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List of national capitals by area

This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to total area. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics. The area of the capital city only includes the area occupied by the city and not the wider urban/metropolitan district or administrative division created solely for the city.

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Rank Country/Territory Capital Area
(km2) (sq mi)
1 Turkey  Turkey Ankara 24,521 9,468
2 China  People's Republic of China Beijing[1] 16,410.5 6,336
3 Myanmar  Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw[2] 7,054 2,724
4 Brazil  Brazil Brasília 5,802 2,240
5 Namibia  Namibia Windhoek 5,133 1,982
6 Mongolia  Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 4,704.4 1,816.3
7 Vietnam  Vietnam Hà Nội 3,358.6 1,296.8
8 North Korea  North Korea Pyongyang 3,194 1,233
9 Egypt  Egypt Cairo 3,085.12 1,191.17
10 Canada  Canada Ottawa 2,970.30 1,077.34
11 Hong Kong  Hong Kong (China) Central 2,754.97 2,754.97
11 Peru  Peru Lima 2,672.3 1,031.8
12 Tanzania  Tanzania[3] Dodoma (official and legislative capital) 2,576 995
13 Russia  Russia Moscow 2,511 970
14 Japan  Japan Tokyo 2,194.07[4] 847.14[4]
15 Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan Baku 2,140 830
18 Ivory Coast  Côte d'Ivoire[3] Abidjan (de facto) 2,119 818
19 Ivory Coast  Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro 2,075 801
20 Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1,973 76
21 Bolivia  Bolivia[3] Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital) 1,768 683
22 Jordan  Jordan Amman 1,680 650
23 United Kingdom  United Kingdom London 1,572 607
24 Thailand  Thailand Bangkok 1,568.737 605.693
25 Libya  Libya Tripoli 1,507 582
26 Honduras  Honduras[3] Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital) 1,502 v580
27 Tanzania  Tanzania[3] Dar es Salaam (de facto and jurisdictional capital) 1,493 576
28 Mexico  Mexico Mexico City 1,485 573
29 Italy  Italy Rome 1,285 496.3
2 Sudan  Sudan Khartoum 1,010 390
24 Colombia  Colombia Bogotá 307.36 118.67
31 Iran  Iran Tehran 615 237
32 Mauritania  Mauritania Nouakchott 401 155
33 United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 972 375
34 Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe Harare 960.6 370.9
35 Montenegro  Montenegro Cetinje (seat of President of Montenegro) 910 910
36 Germany  Germany Berlin 891.7 344.3
37 Ukraine  Ukraine Kyiv 780 300
38 Australia  Australia Canberra 814.2 314.4
39 Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan Astana 722 278.8
41 Yemen  Yemen[3] Aden (temporary capital)[5] 760 290
42 Rwanda  Rwanda Kigali 730 281.8
43 Cuba  Cuba Havana 728.26 281.18
44 Malawi  Malawi Lilongwe 727.79 281.00
45 Singapore  Singapore Central Area 17.84 6.89
46 Finland  Finland Helsinki 715.48 276.25
47 Nigeria  Nigeria Abuja 713 275
48 Kenya  Kenya Nairobi 696 269
49 Greenland  Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk 690 265
50 South Africa  South Africa[3] Pretoria (administrative and executive capital) 687.54 265.46
51 Cambodia  Cambodia Phnom Penh 679 262
52 Iraq  Iraq Baghdad 673 260
53 Indonesia  Indonesia Jakarta 662.3 255.7
54 Chile  Chile[3] Santiago (official) 641 247.6
55 Croatia  Croatia Zagreb 641 247.6
56 South Korea  South Korea Seoul 605.21 233.67
57 Spain  Spain Madrid 604.31 233.33
58 Democratic Republic of the Congo  Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 600 200
59 Ethiopia  Ethiopia Addis Ababa 527 203
60 Hungary  Hungary Budapest 525.2 202.8
61 Kosovo  Kosovo Prishtina 523.13 201.98
62 Poland  Poland Warsaw 517.24 199.71
63 Georgia (country)  Georgia Tbilisi 504.2 194.7
64 Kiribati  Kiribati South Tarawa 15.76 6.08
65 Czech Republic  Czech Republic Prague 496 192
66 Bulgaria  Bulgaria Sofia 492 189
67 Norway  Norway Oslo 480.75 185.62
68 Jamaica  Jamaica Kingston 22.7 8.8
69 Bolivia  Bolivia[3] La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies) 216 83
70 Guinea  Guinea Conakry 190 73
71 New Zealand  New Zealand Wellington 289.91 111.93
72 Turkmenistan  Turkmenistan Ashgabat 834 322
73 Venezuela  Venezuela Caracas 433 167
74 Zambia  Zambia Lusaka 360 140
75 Austria  Austria Vienna 414.78 160.15
76 Belarus  Belarus Minsk 409.5 158.1
77 Chile  Chile Valparaíso (seat of national legislature) 47.33 18.27
78 Lithuania  Lithuania Vilnius 401 155
79 South Africa  South Africa[3] Cape Town (legislative capital) 400.28 154.55
80 Ecuador  Ecuador Quito 372.39 143.78
81 Slovakia  Slovakia Bratislava 367.584 141.925
82 Algeria  Algeria Algiers 363 140
83 Serbia  Serbia Belgrade 359.9 139.0
84 Mozambique  Mozambique Maputo 347.69 134.24
85 North Macedonia  North Macedonia Skopje 337.80 130.43
86 Uzbekistan  Uzbekistan Tashkent 334.8 129.3
87 Latvia  Latvia Riga 324[citation needed] 125[citation needed]
88 Bangladesh  Bangladesh Dhaka 305.47 117.94
89 Afghanistan  Afghanistan Kabul 1,028.24 397.01
90 Panama  Panama Panama City 275 106
91 Oman  Oman Muscat 273.9 105.8
92 Iceland  Iceland Reykjavík 273 105
93 Taiwan  Republic of China Taipei 271.80 104.94
94 Nicaragua  Nicaragua Managua 267.17 103.15
Scotland  Scotland (United Kingdom) Edinburgh 264 102
95 Republic of the Congo  Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 263.9 101.9
96 Mali  Mali Bamako 245.0 94.6
97 Malaysia  Malaysia[3] Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature) 243 94
98 Papua New Guinea  Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 240 92.66
99 Niger  Niger Niamey 239.30 92.39
100 Romania  Romania Bucharest 238 92
101 South Africa  South Africa Bloemfontein (judicial capital) 236.17 91.19
102 Armenia  Armenia Yerevan 223 86
103 Pakistan  Pakistan Islamabad 220.15 85
104 Guatemala  Guatemala Guatemala City 219.9 84.9
105 Netherlands  Netherlands Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands) 219.32 84.68
106 Tunisia  Tunisia Tunis 212.63 82.10
107 The Bahamas  Bahamas Nassau 207 80
108 Argentina  Argentina Buenos Aires 203 78
109 Uruguay  Uruguay Montevideo 201 77.5
110 Kuwait  Kuwait Kuwait City 130 50
111 Puerto Rico  Puerto Rico (United States) San Juan 199 77.0
112 Liberia  Liberia Monrovia 20 7.7
113 Uganda  Uganda Kampala 189[citation needed] 73[citation needed]
114 Sweden  Sweden Stockholm 188 72.5
115 Suriname  Suriname Paramaribo 182 70.27
116 Cameroon  Cameroon Yaoundé 180[citation needed] 70[citation needed]
117 Denmark  Denmark Copenhagen 179.8 69.4
118 United States  United States Washington, D.C. 177.0 68.34
119 Ghana  Ghana Accra 173[citation needed] 67[citation needed]
120 Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands (Denmark) Tórshavn 172.9 66.8
121 Kyrgyzstan  Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 169.9 65.6
122 Botswana  Botswana Gaborone 169 65
123 Slovenia  Slovenia Ljubljana 163.8 63.2
124 Estonia  Estonia Tallinn 159.2 61.5
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 141.5 54.6
126 Lesotho  Lesotho Maseru 138 53
127 Qatar  Qatar Doha 132 51
128 Laos  Lao People's Democratic Republic Vientiane 130[citation needed] 50[citation needed]
129 Yemen  Yemen[3] Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)[5] 126 49
130 Israel  Israel Jerusalem[6][7] 125.126 48.323
131 Tajikistan  Tajikistan Dushanbe 124.6 48.1
132 Samoa  Samoa Apia 60 23
133 Moldova  Moldova Chișinău 123 47
134 Morocco  Morocco Rabat 117[citation needed] 45.17[citation needed]
135 Paraguay  Paraguay Asunción 117 45.17
136 Angola  Angola Luanda 116 45
137 Northern Mariana Islands  Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Saipan 115.4 44.55
138 Macau  Macau (China) Macau 118 45.560055
139 Republic of Ireland  Ireland Dublin 117.8 45.5
140 Benin  Benin[3] Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital) 110[citation needed] 42.47[citation needed]
141 Montenegro  Montenegro[3] Podgorica (official capital) 108 42
142 France  France Paris 105.4 40.7
143 Syria  Syria Damascus 105 40.5
144 Dominican Republic  Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 104.44 40.32
145 Chad  Chad N'Djamena 104[citation needed] 40[citation needed]
146 Cape Verde  Cabo Verde Praia 42.5 16.4
147 Brunei  Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 100.36 38.75
148 Portugal  Portugal Lisbon 100.05 38.63
149 Togo  Togo Lomé 99.14[citation needed] 38.28[citation needed]
150 Netherlands  Netherlands[3] The Hague (seat of government) 98.12 37.88
151 Northern Cyprus  Northern Cyprus North Nicosia 92.8 35.8
152 Somalia  Somalia Mogadishu 204[citation needed] 78.7[citation needed]
153 Madagascar  Madagascar Antananarivo 88[citation needed] 34[citation needed]
154 Senegal  Senegal Dakar 83 32
155 Eswatini  eSwatini[3] Mbabane (administrative capital) 81.76 31.57
156 Sierra Leone  Sierra Leone Freetown 81.48 31.46
157 Benin  Benin Cotonou (de facto and judicial capital) 79[citation needed] 30.5[citation needed]
158 Saint Lucia  Saint Lucia Castries 79[citation needed] 30.5[citation needed]
159 Guinea-Bissau  Guinea-Bissau Bissau 77.5 29.9
160 El Salvador  El Salvador San Salvador 72.25[citation needed] 27.90[citation needed]
161 Guyana  Guyana Georgetown 70[citation needed] 27.02[citation needed]
162 Central African Republic  Central African Republic Bangui 67 26
163 Gabon  Gabon Libreville 65.42[citation needed] 25.26[citation needed]
164 Transnistria  Transnistria Tiraspol 55.56[citation needed] 21.45[citation needed]
165 South Sudan  South Sudan Juba 52[citation needed] 20[citation needed]
166 Switzerland  Switzerland[8] Berne (de facto) 51.62 19.93
167 Luxembourg  Luxembourg Luxembourg City 51.46 19.87
168 Cyprus  Cyprus Nicosia 51.06 19.71
169 Nepal  Nepal Kathmandu 49.45 19.09
170 Malaysia  Malaysia[3] Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital) 49 19
171 East Timor  East Timor Dili 48.27[citation needed] 18.64[citation needed]
172 Mauritius  Mauritius Port Louis 46.7 18.0
173 Niue  Niue (New Zealand) Alofi 46.48[citation needed] 17.95[citation needed]
174 New Caledonia  New Caledonia (France) Nouméa 45.7[citation needed] 17.6[citation needed]
175 Eritrea  Eritrea Asmara 45[citation needed] 17.37[citation needed]
176 Costa Rica  Costa Rica San José 44.62 17.23
177 Philippines  Philippines Manila 42.88 16.56
29 India  India New Delhi 42.7 16.5
179 Albania  Albania Tirana 41.8 16.1
180 Barbados  Barbados Bridgetown 40[citation needed] 15.444[citation needed]
181 Greece  Greece Athens 38.964 15.044
182 Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka[3] Colombo (executive and judicial capital) 37.31 14.41
183 Haiti  Haiti Port-au-Prince 36.04 13.92
184 Belize  Belize Belmopan 32.78 12.66
185 Belgium  Belgium Brussels 32.61 12.59
186 Bahrain  Bahrain Manama 30[citation needed] 11.58[citation needed]
187 Comoros  Comoros Moroni 30[citation needed] 11.58[citation needed]
188 Republic of Artsakh  Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Stepanakert 29.12 11.24
189 Cayman Islands  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) George Town 29[citation needed] 11[citation needed]
190 Fiji  Fiji Suva 26.24
191 Bhutan  Bhutan Thimphu 26.1[citation needed] 10.1[citation needed]
192 Djibouti  Djibouti Djibouti City 26[citation needed] 10[citation needed]
193 Saint Pierre and Miquelon  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Saint Pierre 25[citation needed] 9.65[citation needed]
194 Vanuatu  Vanuatu Port Vila 23.6[citation needed] 9.1[citation needed]
195 Burundi  Burundi Gitega 22[citation needed] 8.49[citation needed]
196 Solomon Islands  Solomon Islands Honiara 22 8.49
197 Equatorial Guinea  Equatorial Guinea Malabo 21[citation needed] 8.10[citation needed]
198 Western Sahara  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3] El Aaiún (declared capital) 21[citation needed] 8.10[citation needed]
199 Åland  Åland (Finland) Mariehamn 20.75[citation needed] 8.01[citation needed]
200 Seychelles  Seychelles Victoria 20.1[citation needed] 7.8[citation needed]
201 Lebanon  Lebanon Beirut 19.8 7.6
202 French Polynesia  French Polynesia (France) Papeete 17.4 6.718
203 Turks and Caicos Islands  Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) Cockburn Town 17.39 6.71
204 Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein Vaduz 17.3 6.7
205 São Tomé and Príncipe  São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 17[citation needed] 6.56[citation needed]
206 Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka[3] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 17[citation needed] 6.56[citation needed]
207 State of Palestine  Palestine Ramallah (de facto) 16.3 6.3
208 Andorra  Andorra Andorra la Vella 12 5
209 The Gambia  The Gambia Banjul 12[citation needed] 5[citation needed]
210 Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 12 5
211 Jersey  Jersey (United Kingdom) Saint Helier 10.6 4.1
212 Antigua and Barbuda  Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 10 4
213 Marshall Islands  Marshall Islands Majuro 9.7 3.7
214 San Marino  San Marino City of San Marino 7.09 2.74
215 Gibraltar  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Gibraltar 6.7 2.6
216 Guernsey  Guernsey (United Kingdom) Saint Peter Port 6.5 2.5
217 Cocos (Keeling) Islands  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) West Island 6.23 2.41
218 Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 6.1 2.35
219 Pitcairn Islands  Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) Adamstown 4.6 1.8
220 Saint Helena  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Jamestown 3.6 1.4
221 Saint Barthélemy  Saint Barthélemy (France) Gustavia 3.4 1.3
222 United States Virgin Islands  United States Virgin Islands (United States) Charlotte Amalie 3.14 1.213
223 Guam  Guam (United States) Hagåtña 3 1.15
224 Falkland Islands  Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Stanley 2.5 1.0
225 Tuvalu  Tuvalu Funafuti 2.4 0.9
226 Monaco  Monaco Monaco 2.1 0.81
227 Maldives  Maldives Malé 1.95 0.75
228 Nauru  Nauru Yaren (de facto)[9] 1.5 0.6
229 Bermuda  Bermuda (United Kingdom) Hamilton 0.7 0.28
230 Malta  Malta Valletta 0.61 0.24
231 Holy See  Vatican City Vatican City 0.44 0.17
232 American Samoa  American Samoa (United States) Pago Pago 2.09 n/a
233 Anguilla  Anguilla (United Kingdom) The Valley 1.5 0.6
234 Aruba  Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad 30 11
235 British Virgin Islands  British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) Road Town 7.17 n/a
236 Christmas Island  Christmas Island (Australia) Flying Fish Cove 17 6.6
237 Collectivity of Saint Martin  Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) Marigot 2 0.8
238 Cook Islands  Cook Islands (New Zealand) Avarua 12 4.6
239 Dominica  Dominica Roseau 12 4.6
240 Eswatini  Eswatini[3] Lobamba (legislative and royal capital) 34 13.1
241 Federated States of Micronesia  Federated States of Micronesia Palikir 7 2.7
242 Grenada  Grenada Saint George's 1.8 0.7
243 Isle of Man  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) Douglas 4 1.5
244 Montserrat  Montserrat (United Kingdom)[3] Brades (de facto)[10] 0.36 0.14
245 Norfolk Island  Norfolk Island (Australia) Kingston (de facto) 2.3 0.89
246 Palau  Palau Ngerulmud 0.5 0.2
247 Western Sahara  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3] Tifariti (temporary capital) 0.47[11] n/a
248 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 2.5 0.97
249 Sint Maarten  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) Philipsburg 2.65 1.02
250 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) King Edward Point 1.4 0.54
251 Svalbard  Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway) Longyearbyen 4.9 1.9
252 Tonga  Tonga Nuku'alofa 17.6 6.8
253 Wallis and Futuna  Wallis and Futuna (France) Mata Utu 2.5 0.97

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  1. ^ "Doing Business in China – Survey". Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w One of the few countries with more than 1 capital. See more.
  4. ^ a b The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.
  5. ^ a b The official capital of Yemen is Sana'a. However, due to the Yemeni Civil War, its temporary capital is Aden.
  6. ^ The Jerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel" and the city serves as the seat of the government, home to the President's residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament. The United Nations and most countries do not accept the Jerusalem Law (see Kellerman 1993, p. 140) and maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya (see the CIA Factbook and Map of Israel) The Palestinian Authority sees East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state and the city's final status awaits future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (see "Negotiating Jerusalem", University of Maryland Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine). See Positions on Jerusalem for more information.
  7. ^ Figures do not include East Jerusalem, disputed with the State of Palestine.
  8. ^ Switzerland has no de jure capital. Bern is referred to as "federal city" (German: Bundesstadt, French: ville fédérale, Italian: città federale). Swiss law does not designate a capital as such, but the federal parliament and government are located in Bern, while the federal courts are located in other cities.
  9. ^ Nauru has no de jure capital. Yaren District contains most of Nauru's government and administrative buildings.
  10. ^ The official and de jure capital is Plymouth. However, due to the eruption of Soufrière Hills, a volcano, Plymouth was destroyed and the de facto capital and main administration is in Brades.
  11. ^ "Citation Needed", Retcon Game, University Press of Mississippi, 2017-04-03, ISBN 978-1-4968-1132-5, retrieved 2024-07-13

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