List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions explained

The table below lists capitals serving as administrative divisions by country.

Countries where the capital is a first-level subdivision

Country	Capital city	Divisional unit		Typical term for first-level divisions
^[1]	Mariehamn	kommun kunta	municipality^[2]	kommun kunta	municipality
	Algiers	wilayah (Arabic: ولاية)	province	wilayah (Arabic: ولاية)	province
	Andorra la Vella	parròquia	parish	parròquia	parish
^[3]	The Valley	district
	Buenos Aires	ciudad autónoma	autonomous city	provincia	province
	Yerevan	N/A^[4]		marz (մարզ)	province
	Canberra	federal territory		state
	Vienna	bundesland	state	bundesland	state
	Baku	şəhər	city	rayon	district
	Nassau	N/A^[5]		district
	Manama	muḥāfaẓat al-ʿāṣimah (Arabic: محافظة العاصمة)	capital governorate	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate
	Minsk	horad (горад) gorod (город)	city	voblasć (вобласць) oblast (область)	region
	Brussels	région capitale hoofdstedelijk gewest	capital region	région gewest	region
	Cotonou^[6]	département	department	département	department
	Hamilton	city		parish
	Gaborone	city		district
	Brasília	distrito federal	federal district	estado	state
	Sofia	grad oblast (градска област)	city province	oblast (област)	province
	Naypyidaw^[7]	pyi taung hcu naalmyay (ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ)	union territory	tinedaysakyee (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး)	region
	Bujumbura^[8]	mairie province	town hall province	province
	Phnom Penh	krong (ក្រុង)	city	khaet (ខេត្ត)	province
	Praia	concelho	municipality^[9]	concelho	municipality
^[10] ^[11]	Kralendijk	openbaar lichaam	public body	openbaar lichaam	public body
	Oranjestad		public body
	The Bottom		public body
	George Town	district
	Bangui	commune autonome kôta-gbata	autonomous commune	préfecture kodoro kômanda-kôta	prefecture
	N'Djamena	minṭaqah (Arabic: منطقة) région	region	minṭaqah (Arabic: منطقة) région	region
	Santiago^[12]	región metropolitana	metropolitan region	región	region
	Beijing	zhíxiáshì (直辖市)	direct-controlled municipality	shěng (省)	province
	Bogotá	distrito capital	capital district	departamento	department
	Brazzaville	département	department	département	department
	Zagreb	grad	city	županija	county
	Havana	provincia	province	provincia	province
	Prague	hlavní město	capital city	kraj	region
	Kinshasa	ville-province	city province	province
	Copenhagen	region hovedstaden	capital region	region
	Djibouti	ville	city	région	region
	Roseau	parish		parish
	Santo Domingo	distrito nacional	national district	provincia	province
	Cairo	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate
	Oyala^[13]	ciudad administrativa	administrative city	provincia	province
	Addis Ababa	astedader (አስተዳደር)	administration^[14]	kilil (ክልል)	region
^[15]	Tórshavn	kommunur	municipality	kommunur	municipality
	Banjul	city		region
	Tbilisi	k'alak'i (ქალაქი)	city	mkhare (მხარე)	region
	Berlin^[16]	Stadtstaat^[17]	city-state	Land	state
	Accra	region		region
	Nuuk	kommune	municipality	kommune	municipality
	St. George's	parish		parish
^[18]	Hagåtña	village^[19]
	Saint Peter Port	parish		parish
	Conakry	gouvernorat	governorate	région administrative	administrative region
	Bissau	sector autónomo	autonomous sector	região	region
	Budapest	főváros	capital city	megye	county
	Reykjavík	Sveitarfélög	municipality	Sveitarfélög	municipality
	New Delhi	rāṣṭrīya rājadhānī kṣetra (राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र)	national capital territory	rājya (राज्य)	state
	Jakarta	daerah khusus ibu kota	special capital region	provinsi	province
	Baghdad	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate
	Dublin	chathair	city	contae	county
	Douglas	balley	town	skeerey	parish
^[20]	Yamoussoukro	district autonome	autonomous district	district
	Abidjan
	Tokyo	to (都)	metropolis	ken (県)	prefecture
^[21]	Saint Helier	parish		parish
	Saint Saviour
	Amman	muḥāfaẓat al-ʿāṣimah (Arabic: محافظة العاصمة)	capital governorate	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate
	Astana	qala (қала) gorod (город)	city	oblıs (облыс) oblast (область)	province^[22]
	Nairobi	kaunti	county	kaunti	county
	Pristina	komunë opština (општина)	municipality	komunë opština (општина)	municipality
	Kuwait City	muḥāfaẓat al-ʿāṣimah (Arabic: محافظة العاصمة)	capital governorate	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate
	Bishkek	şaarı (шаары) gorod (город)	city	oblastı (областы) oblast (область)	region
	Vientiane	nakhônlouang (ນະຄອນຫຼວງ)	capital city^[23]	khoeng (ແຂວງ)	province
	Riga	republikas pilsēta	republican city^[24]	pašvaldība	municipality
	Beirut	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate
	Tripoli	šaʿbiyya (Arabic: شعبية)	district	šaʿbiyya (Arabic: شعبية)	district
	Vaduz	gemeinde	municipality	gemeinde	municipality
^[25]	Kuala Lumpur	wilayah persekutuan	federal territory	negeri	state
	Putrajaya
	Malé	šaharu (ޝަހަރު)	city	atholhu (އަތޮޅު)	atoll
	Bamako	district		région	region
	Valletta	lokalità	locality	lokalità	locality
	Majuro	municipality		municipality
	Port Louis	district		district
^[26]	Mamoudzou	commune
	Mexico City	ciudad	city	estado	state
	Chișinău	municipiu	municipality	raion	district
	Ulaanbaatar	khot (хот)	municipality	aimag (аймаг)	province
	Maputo	cidade	capital city	província	province
	Niamey	communauté urbaine	capital district	région	region
	Abuja	capital territory		state
	Pyongyang	chikhalsi (직할시)	direct-administered city	to (도)	province
	Skopje	grad (град)	city	opština (општина)	municipality
	Oslo	fylke	county	fylke	county
	Islamabad	vafāqī dār-alhakūmat (Urdu: وفاقی دارالحکومت‎)	capital territory	province
	Port Moresby	capital district		province
	Asunción	distrito capital	capital district	departamento	department
	Lima	provincia		región	region
	Manila	rehiyon	region	rehiyon	region
	Bucharest	municipiu	municipality	județ	county
	Moscow	federalny gorod (федеральный город)	federal city	subyekt federatsii (субъект федерации)	federal subject
	Kigali	mairie	town council	intara	province
	Belgrade	grad	city	okrug	district
	Honiara	capital district		province
	Mogadishu	gobol	region	gobol	region
^[27]	Seoul	teukbyeolsi (특별시)	special city	to (도)	province
	Sejong	teukbyeol-jachisi (특별자치시)	special self-governing city
	Paramaribo	district		district
	Damascus	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate
(Republic of China)	Taipei	zhíxiáshì (直轄市)	special municipality	shěng (省)	province^[28]
	Dushanbe	şahri mustaqil (шаҳри мустақил)	independent city	viloyat (вилоят)	region
	Dar es Salaam^[29]	mkoa	region	mkoa	region
	Bangkok	maha nakhon (มหานคร)	special administrative area	changwat (จังหวัด)	province
^[30]	Tiraspol	municipiu munitsipalitet (муниципалитет)	municipality	raion rayon (район)	district
	Port of Spain	municipality		region
	Aşgabat	şäher	independent city	welayat	region
	Kampala	town council		district
	Kyiv	misto (місто)	city	oblasti (області)	oblast
^[31]	London	region		county
	Belfast	district		district
	Edinburgh	council area		council area
	Cardiff	dinas	city	prif ardal	principal area
	Washington, D.C.	federal district		state
	Tashkent	shahar	independent city	viloyat	region
	Caracas	distrito capital	capital district	estado	state
	Hanoi	thành phố trực thuộc trung ương	municipality	tỉnh	province
	Sana'a	amanah (Arabic: أمانة)	municipality	muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة)	governorate
	Harare	city		province

Countries where the capital is a second-level subdivision

Country	Capital city	Divisional unit		Typical term for second-level divisions		First-level administration
	Kabul	wuləswāləi (ولسوالۍ) wuleswali (شهرستان)	district	wuləswāləi (ولسوالۍ) wuleswali (شهرستان)	district	Kabul Province
	Tirana	bashki	municipality	bashki	municipality	Tirana County
	Luanda	município	municipality	município	municipality	Luanda Province
	Porto-Novo	commune				Ouémé Department
	Thimphu	thromde (ཁྲོམ་སྡེ)	urban municipality	geok (རྒེད་འོག)	village block	Thimphu District
	Yaoundé	département	department	département	department	Centre Region
	Ottawa	single-tier municipality		county		Ontario
	San José	cantón	canton	cantón	canton	San José Province
	Nicosia	dimos (δήμος)	municipality	koinótita (κοινότητα)	community	Nicosia District
	Quito	distrito metropolitano	metropolitan district	cantón	canton	Pichincha Province
	San Salvador	municipio	municipality	municipio	municipality	San Salvador Department
	Malabo	municipio	municipality	municipio	municipality	Bioko Norte
	Tallinn	linn	town^[32]	vald	parish^[33]	Harju County
	Helsinki	seutukunta ekonomisk region	sub-region	seutukunta ekonomisk region	sub-region	Uusimaa
	Paris	département	department	département	department	Île-de-France
	Cayenne	commune				Arrondissement of Cayenne
	Papeete	commune				Windward Islands
^[34]	Palikir	municipality		municipality		Pohnpei State
	Kolonia	municipality
	Libreville	département	department	département	department	Estuaire Province
	Bonn	kreisfreie städte	urban district	landkreis	rural district	North Rhine-Westphalia
	Guatemala City	municipio	municipality	municipio	municipality	Guatemala Department
	Basse-Terre	commune				Arrondissement of Basse-Terre
	Georgetown	municipality		neighbourhood democratic council		Demerara-Mahaica
	Tegucigalpa	distrito central	central district	municipio	municipality	Francisco Morazán Department
	Rome	città metropolitana	metropolitan city	provincia	province	Lazio
	Maseru	community council		community council		Maseru District
	Monrovia	district		district		Montserrado County
	Vilnius	miesto savivaldybė	city municipality	rajono savivaldybė	district municipality	Vilnius County
	Luxembourg City	gemeng gemeinde	commune	gemeng gemeinde	commune	Luxembourg
	Antananarivo	distrika	district	distrika	district	Analamanga
	Fort-de-France	commune				Arrondissement of Fort-de-France
	Warsaw	miasto na prawach powiatu	city/town county	powiat	county	Masovian Voivodeship
	Madrid	municipio	municipality	provincia	province	Autonomous Community of Madrid

Countries where the capital is a third-level subdivision

Country	Capital city	Divisional unit		Typical term for third-level divisions		Second-level administration	First-level administration
	Dhaka	N/A^[35]		upazila (উপজেলা)	subdistrict	Dhaka District	Dhaka Division
^[36]	Sucre	municipio	municipality	municipio	municipality	Oropeza Province	Chuquisaca Department
	La Paz		municipality			Pedro Domingo Murillo Province	La Paz Department
	Ouagadougou	département	department^[37]	département	department	Kadiogo Province	Centre Region
	Valparaíso	comuna	commune	comuna	commune	Valparaíso Province	Valparaíso Region
	Port-au-Prince	komin	commune	komin	commune	Port-au-Prince Arrondissement	Ouest
^[38]	Jerusalem	iriya (עיריה)	city	mo'atza mekomit (מועצה מקומית)	local council area	none	Jerusalem District
	Tel Aviv						Tel Aviv District

Countries where the capital is a conglomeration of subdivisions

Country	Capital city	Level of divisional units	Term for divisional units		Number of divisional units	List of divisional units	Second-level administration	First-level administration
	St. John's	2nd	major divisions/areas		16	City Centre, Greenbay, Point, Cook's Hill, Gray's Farm, Nut Grove, Kentish, Desouza Road, Browns Avenue, Villa, Radio Range, Sutherlands Development, Upper Fort Road, Micheal's Mount, Princess Margaret, Upper Gamble's^[39]	none	Saint John
	Sarajevo	3rd	opština općina (опћина)	municipality	4	Centar, Novi Grad, Novo Sarajevo, Stari Grad	Sarajevo Canton	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Bandar Seri Begawan	2nd	mukim	ward	9	Kianggeh, Berakas A, Berakas B, Gadong A, Gadong B, Kilanas, Kota Batu, Lumapas, Sengkurong	none	Brunei-Muara District
	Yangon	3rd	myahoetnaal (မြို့နယ်)	township	33	Ahlon, Bahan, Dagon, Kyauktada, Kyimyindaing, Lanmadaw, Latha, Pabedan, Sanchaung, Seikkan, Botataung, Dagon Seikkan, East Dagon, North Dagon, North Okkalapa, Pazundaung, South Dagon, South Okkalapa, Thingangyun, Mingala Taungnyunt, Dala, Dawbon, Seikkyi Kanaungto, Tamwe, Thaketa, Yankin, Insein, Hlaing, Hlaingthaya, Kamayut, Mayangon, Mingaladon, Shwepyitha	West Yangon District^[40]	Yangon Region
	Asmara	2nd	ni’usi zoba (ንኡስ ዞባ) dun al'iiqlimia (دون الإقليمية)	subregion	4	North Eastern, North Western, South Eastern, South Western	none	Central Region
	Athens	2nd	perifereiakí̱ enóti̱ta (περιφερειακή ενότητα)	regional unit	4	Central Athens, North Athens, West Athens, South Athens	none	Attica
	Kingston	1st	parish		2	Kingston, Saint Andrew	none
	Nouakchott	1st	wilayah (ولاية)	region	3	Nouakchott-Nord, Nouakchott-Ouest, Nouakchott-Sud	none
	Ankara	2nd	ilçe	district	25	Akyurt, Altındağ, Ayaş, Balâ, Beypazarı, Çamlıdere, Çankaya, Çubuk, Elmadağ, Etimesgut, Evren, Gölbaşı, Güdül, Haymana, Kahramankazan, Kalecik, Keçiören, Kızılcahamam, Mamak, Nallıhan, Polatlı, Pursaklar, Sincan, Şereflikoçhisar, Yenimahalle	none	Ankara Province

Countries where the capital is not a subdivision

Country	Capital city	Third-level administration	Second-level administration	First-level administration
	Pago Pago	none	Maoputasi County	Eastern District
^[41]	Belmopan	none		Cayo District
	Belize City			Belize District
	Moroni	none		Grande Comore
	Suva	none	Rewa Province	Central Division
	Tehran	Central District	Tehran County	Tehran Province
	Lilongwe	none		Lilongwe District

Countries that have no subdivision

Country	Capital city
	Episkopi Cantonment
	Oranjestad
	Road Town
^[42]	Flying Fish Cove
	West Island
^[43]	Avarua
	Willemstad
	Stanley
	Tarawa

Countries usually considered city-states

Country
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Countries de facto unoccupied

Country
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See also

• for other lists of capitals
• List of autonomous areas by country
• Table of administrative country subdivisions by country
• Capital districts and territories

Notes and References

1. Territory of Finland.
2. Also translated as commune.
3. [British Overseas Territories|Territory of]
4. Yerevan has no official term for its status as a first-level division.
5. Nassau is under direct control of the Bahamian government and is not part of any district.
6. Porto-Novo is the official capital and houses the National Assembly. However, the rest of the Beninese government, along with twenty-one embassies, are located in Cotonou.
7. Naypyidaw is the official capital since 2006 and houses the entire Myanma government. However, because this transfer was completely unknown until it had already occurred, forty-one embassies remain in the former capital, Yangon.
8. Gitega is the official capital since January 16, 2019. However, the National Assembly, the twenty embassies, along with rest of the Burundian government, are currently located in the former capital, Bujumbura. All branches of the Burundian government are expected to relocate to Gitega in about three years.
9. Also translated as municipality.
10. [Dutch Caribbean|Territory of the Netherlands.]
11. De facto three separate entities.
12. Santiago is the official capital and houses most of the Chilean government and sixty-nine embassies. However, since 1990 the National Congress of Chile have been meeting in Valparaíso.
13. Malabo is the official and current capital and houses twenty-one embassies. However, the Equatorial Guinean government is currently in the process of transferring to the future capital, Oyala.
14. Usually translated as chartered city.
15. [The unity of the Realm|Territory of Denmark.]
16. Berlin is the official capital since 1990 and houses most of the German government and 150 embassies. However, at least six federal government ministries and five embassies remain in the former West German capital, Bonn.
17. Also referred to as stadtstaat (city-state).
18. [Territories of the United States|Territory of the United States.]
19. Also referred to as municipality.
20. Yamoussoukro is the official capital since 1983. However, this status has been on paper only, as the entire Ivorian government, as well as forty-seven embassies, remain in the Ivory Coast's former capital, Abidjan.
21. Saint Helier is the official capital and houses most of the Jerseyan government. However, the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor is in nearby Saint Saviour.
22. Also translated as either region or oblast.
23. Also translated to as prefecture.
24. Also referred to as pilsēta (city).
25. Kuala Lumpur is the official capital and houses the Parliament of Malaysia, the official residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and ninety-six embassies. However, the rest of the Malaysian government are located in Putrajaya.
26. [Overseas France|Territory of France.]
27. Seoul is the official capital and houses most of the South Korean government and 110 embassies. However, at least nine ministries have moved to what was supposed to be the future capital, Sejong.
28. Nominally active. Provincial governments have been suspended since 2019.
29. Dodoma is the official capital since 1974 and houses the National Assembly. However, because most of the original design for the capitol complex in Dodoma was never fulfilled, many government offices and embassies refuse to relocate to Dodoma. As a result of this, sixty embassies remain in Tanzania's former capital, Dar es Salaam.
30. Also known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Transnistria is an unrecognised state that is viewed by the UN as an autonomous territory of Moldova.
31. [Countries of the United Kingdom]
32. Usually translated as urban municipality.
33. Usually translated as rural municipality.
34. Palikir is the official capital and houses the entire Micronesian government and one embassy. However, three embassies remain in the former capital, and current capital of the Pohnpei State, Kolonia.
35. Dhaka is one of four cities in Bangladesh that are not part of any subdistrict.
36. Sucre is the official capital since 2009 and houses the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. However, the rest of the Bolivian government, along with thirty-one embassies, remain in Bolivia's former capital, La Paz.
37. Also referred to as commune.
38. Jerusalem is the official capital and houses the entire Israeli government. However, because Israel's claim over Jerusalem is unrecognized, eighty-six embassies are instead located in Tel Aviv.
39. https://statistics.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Antigua-and-Barbuda-CPA-Main-Report-Vol-I.pdf
40. Yangon is spread out to include townships from North, South and East Yangon in addition to the entirety of West Yangon.
41. Belmopan is the official capital since 1970 and houses the entire Belizean government and seven embassies. However, six embassies remain in Belize's former capital, Belize City.
42. [States and territories of Australia|Territory of Australia.]
43. Non-UN member sovereign state. In free association with New Zealand.
44. [Special administrative regions of China|Territory of China.]
45. Non-UN member sovereign state. Has observer status.
46. Sections claimed by at least eight countries. De facto a condominium.
47. Territory of Norway.