababa |
| Falkland Islands | FK | Stanley | Stanley |
| Faroe Islands | FO | Tórshavn | Tórshavn |
| Fiji | FJ | Suva | Suva |
| Finland | FI | Helsinki | Helsinki |
| France | FR | Paris | Paris |
| French Guiana | GF | Cayenne | Cayenne |
| French Polynesia | PF | Papeetē | Papeetē |
| French Southern Territories | TF | Port-aux-Français | Port-aux-Français |
| Gabon | GA | Libreville | Libreville |
| Gambia | GM | Banjul | Banjul |
| Georgia | GE | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Germany | DE | Berlin | Berlin |
| Ghana | GH | Accra | Accra |
| Gibraltar | GI | Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
| Greece | GR | Athens | Athens |
| Greenland | GL | Nuuk | Nuuk |
| Grenada | GD | St. George's | St. George's |
| Guadeloupe | GP | Basse-Terre | Basse-Terre |
| Guam | GU | Hagåtña | Hagåtña |
| Guatemala | GT | Guatemala City | Guatemala City |
| Guernsey | GG | St. Peter Port | St. Peter Port |
| Guinea | GN | Conakry | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | GW | Bissau | Bissau |
| Guyana | GY | Georgetown | Georgetown |
| Haiti | HT | Port-au-Prince | Port-au-Prince |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | HM | — | — |
| Honduras | HN | Tegucigalpa | Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary | HU | Budapest | Budapest |
| Iceland | IS | Reykjavik | Reykjavik |
| India | IN | New Delhi | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | ID | Jakarta | Jakarta |
| Iran | IR | Tehran | Tehran |
| Iraq | IQ | Baghdad | Baghdad |
| Ireland | IE | Dublin | Dublin |
| Isle of Man | IM | Douglas | Douglas |
| Israel | IL | Jerusalem | Jerusalem |
| Italy | IT | Rome | Rome |
| Ivory Coast | CI | Yamoussoukro | Yamoussoukro |
| Jamaica | JM | Kingston | Kingston |
| Japan | JP | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| Jersey | JE | Saint Helier | Saint Helier |
| Jordan | JO | Amman | Amman |
| Kazakhstan | KZ | Astana | Astana |
| Kenya | KE | Nairobi | Nairobi |
| Kiribati | KI | South Tarawa | South Tarawa |
| Kosovo | XK | Pristina | Pristina |
| Kuwait | KW | Kuwait City | Kuwait City |
| Kyrgyzstan | KG | Bishkek | Bishkek |
| Laos | LA | Vientiane | Vientiane |
| Latvia | LV | Riga | Riga |
| Lebanon | LB | Beirut | Beirut |
| Lesotho | LS | Maseru | Maseru |
| Liberia | LR | Monrovia | Monrovia |
| Libya | LY | Tripoli | Tripoli |
| Liechtenstein | LI | Vaduz | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | LT | Vilnius | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | LU | Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Madagascar | MG | Antananarivo | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | MW | Lilongwe | Lilongwe |
| Malaysia | MY | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives | MV | Malé | Malé |
| Mali | ML | Bamako | Bamako |
| Malta | MT | Valletta | Valletta |
| Marshall Islands | MH | Majuro | Majuro |
| Martinique | MQ | Fort-de-France | Fort-de-France |
| Mauritania | MR | Nouakchott | Nouakchott |
| Mauritius | MU | Port Louis | Port Louis |
| Mayotte | YT | Mamoudzou | Mamoudzou |
| Mexico | MX | Mexico City | Mexico City |
| Micronesia | FM | Palikir | Palikir |
| Moldova | MD | Chișinău | Chișinău |
| Monaco | MC | Monaco | Monaco |
| Mongolia | MN | Ulan Bator | Ulan Bator |
| Montenegro | ME | Podgorica | Podgorica |
| Montserrat | MS | Plymouth | Plymouth |
| Morocco | MA | Rabat | Rabat |
| Mozambique | MZ | Maputo | Maputo |
| Myanmar (Burma) | MM | Naypyidaw | Naypyidaw |
| Namibia | NA | Windhoek | Windhoek |
| Nauru | NR | Yaren | Yaren |
| Nepal | NP | Kathmandu | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | NL | Amsterdam | Amsterdam |
| New Caledonia | NC | Nouméa | Nouméa |
| New Zealand | NZ | Wellington | Wellington |
| Nicaragua | NI | Managua | Managua |
| Niger | NE | Niamey | Niamey |
| Nigeria | NG | Abuja | Abuja |
| Niue | NU | Alofi | Alofi |
| Norfolk Island | NF | Kingston | Kingston |
| North Korea | KP | Pyongyang | Pyongyang |
| North Macedonia | MK | Skopje | Skopje |
| Northern Mariana Islands | MP | Saipan | Saipan |
| Norway | NO | Oslo | Oslo |
| Oman | OM | Muscat | Muscat |
| Pakistan | PK | Islamabad | Islamabad |
| Palau | PW | Ngerulmud | Ngerulmud |
| Palestine | PS | Ramallah | Ramallah |
| Panama | PA | Panama City | Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | PG | Port Moresby | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | PY | Asunción | Asunción |
| Peru | PE | Lima | Lima |
| Philippines | PH | Manila | Manila |
| Pitcairn Islands | PN | Adamstown | Adamstown |
| Poland | PL | Warsaw | Warsaw |
| Portugal | PT | Lisbon | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | PR | San Juan | San Juan |
| Qatar | QA | Doha | Doha |
| Republic of the Congo | CG | Brazzaville | Brazzaville |
| Reunion | RE | Saint-Denis | Saint-Denis |
| Romania | RO | Bucharest | Bucharest |
| Russia | RU | Moscow | Moscow |
| Rwanda | RW | Kigali | Kigali |
| Saint Barthelemy | BL | Gustavia | Gustavia |
| Saint Helena | SH | Jamestown | Jamestown |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | KN | Basseterre | Basseterre |
| Saint Lucia | LC | Castries | Castries |
| Saint Martin | MF | Marigot | Marigot |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | PM | Saint-Pierre | Saint-Pierre |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VC | Kingstown | Kingstown |
| Samoa | WS | Apia | Apia |
| San Marino | SM | City of San Marino | City of San Marino |
| Sao Tome and Principe | ST | São Tomé | São Tomé |
| Saudi Arabia | SA | Riyadh | Riyadh |
| Senegal | SN | Dakar | Dakar |
| Serbia | RS | Belgrade | Belgrade |
| Seychelles | SC | Victoria | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | SL | Freetown | Freetown |
| Singapore | SG | Singapore | Singapore |
| Sint Maarten | SX | Philipsburg | Philipsburg |
| Slovakia | SK | Bratislava | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | SI | Ljubljana | Ljubljana |
| Solomon Islands | SB | Honiara | Honiara |
| Somalia | SO | Mogadishu | Mogadishu |
| South Africa | ZA | Pretoria | Pretoria |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | GS | King Edward Point | King Edward Point |
| South Korea | KR | Seoul | Seoul |
| South Sudan | SS | Juba | Juba |
| Spain | ES | Madrid | Madrid |
| Sri Lanka | LK | Colombo | Colombo |
| Sudan | SD | Khartoum | Khartoum |
| Suriname | SR | Paramaribo | Paramaribo |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | SJ | Longyearbyen | Longyearbyen |
| Sweden | SE | Stockholm | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | CH | Bern | Bern |
| Syria | SY | Damascus | Damascus |
| Tajikistan | TJ | Dushanbe | Dushanbe |
| Tanzania | TZ | Dodoma | Dodoma |
| Thailand | TH | Bangkok | Bangkok |
| Togo | TG | Lomé | Lomé |
| Tokelau | TK | Fakaofo | Fakaofo |
| Tonga | TO | Nuku'alofa | Nuku'alofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TT | Port of Spain | Port of Spain |
| Tristan da Cunha | TA | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas |
| Tunisia | TN | Tunis | Tunis |
| Türkiye | TR | Ankara | Ankara |
| Turkmenistan | TM | Ashgabat | Ashgabat |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | TC | Cockburn Town | Cockburn Town |
| Tuvalu | TV | Funafuti | Funafuti |
| U.S. Minor Outlying Islands | UM | — | — |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | VI | Charlotte Amalie | Charlotte Amalie |
| Uganda | UG | Kampala | Kampala |
| Ukraine | UA | Kyiv | Kyiv |
| United Arab Emirates | AE | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi |
| United Kingdom | GB | London | London |
| United States | US | Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. |
| Uruguay | UY | Montevideo | Montevideo |
| Uzbekistan | UZ | Tashkent | Tashkent |
| Vanuatu | VU | Port Vila | Port Vila |
| Vatican City | VA | Vatican City | Vatican City |
| Venezuela | VE | Caracas | Caracas |
| Vietnam | VN | Hanoi | Hanoi |
| Wallis and Futuna | WF | Mata-Utu | Mata-Utu |
| Western Sahara | EH | El Aaiún | El Aaiún |
| Yemen | YE | Sana'a | Sana'a |
| Zambia | ZM | Lusaka | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | ZW | Harare | Harare |