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.
List
Rank | Country/Territory | Capital | Area | |
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(km2) | (sq mi) | |||
1 | Turkey | Ankara | 24,521 | 9,468 |
2 | People's Republic of China | Beijing[1] | 16,410.5 | 6,336 |
3 | Myanmar (Burma) | Naypyidaw[2] | 7,054 | 2,724 |
4 | Brazil | Brasília | 5,802 | 2,240 |
5 | Namibia | Windhoek | 5,133 | 1,982 |
6 | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 4,704.4 | 1,816.3 |
7 | Vietnam | Hà Nội | 3,358.6 | 1,296.8 |
8 | North Korea | Pyongyang | 3,194 | 1,233 |
9 | Egypt | Cairo | 3,085.12 | 1,191.17 |
10 | Canada | Ottawa | 2,970.30 | 1,077.34 |
11 | Hong Kong (China) | Central | 2,754.97 | 2,754.97 |
11 | Peru | Lima | 2,672.3 | 1,031.8 |
12 | Tanzania[3] | Dodoma (official and legislative capital) | 2,576 | 995 |
13 | Russia | Moscow | 2,511 | 970 |
14 | Japan | Tokyo | 2,194.07[4] | 847.14[4] |
15 | Azerbaijan | Baku | 2,140 | 830 |
18 | Côte d'Ivoire[3] | Abidjan (de facto) | 2,119 | 818 |
19 | Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 2,075 | 801 |
20 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 1,973 | 76 |
21 | Bolivia[3] | Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital) | 1,768 | 683 |
22 | Jordan | Amman | 1,680 | 650 |
23 | United Kingdom | London | 1,572 | 607 |
24 | Thailand | Bangkok | 1,568.737 | 605.693 |
25 | Libya | Tripoli | 1,507 | 582 |
26 | Honduras[3] | Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital) | 1,502 | v580 |
27 | Tanzania[3] | Dar es Salaam (de facto and jurisdictional capital) | 1,493 | 576 |
28 | Mexico | Mexico City | 1,485 | 573 |
29 | Italy | Rome | 1,285 | 496.3 |
2 | Sudan | Khartoum | 1,010 | 390 |
24 | Colombia | Bogotá | 307.36 | 118.67 |
31 | Iran | Tehran | 615 | 237 |
32 | Mauritania | Nouakchott | 401 | 155 |
33 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 972 | 375 |
34 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 960.6 | 370.9 |
35 | Montenegro | Cetinje (seat of President of Montenegro) | 910 | 910 |
36 | Germany | Berlin | 891.7 | 344.3 |
37 | Ukraine | Kyiv | 780 | 300 |
38 | Australia | Canberra | 814.2 | 314.4 |
39 | Kazakhstan | Astana | 722 | 278.8 |
41 | Yemen[3] | Aden (temporary capital)[5] | 760 | 290 |
42 | Rwanda | Kigali | 730 | 281.8 |
43 | Cuba | Havana | 728.26 | 281.18 |
44 | Malawi | Lilongwe | 727.79 | 281.00 |
45 | Singapore | Central Area | 17.84 | 6.89 |
46 | Finland | Helsinki | 715.48 | 276.25 |
47 | Nigeria | Abuja | 713 | 275 |
48 | Kenya | Nairobi | 696 | 269 |
49 | Greenland (Denmark) | Nuuk | 690 | 265 |
50 | South Africa[3] | Pretoria (administrative and executive capital) | 687.54 | 265.46 |
51 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 679 | 262 |
52 | Iraq | Baghdad | 673 | 260 |
53 | Indonesia | Jakarta | 662.3 | 255.7 |
54 | Chile[3] | Santiago (official) | 641 | 247.6 |
55 | Croatia | Zagreb | 641 | 247.6 |
56 | South Korea | Seoul | 605.21 | 233.67 |
57 | Spain | Madrid | 604.31 | 233.33 |
58 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 600 | 200 |
59 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 527 | 203 |
60 | Hungary | Budapest | 525.2 | 202.8 |
61 | Kosovo | Prishtina | 523.13 | 201.98 |
62 | Poland | Warsaw | 517.24 | 199.71 |
63 | Georgia | Tbilisi | 504.2 | 194.7 |
64 | Kiribati | South Tarawa | 15.76 | 6.08 |
65 | Czech Republic | Prague | 496 | 192 |
66 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 492 | 189 |
67 | Norway | Oslo | 480.75 | 185.62 |
68 | Jamaica | Kingston | 22.7 | 8.8 |
69 | Bolivia[3] | La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies) | 216 | 83 |
70 | Guinea | Conakry | 190 | 73 |
71 | New Zealand | Wellington | 289.91 | 111.93 |
72 | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 834 | 322 |
73 | Venezuela | Caracas | 433 | 167 |
74 | Zambia | Lusaka | 360 | 140 |
75 | Austria | Vienna | 414.78 | 160.15 |
76 | Belarus | Minsk | 409.5 | 158.1 |
77 | Chile | Valparaíso (seat of national legislature) | 47.33 | 18.27 |
78 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 401 | 155 |
79 | South Africa[3] | Cape Town (legislative capital) | 400.28 | 154.55 |
80 | Ecuador | Quito | 372.39 | 143.78 |
81 | Slovakia | Bratislava | 367.584 | 141.925 |
82 | Algeria | Algiers | 363 | 140 |
83 | Serbia | Belgrade | 359.9 | 139.0 |
84 | Mozambique | Maputo | 347.69 | 134.24 |
85 | North Macedonia | Skopje | 337.80 | 130.43 |
86 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 334.8 | 129.3 |
87 | Latvia | Riga | 324[citation needed] | 125[citation needed] |
88 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 305.47 | 117.94 |
89 | Afghanistan | Kabul | 1,028.24 | 397.01 |
90 | Panama | Panama City | 275 | 106 |
91 | Oman | Muscat | 273.9 | 105.8 |
92 | Iceland | Reykjavík | 273 | 105 |
93 | Republic of China | Taipei | 271.80 | 104.94 |
94 | Nicaragua | Managua | 267.17 | 103.15 |
Scotland (United Kingdom) | Edinburgh | 264 | 102 | |
95 | Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 263.9 | 101.9 |
96 | Mali | Bamako | 245.0 | 94.6 |
97 | Malaysia[3] | Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature) | 243 | 94 |
98 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 240 | 92.66 |
99 | Niger | Niamey | 239.30 | 92.39 |
100 | Romania | Bucharest | 238 | 92 |
101 | South Africa | Bloemfontein (judicial capital) | 236.17 | 91.19 |
102 | Armenia | Yerevan | 223 | 86 |
103 | Pakistan | Islamabad | 220.15 | 85 |
104 | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 219.9 | 84.9 |
105 | Netherlands | Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands) | 219.32 | 84.68 |
106 | Tunisia | Tunis | 212.63 | 82.10 |
107 | Bahamas | Nassau | 207 | 80 |
108 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 203 | 78 |
109 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 201 | 77.5 |
110 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 130 | 50 |
111 | Puerto Rico (United States) | San Juan | 199 | 77.0 |
112 | Liberia | Monrovia | 20 | 7.7 |
113 | Uganda | Kampala | 189[citation needed] | 73[citation needed] |
114 | Sweden | Stockholm | 188 | 72.5 |
115 | Suriname | Paramaribo | 182 | 70.27 |
116 | Cameroon | Yaoundé | 180[citation needed] | 70[citation needed] |
117 | Denmark | Copenhagen | 179.8 | 69.4 |
118 | United States | Washington, D.C. | 177.0 | 68.34 |
119 | Ghana | Accra | 173[citation needed] | 67[citation needed] |
120 | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | Tórshavn | 172.9 | 66.8 |
121 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 169.9 | 65.6 |
122 | Botswana | Gaborone | 169 | 65 |
123 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | 163.8 | 63.2 |
124 | Estonia | Tallinn | 159.2 | 61.5 |
125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 141.5 | 54.6 |
126 | Lesotho | Maseru | 138 | 53 |
127 | Qatar | Doha | 132 | 51 |
128 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Vientiane | 130[citation needed] | 50[citation needed] |
129 | Yemen[3] | Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)[5] | 126 | 49 |
130 | Israel | Jerusalem[6][7] | 125.126 | 48.323 |
131 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 124.6 | 48.1 |
132 | Samoa | Apia | 60 | 23 |
133 | Moldova | Chișinău | 123 | 47 |
134 | Morocco | Rabat | 117[citation needed] | 45.17[citation needed] |
135 | Paraguay | Asunción | 117 | 45.17 |
136 | Angola | Luanda | 116 | 45 |
137 | Northern Mariana Islands (United States) | Saipan | 115.4 | 44.55 |
138 | Macau (China) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
139 | Ireland | Dublin | 117.8 | 45.5 |
140 | Benin[3] | Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital) | 110[citation needed] | 42.47[citation needed] |
141 | Montenegro[3] | Podgorica (official capital) | 108 | 42 |
142 | France | Paris | 105.4 | 40.7 |
143 | Syria | Damascus | 105 | 40.5 |
144 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 104.44 | 40.32 |
145 | Chad | N'Djamena | 104[citation needed] | 40[citation needed] |
146 | Cabo Verde | Praia | 42.5 | 16.4 |
147 | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 100.36 | 38.75 |
148 | Portugal | Lisbon | 100.05 | 38.63 |
149 | Togo | Lomé | 99.14[citation needed] | 38.28[citation needed] |
150 | Netherlands[3] | The Hague (seat of government) | 98.12 | 37.88 |
151 | Northern Cyprus | North Nicosia | 92.8 | 35.8 |
152 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 204[citation needed] | 78.7[citation needed] |
153 | Madagascar | Antananarivo | 88[citation needed] | 34[citation needed] |
154 | Senegal | Dakar | 83 | 32 |
155 | eSwatini[3] | Mbabane (administrative capital) | 81.76 | 31.57 |
156 | Sierra Leone | Freetown | 81.48 | 31.46 |
157 | Benin | Cotonou (de facto and judicial capital) | 79[citation needed] | 30.5[citation needed] |
158 | Saint Lucia | Castries | 79[citation needed] | 30.5[citation needed] |
159 | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 77.5 | 29.9 |
160 | El Salvador | San Salvador | 72.25[citation needed] | 27.90[citation needed] |
161 | Guyana | Georgetown | 70[citation needed] | 27.02[citation needed] |
162 | Central African Republic | Bangui | 67 | 26 |
163 | Gabon | Libreville | 65.42[citation needed] | 25.26[citation needed] |
164 | Transnistria | Tiraspol | 55.56[citation needed] | 21.45[citation needed] |
165 | South Sudan | Juba | 52[citation needed] | 20[citation needed] |
166 | Switzerland[8] | Berne (de facto) | 51.62 | 19.93 |
167 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | 51.46 | 19.87 |
168 | Cyprus | Nicosia | 51.06 | 19.71 |
169 | Nepal | Kathmandu | 49.45 | 19.09 |
170 | Malaysia[3] | Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital) | 49 | 19 |
171 | East Timor | Dili | 48.27[citation needed] | 18.64[citation needed] |
172 | Mauritius | Port Louis | 46.7 | 18.0 |
173 | Niue (New Zealand) | Alofi | 46.48[citation needed] | 17.95[citation needed] |
174 | New Caledonia (France) | Nouméa | 45.7[citation needed] | 17.6[citation needed] |
175 | Eritrea | Asmara | 45[citation needed] | 17.37[citation needed] |
176 | Costa Rica | San José | 44.62 | 17.23 |
177 | Philippines | Manila | 42.88 | 16.56 |
29 | India | New Delhi | 42.7 | 16.5 |
179 | Albania | Tirana | 41.8 | 16.1 |
180 | Barbados | Bridgetown | 40[citation needed] | 15.444[citation needed] |
181 | Greece | Athens | 38.964 | 15.044 |
182 | Sri Lanka[3] | Colombo (executive and judicial capital) | 37.31 | 14.41 |
183 | Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 36.04 | 13.92 |
184 | Belize | Belmopan | 32.78 | 12.66 |
185 | Belgium | Brussels | 32.61 | 12.59 |
186 | Bahrain | Manama | 30[citation needed] | 11.58[citation needed] |
187 | Comoros | Moroni | 30[citation needed] | 11.58[citation needed] |
188 | Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | Stepanakert | 29.12 | 11.24 |
189 | Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) | George Town | 29[citation needed] | 11[citation needed] |
190 | Fiji | Suva | 26.24 | |
191 | Bhutan | Thimphu | 26.1[citation needed] | 10.1[citation needed] |
192 | Djibouti | Djibouti City | 26[citation needed] | 10[citation needed] |
193 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | Saint Pierre | 25[citation needed] | 9.65[citation needed] |
194 | Vanuatu | Port Vila | 23.6[citation needed] | 9.1[citation needed] |
195 | Burundi | Gitega | 22[citation needed] | 8.49[citation needed] |
196 | Solomon Islands | Honiara | 22 | 8.49 |
197 | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 21[citation needed] | 8.10[citation needed] |
198 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3] | El Aaiún (declared capital) | 21[citation needed] | 8.10[citation needed] |
199 | Åland (Finland) | Mariehamn | 20.75[citation needed] | 8.01[citation needed] |
200 | Seychelles | Victoria | 20.1[citation needed] | 7.8[citation needed] |
201 | Lebanon | Beirut | 19.8 | 7.6 |
202 | French Polynesia (France) | Papeete | 17.4 | 6.718 |
203 | Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) | Cockburn Town | 17.39 | 6.71 |
204 | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 17.3 | 6.7 |
205 | São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 17[citation needed] | 6.56[citation needed] |
206 | Sri Lanka[3] | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) | 17[citation needed] | 6.56[citation needed] |
207 | Palestine | Ramallah (de facto) | 16.3 | 6.3 |
208 | Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 12 | 5 |
209 | The Gambia | Banjul | 12[citation needed] | 5[citation needed] |
210 | Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 12 | 5 |
211 | Jersey (United Kingdom) | Saint Helier | 10.6 | 4.1 |
212 | Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's | 10 | 4 |
213 | Marshall Islands | Majuro | 9.7 | 3.7 |
214 | San Marino | City of San Marino | 7.09 | 2.74 |
215 | Gibraltar (United Kingdom) | Gibraltar | 6.7 | 2.6 |
216 | Guernsey (United Kingdom) | Saint Peter Port | 6.5 | 2.5 |
217 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | West Island | 6.23 | 2.41 |
218 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 6.1 | 2.35 |
219 | Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) | Adamstown | 4.6 | 1.8 |
220 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) | Jamestown | 3.6 | 1.4 |
221 | Saint Barthélemy (France) | Gustavia | 3.4 | 1.3 |
222 | United States Virgin Islands (United States) | Charlotte Amalie | 3.14 | 1.213 |
223 | Guam (United States) | Hagåtña | 3 | 1.15 |
224 | Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) | Stanley | 2.5 | 1.0 |
225 | Tuvalu | Funafuti | 2.4 | 0.9 |
226 | Monaco | Monaco | 2.1 | 0.81 |
227 | Maldives | Malé | 1.95 | 0.75 |
228 | Nauru | Yaren (de facto)[9] | 1.5 | 0.6 |
229 | Bermuda (United Kingdom) | Hamilton | 0.7 | 0.28 |
230 | Malta | Valletta | 0.61 | 0.24 |
231 | Vatican City | n/a | 0.44 | 0.17 |
232 | American Samoa (United States) | Pago Pago | n/a | n/a |
233 | Anguilla (United Kingdom) | The Valley | 1.5 | 0.6 |
234 | Aruba (Netherlands) | Oranjestad | 30 | 11 |
235 | British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) | Road Town | n/a | n/a |
236 | Christmas Island (Australia) | Flying Fish Cove | 17 | 6.6 |
237 | Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) | Marigot | 2 | 0.8 |
238 | Cook Islands (New Zealand) | Avarua | 12 | 4.6 |
239 | Dominica | Roseau | 12 | 4.6 |
240 | Eswatini[3] | Lobamba (legislative and royal capital) | 34 | 13.1 |
241 | Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir | 7 | 2.7 |
242 | Grenada | Saint George's | 1.8 | 0.7 |
243 | Isle of Man (United Kingdom) | Douglas | 4 | 1.5 |
244 | Montserrat (United Kingdom)[3] | Brades (de facto)[10] | 0.36 | 0.14 |
245 | Norfolk Island (Australia) | Kingston (de facto) | 2.3 | 0.89 |
246 | Palau | Ngerulmud | 0.5 | 0.2 |
247 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3] | Tifariti (temporary capital) | n/a | n/a |
248 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 2.5 | 0.97 |
249 | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | Philipsburg | 2.65 | 1.02 |
250 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) | King Edward Point | 1.4 | 0.54 |
251 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway) | Longyearbyen | 4.9 | 1.9 |
252 | Tonga | Nuku'alofa | 17.6 | 6.8 |
253 | Wallis and Futuna (France) | Mata Utu | 2.5 | 0.97 |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.
- ^ a b The official capital of Yemen is Sana'a. However, due to the Yemeni Civil War, its temporary capital is Aden.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Figures do not include East Jerusalem, disputed with the State of Palestine.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nauru has no de jure capital. Yaren District contains most of Nauru's government and administrative buildings.
- ^ 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.
See more
- List of national capitals by population
- Capital (political)
- List of national capitals
- List of countries and dependencies by area
External links
- List of all national capitals – GeographyFieldWork.com