List of countries by national capital, largest and second-largest cities
This is a list of the largest and second-largest cities by population in each country. If a territory or region of a certain country is listed, the name of the country is specified in parentheses immediately after the name of the territory.
Country or territory |
Capital |
City proper |
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Largest |
Second largest |
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Metropolitan area (if different) |
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Largest |
Second largest |
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Sukhumi |
Gagra |
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Kabul |
Kandahar |
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(UK) |
Episkopi Cantonment |
Ayios Nikolaos |
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(Finland) |
Mariehamn |
Jomala |
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Tirana |
Durrës |
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Algiers |
Oran |
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(US) |
Pago Pago |
Tafuna |
Nu'uuli |
Andorra la Vella |
Les Escaldes |
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Luanda |
Huambo |
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(UK) |
The Valley |
North Side |
The Valley |
St. John's |
All Saints |
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Buenos Aires |
Córdoba |
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Yerevan |
Gyumri |
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(Netherlands) |
Oranjestad |
Sint Nicolaas |
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Canberra |
Sydney |
Melbourne |
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Vienna |
Graz |
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Baku |
Ganja |
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Nassau |
Freeport |
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Manama |
Riffa |
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Dhaka |
Chittagong |
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Bridgetown |
Speightstown |
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Minsk |
Homel |
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Brussels |
Antwerp |
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Belmopan |
Belize City |
San Ignacio |
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Porto-Novo |
Cotonou |
Abomey-Calavi |
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(UK) |
Hamilton |
St. George's |
Hamilton |
Thimphu |
Phuntsholing |
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Sucre |
Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
El Alto |
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Sarajevo |
Banja Luka |
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Gaborone |
Francistown |
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Brasília |
São Paulo |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Bandar Seri Begawan |
Kuala Belait |
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Sofia |
Plovdiv |
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Ouagadougou |
Bobo-Dioulasso |
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Bujumbura |
Muyinga |
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Phnom Penh |
Battambang |
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Yaoundé |
Douala |
Yaoundé |
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Ottawa |
Toronto |
Montreal |
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Praia |
Mindelo |
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(UK) |
George Town |
West Bay |
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Bangui |
Bimbo |
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N'Djamena |
Moundou |
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Santiago |
Puente Alto |
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Beijing |
Shanghai |
Beijing |
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Taipei |
New Taipei |
Kaohsiung |
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Taipei |
Taichung |
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(Australia) |
Flying Fish Cove |
Poon Saan |
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(Australia) |
West Island |
Bantam |
West Island |
Bogotá |
Medellín |
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Moroni |
Mutsamudu |
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Kinshasa |
Lubumbashi |
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Brazzaville |
Pointe-Noire |
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(New Zealand) |
Avarua |
Amuri |
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San José |
Alajuela |
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Yamoussoukro |
Abidjan |
Bouaké |
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Zagreb |
Split |
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Havana |
Santiago de Cuba |
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(Netherlands) |
Willemstad |
Sint Michiel |
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Nicosia |
Limassol |
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Prague |
Brno |
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Ostrava |
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Copenhagen |
Aarhus |
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Djibouti |
Ali Sabieh |
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Roseau |
Portsmouth |
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Santo Domingo |
Santiago de los Caballeros |
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Dili |
Dare |
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Quito |
Guayaquil |
Quito |
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Cairo |
Alexandria |
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San Salvador |
Santa Ana |
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Malabo |
Bata |
Malabo |
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Asmara |
Keren |
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Tallinn |
Tartu |
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Addis Ababa |
Dire Dawa |
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(UK) |
Stanley |
Goose Green |
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(Denmark) |
Tórshavn |
Klaksvík |
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Suva |
Nasinu |
Suva |
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Helsinki |
Espoo |
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Tampere |
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Paris |
Marseille |
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Lyon |
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(France) |
Cayenne |
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
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(France) |
Papeete |
Mahina |
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Libreville |
Port-Gentil |
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Banjul |
Serekunda |
Brikama |
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Tbilisi |
Kutaisi |
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Berlin |
Berlin |
Hamburg |
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Rhine-Ruhr |
Berlin |
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Accra |
Kumasi |
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(UK) |
Gibraltar |
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Athens |
Thessaloniki |
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(Denmark) |
Nuuk |
Sisimiut |
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St. George's |
Gouyave |
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(US) |
Hagåtña |
Tamuning |
Mangilao |
Guatemala City |
Quetzaltenango |
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(UK) |
Saint Peter Port |
Vale |
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Conakry |
Nzérékoré |
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Bissau |
Gabú |
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Georgetown |
Linden |
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Port-au-Prince |
Gonaïves |
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Tegucigalpa |
San Pedro Sula |
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(China) |
Victoria |
Kowloon |
Victoria |
Budapest |
Debrecen |
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Reykjavík |
Kópavogur |
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New Delhi |
Mumbai |
Delhi |
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Jakarta |
Surabaya |
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Tehran |
Mashhad |
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Baghdad |
Basra |
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Dublin |
Cork |
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(UK) |
Douglas |
Onchan |
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Jerusalem |
Tel Aviv |
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Rome |
Milan |
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Kingston |
Spanish Town |
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Tokyo |
Yokohama |
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Osaka |
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(UK) |
Saint Helier |
Saint Saviour |
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Amman |
Zarqa |
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Astana |
Almaty |
Astana |
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Nairobi |
Mombasa |
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Bairiki |
Betio |
Bairiki |
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Pyongyang |
Hamhung |
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Seoul |
Busan |
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Pristina |
Prizren |
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Kuwait City |
Al Jahra |
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Bishkek |
Osh |
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Vientiane |
Pakxe |
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Riga |
Daugavpils |
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Beirut |
Tripoli |
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Maseru |
Teyateyaneng |
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Monrovia |
Gbarnga |
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Tripoli |
Benghazi |
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Vaduz |
Schaan |
Vaduz |
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Vilnius |
Kaunas |
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Luxembourg City |
Esch-sur-Alzette |
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Skopje |
Bitola |
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Antananarivo |
Toamasina |
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Lilongwe |
Blantyre |
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Kuala Lumpur |
George Town |
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Malé |
Addu City |
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Bamako |
Sikasso |
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Valletta |
Birkirkara |
Mosta |
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Valletta |
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Majuro |
Ebeye |
Rita |
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Nouakchott |
Nouadhibou |
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Port Louis |
Beau Bassin-Rose Hill |
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(France) |
Mamoudzou |
Dzaoudzi |
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Mexico City |
Ecatepec |
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Palikir |
Weno |
Palikir |
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Chişinău |
Tiraspol |
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Monaco |
Monte Carlo |
La Condamine |
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Ulan Bator |
Darkhan |
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Podgorica |
Nikšić |
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(UK) |
Brades |
Saint Peter's |
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Rabat |
Casablanca |
Fez |
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Maputo |
Beira |
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Nay Pyi Taw |
Yangon |
Mandalay |
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(Azerbaijan) |
Stepanakert |
Shusha |
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Windhoek |
Rundu |
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Yaren |
Denigomudu |
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Kathmandu |
Pokhara |
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Amsterdam |
Rotterdam |
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(France) |
Nouméa |
Wé |
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Wellington |
Auckland |
Wellington |
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Managua |
León |
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Niamey |
Zinder |
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Abuja |
Lagos |
Kano |
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(New Zealand) |
Alofi |
Hakupu |
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(Australia) |
Kingston |
Burnt Pine |
Kingston |
(Cyprus) |
North Nicosia |
Famagusta |
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(US) |
San Antonio |
Garapan |
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Oslo |
Bergen |
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Muscat |
Salalah |
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Islamabad |
Karachi |
Lahore |
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Ngerulmud |
Koror |
Airai |
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East Jerusalem |
Gaza City |
Hebron |
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East Jerusalem |
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Panama City |
Colón |
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Port Moresby |
Lae |
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Asunción |
Ciudad del Este |
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Lima |
Arequipa |
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Manila |
Quezon City |
Manila |
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Manila |
Cebu City |
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(UK) |
Adamstown |
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Warsaw |
Kraków |
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Lisbon |
Porto |
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San Juan |
Bayamón |
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Ponce |
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Doha |
Al Rayyan |
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Bucharest |
Cluj-Napoca |
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Constanța |
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Moscow |
Saint Petersburg |
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Kigali |
Gitarama |
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(France) |
Gustavia |
St. Jean |
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(UK) |
Jamestown |
Half Tree Hollow |
Jamestown |
Basseterre |
Charlestown |
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Castries |
Gros Islet |
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(France) |
Marigot |
Rambaud |
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(France) |
Saint-Pierre |
Miquelon |
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Kingstown |
Georgetown |
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Apia |
Vaitele |
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San Marino |
Dogana |
Borgo Maggiore |
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São Tomé |
Trindade |
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Riyadh |
Jeddah |
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Dakar |
Pikine |
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Belgrade |
Novi Sad |
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Victoria |
Anse Etoile |
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Freetown |
Bo |
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Singapore |
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(Netherlands) |
Prince's Quarter |
Cul De Sac |
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Bratislava |
Košice |
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Ljubljana |
Maribor |
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Honiara |
Gizo |
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Mogadishu |
Hargeisa |
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Cape Town |
Cape Town |
Durban |
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Johannesburg |
Cape Town |
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(UK) |
King Edward Point |
Grytviken |
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(Georgia) |
Tskhinvali |
Akhalgori |
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Juba |
Yei |
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Madrid |
Barcelona |
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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
Colombo |
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia |
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Kandy |
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Khartoum |
Omdurman |
Khartoum |
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Khartoum |
Port Sudan |
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Paramaribo |
Lelydorp |
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and Jan Mayen (Norway) |
Longyearbyen |
Barentsburg |
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Mbabane |
Manzini |
Mbabane |
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Stockholm |
Gothenburg |
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Bern |
Zürich |
Geneva |
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Damascus |
Aleppo |
Damascus |
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Dushanbe |
Khujand |
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Dodoma |
Dar es Salaam |
Mwanza |
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Bangkok |
Nonthaburi |
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Pak Kret |
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Lomé |
Sokodé |
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(New Zealand) |
None |
Fakaofo |
Atafu |
Nukuʻalofa |
Neiafu |
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(Moldova) |
Tiraspol |
Tighina |
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Port of Spain |
Chaguanas |
San Fernando |
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Tunis |
Sfax |
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Ankara |
Istanbul |
Ankara |
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Ashgabat |
Türkmenabat |
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(UK) |
Cockburn Town |
Five Cays |
Honda Road |
Funafuti |
Asau |
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Kampala |
Gulu |
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Kyiv |
Kharkiv |
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Donetsk |
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Abu Dhabi |
Dubai |
Abu Dhabi |
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London |
Birmingham (city proper and metropolitan area) |
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Manchester (urban area) |
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Washington, D.C. |
New York City |
Los Angeles |
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Montevideo |
Ciudad de la Costa |
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Maldonado |
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Tashkent |
Namangan |
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Port Vila |
Luganville |
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Vatican City |
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Caracas |
Maracaibo |
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Hanoi |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Hanoi |
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(UK) |
Road Town |
Spanish Town |
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(US) |
Charlotte Amalie |
Anna's Retreat |
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(France) |
Mata-Utu |
Alele |
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(Morocco) |
El Aaiún |
Dakhla |
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Sana'a |
Aden |
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Lusaka |
Kitwe |
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Harare |
Bulawayo |
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See also
- List of national capitals and largest cities by country