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		Flag	Emblem
Rank	Country/Territory	Capital	(km²)	(sq mi)	Flag	Emblem
1	Turkey	Ankara	24,521	9,468	n/a	n/a
2	Sudan	Khartoum	22,142	8,549	n/a
3	People's Republic of China	Beijing^[1]	16,410.5	6,336	n/a	n/a
4	Tanzania^[2]	Dar es Salaam (de facto and jurisdictional capital)	10,989	4,243	n/a	n/a
5	Myanmar (Burma)	Naypyidaw^[3]	7,054	2,724
6	Brazil	Brasília	5,802	2,240
7	Namibia	Windhoek	5,133	1,982	n/a
8	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	4,704.4	1,816.3
9	Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	3,500	1,350	n/a	n/a
10	Egypt	Cairo	3,085.12	1,191.17
11	Canada	Ottawa	2,970.30	1,077.34
12	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong	2,755	1,064
13	Tanzania^[2]	Dodoma (official and legislative capital)	2,576	995	n/a	n/a
14	Russia	Moscow	2,511	970
15	Japan	Tokyo	2,194.07^[4]	847.14^[4]
16	Azerbaijan	Baku	2,140	830
17	Côte d'Ivoire^[2]	Abidjan (de facto)	2,119	818
18	Fiji	Suva	2,048	790.5	n/a
19	North Korea	P'yŏngyang	2,000	772.20	n/a	n/a
20	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	1,913	739
21	Bolivia^[2]	Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital)	1,768	683
22	Jordan	Amman	1,680	650
23	Colombia	Bogotá	1,587	613
24	United Kingdom	London	1,572	607
25	Thailand	Bangkok	1,568.737	605.693
26	Libya	Tripoli	1,507	582	n/a
27	Honduras^[2]	Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital)	1,502	580		n/a
28	Mexico	Mexico City	1,485	573
29	Italy	Rome	1,285	496.3
30	Iran	Tehran	1,200	463.32	n/a
31	Mauritania	Nouakchott	1,000	400	n/a	n/a
32	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	972	375
33	Zimbabwe	Harare	960.6	370.9
34	Montenegro	Cetinje (seat of President of Montenegro)	910	350
35	Germany	Berlin	891.1	344.1
36	Ukraine	Kyiv	839	324
37	Australia	Canberra	814.2	314.4
38	Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan	810.2	312.8
39	Peru	Lima	800	300
40	Yemen^[2]	Aden (temporary capital)^[5]	760	290	n/a	n/a
41	Rwanda	Kigali	730	281.8	n/a	n/a
42	Cuba	Havana	728.26	281.18
43	Malawi	Lilongwe	727.79	281.00	n/a	n/a
44	Singapore	Singapore (city-state)	725.7	280.2
45	Finland	Helsinki	715.48	276.25
46	Nigeria	Abuja	713	275	n/a	n/a
47	Kenya	Nairobi	696	269
48	Greenland (Denmark)	Nuuk	690	265
49	South Africa^[2]	Pretoria (administrative and executive capital)	687.54	265.46
50	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	679	262	n/a
51	Iraq	Baghdad	673	260	n/a
52	Indonesia	Jakarta	662.3	255.7
53	Chile^[2]	Santiago (official)	641	247.6
54	Croatia	Zagreb	641	247.6
55	South Korea	Seoul	605.21	233.67
56	Spain	Madrid	604.31	233.33
57	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	600	200
58	Kosovo	Prishtina	572	221
59	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	527	203
60	Hungary	Budapest	525.2	202.8
61	Poland	Warsaw	517.24	199.71
62	Georgia	Tbilisi	504.2	194.7
63	Kiribati	Tarawa	500	193.05	n/a	n/a
64	Czech Republic	Prague	496	192
65	Bulgaria	Sofia	492	189
66	Norway	Oslo	480.75	185.62
67	Jamaica	Kingston	480	185	n/a	n/a
68	Bolivia^[2]	La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies)	472	182
69	Guinea	Conakry	450	173	n/a	n/a
70	New Zealand	Wellington	442	171
71	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	440	170	n/a
72	Venezuela	Caracas	433	167
73	Zambia	Lusaka	418	161	n/a	n/a
74	Austria	Vienna	414.78	160.15
75	Belarus	Minsk	409.5	158.1
76	Chile	Valparaíso (seat of national legislature)	401.6	155.1
77	Lithuania	Vilnius	401	155
78	South Africa^[2]	Cape Town (legislative capital)	400.28	154.55
79	Ecuador	Quito	372.39	143.78
80	Slovakia	Bratislava	367.584	141.925
81	Algeria	Algiers	363	140	n/a
82	Serbia	Belgrade	359.9	139.0
83	Mozambique	Maputo	347.69	134.24		n/a
84	North Macedonia	Skopje	337.80	130.43
85	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	334.8	129.3	n/a
86	Latvia	Riga	324	125
87	Vietnam	Hà Nội	3,358.6	1,296.8
88	Bangladesh	Dhaka	306	118	n/a	n/a
89	Afghanistan	Kabul	275	106	n/a	n/a
90	Panama	Panama City	275	106
91	Oman	Muscat	273.9	105.8	n/a	n/a
92	Iceland	Reykjavík	273	105
93	Republic of China	Taipei	271.80	104.94
94	Nicaragua	Managua	267.17	103.15
95	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	263.9	101.9	n/a	n/a
96	Mali	Bamako	245.0	94.6	n/a
97	Malaysia^[2]	Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature)	243	94
98	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	240	92.66		n/a
99	Niger	Niamey	239.30	92.39	n/a	n/a
100	South Africa	Bloemfontein (judicial capital)	236.17	91.19	n/a
101	Romania	Bucharest	228	88
102	Armenia	Yerevan	223	86
103	Guatemala	Guatemala City	220	84.92
104	Pakistan	Islamabad	220	84.92		n/a
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	n/a
108	Argentina	Buenos Aires	203	78
109	Uruguay	Montevideo	201	77.5	n/a
110	Kuwait	Kuwait City	200	77.2	n/a	n/a
111	Puerto Rico (United States)	San Juan	199	77.0
112	Liberia	Monrovia	194.25	75	n/a	n/a
113	Uganda	Kampala	189	73	n/a	n/a
114	Sweden	Stockholm	188	72.5
115	Suriname	Paramaribo	182	70.27	n/a	n/a
116	Cameroon	Yaoundé	180	70	n/a	n/a
117	Denmark	Copenhagen	179.8	69.4	n/a
118	United States	Washington, D.C.	177.0	68.34
119	Ghana	Accra	173	67	n/a	n/a
120	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	Tórshavn	172.9	66.8	n/a
121	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	169.9	65.6
122	Botswana	Gaborone	169	65	n/a	n/a
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	n/a	n/a
127	Qatar	Doha	132	51	n/a	n/a
128	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Vientiane	130	50	n/a	n/a
129	Yemen^[2]	Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)^[5]	126	49	n/a	n/a
130	Israel	Jerusalem^[6]^[7]	125.126	48.323
131	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	124.6	48.1	n/a
132	Samoa	Apia	123.81	47.80	n/a	n/a
133	Moldova	Chișinău	123	47
134	Morocco	Rabat	117	45.17
135	Paraguay	Asunción	117	45.17
136	Angola	Luanda	116	45	n/a	n/a
137	Northern Mariana Islands (United States)	Saipan	115.4	44.55	n/a	n/a
138	Macau (China)	Macau	115.3	44.517
139	Ireland	Dublin	115	44
140	Benin^[2]	Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital)	110	42.47	n/a	n/a
141	Montenegro^[2]	Podgorica (official capital)	108	42
142	France	Paris	105.4	40.7
143	Syria	Damascus	105	40.5		n/a
144	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	104.44	40.32	n/a
145	Chad	N'Djamena	104	40	n/a
146	Cabo Verde	Praia	102.6	39.6	n/a	n/a
147	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	100.36	38.75	n/a	n/a
148	Portugal	Lisbon	100.05	38.63
149	Togo	Lomé	99.14	38.28	n/a
150	Netherlands^[2]	The Hague (seat of government)	98.12	37.88
151	Northern Cyprus	North Nicosia	92.8	35.8	n/a
152	Somalia	Mogadishu	91	35	n/a	n/a
153	Madagascar	Antananarivo	88	34	n/a
154	Senegal	Dakar	83	32	n/a
155	eSwatini^[2]	Mbabane (administrative capital)	81.76	31.57	n/a	n/a
156	Sierra Leone	Freetown	81.48	31.46	n/a	n/a
157	Benin	Cotonou (de facto and judicial capital)	79	30.5	n/a	n/a
158	Saint Lucia	Castries	79	30.5		n/a
159	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	77.5	29.9
160	El Salvador	San Salvador	72.25	27.90
161	Guyana	Georgetown	70	27.02	n/a	n/a
162	Central African Republic	Bangui	67	26	n/a	n/a
163	Gabon	Libreville	65.42	25.26	n/a
164	Transnistria	Tiraspol	55.56	21.45
165	South Sudan	Juba	52	20		n/a
166	Switzerland^[8]	Berne (de facto)	51.62	19.93	n/a
167	Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	51.46	19.87	n/a
168	Cyprus	Nicosia	51.06	19.71
169	Nepal	Kathmandu	49.45	19.09
170	Malaysia^[2]	Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital)	49	19
171	East Timor	Dili	48.27	18.64		n/a
172	Mauritius	Port Louis	46.7	18.0
173	Niue (New Zealand)	Alofi	46.48	17.95	n/a	n/a
174	New Caledonia (France)	Nouméa	45.7	17.6	n/a
175	Eritrea	Asmara	45	17.37
176	Costa Rica	San José	44.62	17.23
177	Philippines	Manila	42.88	16.56
29	India	New Delhi	42.7	16.5	n/a
179	Albania	Tirana	41.8	16.1
180	Barbados	Bridgetown	40	15.444	n/a
181	Greece	Athens	38.964	15.044
182	Sri Lanka^[2]	Colombo (executive and judicial capital)	37.31	14.41
183	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	36.04	13.92	n/a
184	Belize	Belmopan	32.78	12.66		n/a
185	Belgium	Brussels	32.61	12.59
186	Bahrain	Manama	30	11.58		n/a
187	Comoros	Moroni	30	11.58	n/a	n/a
188	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Stepanakert	29.12	11.24	n/a
189	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	George Town	29	11	n/a	n/a
190	Bhutan	Thimphu	26.1	10.1	n/a	n/a
191	Djibouti	Djibouti City	26	10	n/a
192	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	Saint Pierre	25	9.65	n/a	n/a
193	Vanuatu	Port Vila	23.6	9.1		n/a
194	Burundi	Gitega	22	8.49	n/a	n/a
195	Solomon Islands	Honiara	22	8.49		n/a
196	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	21	8.10	n/a	n/a
197	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic^[2]	El Aaiún (declared capital)	21	8.10	n/a	n/a
198	Åland (Finland)	Mariehamn	20.75	8.01	n/a
199	Seychelles	Victoria	20.1	7.8	n/a	n/a
200	Lebanon	Beirut	19.8	7.6
201	French Polynesia (France)	Papeete	17.4	6.718	n/a	n/a
202	Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)	Cockburn Town	17.39	6.71	n/a	n/a
203	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	17.3	6.7
204	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	17	6.56
205	Sri Lanka^[2]	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)	17	6.56	n/a
206	Palestine	Ramallah (de facto)	16.3	6.3	n/a
207	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	12	5
208	The Gambia	Banjul	12	5	n/a	n/a
209	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	12	5	n/a	n/a
210	Jersey (United Kingdom)	Saint Helier	10.6	4.1
211	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	10	4	n/a	n/a
212	Marshall Islands	Majuro	9.7	3.7	n/a	n/a
213	San Marino	City of San Marino	7.09	2.74
214	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	Gibraltar	6.7	2.6
215	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	Saint Peter Port	6.5	2.5	n/a	n/a
216	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	West Island	6.23	2.41	n/a	n/a
217	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	6.1	2.35	n/a	n/a
218	Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)	Adamstown	4.6	1.8	n/a	n/a
219	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)	Jamestown	3.6	1.4	n/a	n/a
220	Saint Barthélemy (France)	Gustavia	3.4	1.3	n/a	n/a
221	United States Virgin Islands (United States)	Charlotte Amalie	3.14	1.213	n/a	n/a
222	Guam (United States)	Hagåtña	3	1.15		n/a
223	Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)	Stanley	2.5	1.0	n/a	n/a
224	Tokelau (New Zealand)	Atafu	2.5	1.0	n/a	n/a
225	Tuvalu	Funafuti	2.4	0.9	n/a	n/a
226	Monaco	Monaco	2.1	0.81
227	Maldives	Malé	1.95	0.75	n/a	n/a
228	Nauru	Yaren (de facto)^[9]	1.5	0.6	n/a	n/a
229	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	Hamilton	0.7	0.28	n/a	n/a
230	Malta	Valletta	0.61	0.24
231	Vatican City	Vatican City (city-state)	0.44	0.17
232	American Samoa (United States)	Pago Pago	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
233	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	The Valley	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
234	Aruba (Netherlands)	Oranjestad	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
235	British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	Road Town	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
236	Christmas Island (Australia)	Flying Fish Cove	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
237	Collectivity of Saint Martin (France)	Marigot	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
238	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	Avarua	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
239	Dominica	Roseau	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
240	eSwatini^[2]	Lobamba (legislative and royal capital)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
241	Federated States of Micronesia	Palikir	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
242	Grenada	Saint George's	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
243	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	Douglas	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
244	Montserrat (United Kingdom)^[2]	Brades (de facto)^[10]	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
245	Norfolk Island (Australia)	Kingston (de facto)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
246	Palau	Ngerulmud	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
247	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic^[2]	Tifariti (temporary capital)	n/a	n/a	n/a
248	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
249	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	Philipsburg	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
250	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)	King Edward Point	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
251	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)	Longyearbyen	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
252	Tonga	Nuku'alofa	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
253	Wallis and Futuna (France)	Matāʻutu	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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.
^ ^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.
^ "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
^ ^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[]

[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.

[:1-2] ^ ^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.

[3] "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.

[:0-4] The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.

[:2-5] 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.

[:3-10] 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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