List of national capitals by area explained

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

RankCountry/TerritoryCapitalArea
(km2)(sq mi)
1 TurkeyAnkara24,5219,468
2 People's Republic of ChinaBeijing[1] 16,410.56,336
3 Myanmar (Burma)Naypyidaw[2] 7,0542,724
4 BrazilBrasília5,8022,240
5 NamibiaWindhoek5,1331,982
6 MongoliaUlaanbaatar4,704.41,816.3
7 VietnamHà Nội3,358.61,296.8
8 North KoreaPyongyang3,1941,233
9 EgyptCairo3,085.121,191.17
10 CanadaOttawa2,970.301,077.34
11 Hong Kong (China)Central2,754.972,754.97
11 PeruLima2,672.31,031.8
12 TanzaniaDodoma (official and legislative capital)2,576995
13 RussiaMoscow2,511970
14 JapanTokyo2,194.07[3] 847.14
15 AzerbaijanBaku2,140830
18 Côte d'IvoireAbidjan (de facto)2,119818
19 Côte d'IvoireYamoussoukro2,075801
20 Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1,97376
21 BoliviaSucre (constitutional and judicial capital)1,768683
22 JordanAmman1,680650
23 United KingdomLondon1,572607
24 ThailandBangkok1,568.737605.693
25 LibyaTripoli1,507582
26 HondurasTegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital)1,502v580
27 TanzaniaDar es Salaam (de facto and jurisdictional capital)1,493576
28 MexicoMexico City1,485573
29 ItalyRome1,285496.3
2 SudanKhartoum1,010390
24 ColombiaBogotá307.36118.67
31 IranTehran615237
32 MauritaniaNouakchott401155
33 United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi972375
34 ZimbabweHarare960.6370.9
35 MontenegroCetinje (seat of President of Montenegro)910910
36 GermanyBerlin891.7344.3
37 UkraineKyiv780300
38 AustraliaCanberra814.2314.4
39 KazakhstanAstana722278.8
41 YemenAden (temporary capital)[4] 760290
42 RwandaKigali730281.8
43 CubaHavana728.26281.18
44 MalawiLilongwe727.79281.00
45 SingaporeCentral Area17.846.89
46 FinlandHelsinki715.48276.25
47 NigeriaAbuja713275
48 KenyaNairobi696269
49 Greenland (Denmark)Nuuk690265
50 South AfricaPretoria (administrative and executive capital)687.54265.46
51 CambodiaPhnom Penh679262
52 IraqBaghdad673260
53 IndonesiaJakarta662.3255.7
54 Chile[5] Santiago (official)641247.6
55 CroatiaZagreb641247.6
56 South KoreaSeoul605.21233.67
57 SpainMadrid604.31233.33
58 Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa600200
59 EthiopiaAddis Ababa527203
60 HungaryBudapest525.2202.8
61 KosovoPrishtina523.13201.98
62 PolandWarsaw517.24199.71
63 GeorgiaTbilisi504.2194.7
64 KiribatiSouth Tarawa15.766.08
65 Czech RepublicPrague496192
66 BulgariaSofia492189
67 NorwayOslo480.75185.62
68 JamaicaKingston22.78.8
69 BoliviaLa Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies)21683
70 GuineaConakry19073
71 New ZealandWellington289.91111.93
72 TurkmenistanAshgabat834322
73 VenezuelaCaracas433167
74 ZambiaLusaka360140
75 AustriaVienna414.78160.15
76 BelarusMinsk409.5158.1
77 ChileValparaíso (seat of national legislature)47.3318.27
78 LithuaniaVilnius401155
79 South AfricaCape Town (legislative capital)400.28154.55
80 EcuadorQuito372.39143.78
81 SlovakiaBratislava367.584141.925
82 AlgeriaAlgiers363140
83 SerbiaBelgrade359.9139.0
84 MozambiqueMaputo347.69134.24
85 North MacedoniaSkopje337.80130.43
86 UzbekistanTashkent334.8129.3
87 LatviaRiga324125
88 BangladeshDhaka305.47117.94
89 AfghanistanKabul1,028.24397.01
90 PanamaPanama City275106
91 OmanMuscat273.9105.8
92 IcelandReykjavík273105
93 Republic of ChinaTaipei271.80104.94
94 NicaraguaManagua267.17103.15
Scotland (United Kingdom)Edinburgh264102
95 Republic of the CongoBrazzaville263.9101.9
96 MaliBamako245.094.6
97 MalaysiaKuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature)24394
98 Papua New GuineaPort Moresby24092.66
99 NigerNiamey239.3092.39
100 RomaniaBucharest23892
101 South AfricaBloemfontein (judicial capital)236.1791.19
102 ArmeniaYerevan22386
103 PakistanIslamabad220.1585
104 GuatemalaGuatemala City219.984.9
105 NetherlandsAmsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands)219.3284.68
106 TunisiaTunis212.6382.10
107 BahamasNassau20780
108 ArgentinaBuenos Aires20378
109 UruguayMontevideo20177.5
110 KuwaitKuwait City13050
111 Puerto Rico (United States)San Juan19977.0
112 LiberiaMonrovia207.7
113 UgandaKampala18973
114 SwedenStockholm18872.5
115 SurinameParamaribo18270.27
116 CameroonYaoundé18070
117 DenmarkCopenhagen179.869.4
118 United StatesWashington, D.C.177.068.34
119 GhanaAccra17367
120 Faroe Islands (Denmark)Tórshavn172.966.8
121 KyrgyzstanBishkek169.965.6
122 BotswanaGaborone16965
123 SloveniaLjubljana163.863.2
124 EstoniaTallinn159.261.5
125 Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo141.554.6
126 LesothoMaseru13853
127 QatarDoha13251
128 Lao People's Democratic RepublicVientiane13050
129 YemenSana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)12649
130 IsraelJerusalem[6] [7] 125.12648.323
131 TajikistanDushanbe124.648.1
132 SamoaApia6023
133 MoldovaChișinău12347
134 MoroccoRabat11745.17
135 ParaguayAsunción11745.17
136 AngolaLuanda11645
137 Northern Mariana Islands (United States)Saipan115.444.55
138 Macau (China)Macau11845.560055
139 IrelandDublin117.845.5
140 BeninPorto-Novo (official and legislative capital)11042.47
141 MontenegroPodgorica (official capital)10842
142 FranceParis105.440.7
143 SyriaDamascus10540.5
144 Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo104.4440.32
145 ChadN'Djamena10440
146 Cabo VerdePraia42.516.4
147 BruneiBandar Seri Begawan100.3638.75
148 PortugalLisbon100.0538.63
149 TogoLomé99.1438.28
150 NetherlandsThe Hague (seat of government)98.1237.88
151 Northern CyprusNorth Nicosia92.835.8
152 SomaliaMogadishu20478.7
153 MadagascarAntananarivo8834
154 SenegalDakar8332
155 eSwatiniMbabane (administrative capital)81.7631.57
156 Sierra LeoneFreetown81.4831.46
157 BeninCotonou (de facto and judicial capital)7930.5
158 Saint LuciaCastries7930.5
159 Guinea-BissauBissau77.529.9
160 El SalvadorSan Salvador72.2527.90
161 GuyanaGeorgetown7027.02
162 Central African RepublicBangui6726
163 GabonLibreville65.4225.26
164 TransnistriaTiraspol55.5621.45
165 South SudanJuba5220
166 Switzerland[8] Berne (de facto)51.6219.93
167 LuxembourgLuxembourg City51.4619.87
168 CyprusNicosia51.0619.71
169 NepalKathmandu49.4519.09
170 MalaysiaPutrajaya (administrative and judicial capital)4919
171 East TimorDili48.2718.64
172 MauritiusPort Louis46.718.0
173 Niue (New Zealand)Alofi46.4817.95
174 New Caledonia (France)Nouméa45.717.6
175 EritreaAsmara4517.37
176 Costa RicaSan José44.6217.23
177 PhilippinesManila42.8816.56
29 IndiaNew Delhi42.716.5
179 AlbaniaTirana41.816.1
180 BarbadosBridgetown4015.444
181 GreeceAthens38.96415.044
182 Sri LankaColombo (executive and judicial capital)37.3114.41
183 HaitiPort-au-Prince36.0413.92
184 BelizeBelmopan32.7812.66
185 BelgiumBrussels32.6112.59
186 BahrainManama3011.58
187 ComorosMoroni3011.58
188 Nagorno-Karabakh RepublicStepanakert29.1211.24
189 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)George Town2911
190 FijiSuva26.24
191 BhutanThimphu26.110.1
192 DjiboutiDjibouti City2610
193 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)Saint Pierre259.65
194 VanuatuPort Vila23.69.1
195 BurundiGitega228.49
196 Solomon IslandsHoniara228.49
197 Equatorial GuineaMalabo218.10
198 Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicEl Aaiún (declared capital)218.10
199 Åland (Finland)Mariehamn20.758.01
200 SeychellesVictoria20.17.8
201 LebanonBeirut19.87.6
202 French Polynesia (France)Papeete17.46.718
203 Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)Cockburn Town17.396.71
204 LiechtensteinVaduz17.36.7
205 São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé176.56
206 Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)176.56
207 PalestineRamallah (de facto)16.36.3
208 AndorraAndorra la Vella125
209 The GambiaBanjul125
210 Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain125
211 Jersey (United Kingdom)Saint Helier10.64.1
212 Antigua and BarbudaSaint John's104
213 Marshall IslandsMajuro9.73.7
214 San MarinoCity of San Marino7.092.74
215 Gibraltar (United Kingdom)Gibraltar6.72.6
216 Guernsey (United Kingdom)Saint Peter Port6.5 2.5
217 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)West Island6.232.41
218 Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre6.12.35
219 Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)Adamstown4.61.8
220 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)Jamestown3.61.4
221 Saint Barthélemy (France)Gustavia3.41.3
222 United States Virgin Islands (United States)Charlotte Amalie3.141.213
223 Guam (United States)Hagåtña31.15
224 Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)Stanley2.51.0
225 TuvaluFunafuti2.40.9
226 MonacoMonaco2.10.81
227 MaldivesMalé1.950.75
228 NauruYaren (de facto)[9] 1.50.6
229 Bermuda (United Kingdom)Hamilton0.70.28
230 MaltaValletta0.610.24
231 Vatican CityVatican City0.440.17
232 American Samoa (United States)Pago Pago2.09n/a
233 Anguilla (United Kingdom)The Valley1.50.6
234 Aruba (Netherlands)Oranjestad3011
235 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)Road Town7.17n/a
236 Christmas Island (Australia)Flying Fish Cove176.6
237 Collectivity of Saint Martin (France)Marigot20.8
238 Cook Islands (New Zealand)Avarua124.6
239 DominicaRoseau124.6
240 EswatiniLobamba (legislative and royal capital)3413.1
241 Federated States of MicronesiaPalikir72.7
242 GrenadaSaint George's1.80.7
243 Isle of Man (United Kingdom)Douglas41.5
244 Montserrat (United Kingdom)Brades (de facto)[10] 0.360.14
245 Norfolk Island (Australia)Kingston (de facto)2.30.89
246 PalauNgerulmud0.50.2
247 Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicTifariti (temporary capital)0.47n/a
248 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown2.50.97
249 Sint Maarten (Netherlands)Philipsburg2.651.02
250 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)King Edward Point1.40.54
251 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)Longyearbyen4.91.9
252 TongaNuku'alofa17.66.8
253 Wallis and Futuna (France)Mata Utu2.50.97

References

  1. Web site: Doing Business in China – Survey . . 5 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140526181645/http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zt_business/lanmub/ . 26 May 2014 .
  2. "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  3. The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.
  4. The official capital of Yemen is Sana'a. However, due to the Yemeni Civil War, its temporary capital is Aden.
  5. One of the few countries with more than 1 capital. See more.
  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]
  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.

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