List of national capitals by area

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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; except Ankara, which is a metropolitan municipality, so its entire metro area is within the capital city of Turkey, according to the Turkish administrative system. [1]

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RankCountry/TerritoryCapitalArea
(km2)(sq mi)
1 Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Ankara 25,6329,897
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Beijing [2] 16,410.56,336
3 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 9,9653,848
4 Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Naypyidaw [3] 7,0542,724
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Brasília 5,8022,240
6 Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Windhoek 5,1331,982
7 Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 4,704.41,816.3
8 Flag of Laos.svg Laos Vientiane 3,9201,510
9 Flag of Oman.svg Oman Muscat 3,5001,400
10 Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Hanoi 3,358.61,296.8
11 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Cairo 3,085.121,191.17
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Ottawa 2,970.301,077.34
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (China) Hong Kong 2,754.971,063.70
13 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Lima 2,672.31,031.8
14 Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania [4] Dodoma (official and legislative capital)2,576995
15 Flag of Russia.svg Russia Moscow 2,561.4989
16 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa [4] Cape Town (legislative capital)2,461950
17 Flag of Japan.svg Japan Tokyo 2,194.07 [5] 847.14 [5]
18 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Baku 2,140830
19 Flag of Panama.svg Panama Panama City 2,082804
20 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 2,075801
21 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1,97376
22 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia [4] Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital)1,768683
23 Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Amman 1,680650
24 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Bogotá 1587613
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom London 1,572607
26 Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Bangkok 1,568.737605.693
27 Flag of Libya.svg Libya Tripoli 1,507582
28 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1,502580
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras [4] Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital)1,502580
30 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Mexico City 1,485573
31 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Abuja 1,476570
32 Flag of Italy.svg Italy Rome 1,287.36497.05
33 Flag of Albania.svg Albania Tirana 1,110430
34 Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania Nouakchott 1,000400
35 Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Guatemala City 997385
36 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Harare 982.3379.3
37 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 972375
38 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Berlin 891.3344.1
39 Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Kuwait City 860330
40 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Kyiv 839324
41 Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Pyongyang 829.1320.1
42 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Canberra 814.2314.4
43 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Astana 810.2312.8
44 Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen [4] Aden (temporary capital) [6] 760290
45 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Singapore 735.7284.1
46 Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda Kigali 730280
47 Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Havana 728.26281.18
48 Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Lilongwe 727.79281.00
49 Flag of Finland.svg Finland Helsinki 715.48276.25
50 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Nairobi 696.1268.8
51 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa [4] Pretoria (administrative and executive capital)687.54265.46
52 Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Phnom Penh 679262
53 Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Baghdad 673260
54 Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Jakarta 660.982255.207
55 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Zagreb 641.2247.6
56 Flag of Chile.svg Chile [4] Santiago (official)641247.6
57 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Tashkent 631.29243.74
58 Flag of Iran.svg Iran Tehran 615237
59 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Seoul 605.21233.67
60 Flag of Spain.svg Spain Madrid 604.31233.33
61 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 588227
62 Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia Skopje 571.46220.64
63 Flag of Niger.svg Niger Niamey 552.27213.23
64 Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Addis Ababa 527203
65 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Budapest 525.2202.8
66 Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo Pristina 523.13201.98
67 Flag of Poland.svg Poland Warsaw 517.24199.71
68 Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Tbilisi 504.3194.7
69 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Sofia 500200
70 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Prague 496.21191.59
71 Flag of Norway.svg Norway Oslo 480190
72 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia [4] La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies)472182
73 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Ashgabat 470180
74 Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea Conakry 450170
75 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Caracas 433167
76 Flag of Austria.svg Austria Vienna 414.78160.15
77 Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Minsk 409.53158.12
78 Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Vilnius 401155
79 Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Belgrade 389.12150.24
80 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 386149
81 Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan Kabul 381.3147.9
82 Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Mogadishu 370140
83 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Bratislava 367.584141.925
84 Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Algiers 363140
85 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia Lusaka 360140
86 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Maputo 347.69134.24
87 Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Khartoum 322.7124.6
88 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Dhaka 306118
89 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Riga 304 [7] 117.375[ citation needed ]
90 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Wellington 289.91111.93
91 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Ljubljana 274.99170.87
92 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Taipei 271.80104.94
93 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua Managua 267103
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [4] Laayoune (declared capital)247.895.68
94 Flag of Mali.svg Mali Bamako 245.094.6
95 Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Reykjavík 24494
96 Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia [4] Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature)24394
97 Flag of Romania.svg Romania Bucharest 24092.28
98 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 24090
99 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Bloemfontein (judicial capital)236.1791.19
100 Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Yerevan 22386
101 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Islamabad 220.1585
102 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands)219.3284.68
103 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Tunis 21282
104 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Buenos Aires 205.979.5
105 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan Dushanbe 20378
106 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Montevideo 20177.5
107 Flag of the Bahamas.svg The Bahamas Nassau 20080
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Djibouti City 20080
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico (United States) San Juan 19977.0
109 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Quito 197.576.3
110 Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Monrovia 194.2575
111 Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Kampala 189[ citation needed ]73[ citation needed ]
112 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Stockholm 18872.5
113 Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname Paramaribo 18270.27
114 Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon Yaoundé 180[ citation needed ]70[ citation needed ]
115 Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor Dili 178.6268.97
116 Flag of the United States.svg United States Washington, D.C. 177.068.35
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands (Denmark) Tórshavn 17367
117 Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana Gaborone 16965.25
118 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Brussels 162.4262.71
119 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Tallinn 159.261.5
120 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 141.554.6
121 Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Maseru 137.553.1
122 Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Doha 13251
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen [4] Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis) [6] 12649
123 Flag of Israel.svg Israel & Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine Jerusalem [8] [9] 125.12648.323
124 Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa Apia 123.8147.8
125 Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Chișinău 12347
Flag of Macau.svg Macau (China) Macau 119.346.1
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Saipan 118.9845.94
126 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Dublin 117.845.5
127 Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Asunción 11745.2
128 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Rabat 117[ citation needed ]45.17[ citation needed ]
129 Flag of Angola.svg Angola Luanda 11645
130 Flag of Benin.svg Benin [4] Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital)110[ citation needed ]40
131 Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro [4] Podgorica (official capital)10842
132 Flag of France.svg France Paris 105.440.7
133 Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria Damascus 10541
134 Flag of Chad.svg Chad N'Djamena 104[ citation needed ]40[ citation needed ]
135 Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde Praia 102.639.6
136 Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 100.3638.75
137 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Lisbon 100.0538.63
138 Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo Lomé 99.14[ citation needed ]38.28[ citation needed ]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands [4] The Hague (seat of government)98.1337.89
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Northern Cyprus North Nicosia 92.835.8
139 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Copenhagen 90.0134.75
140 Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar Antananarivo 8533
141 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone Freetown 82.4831.85
142 Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini [4] Mbabane (administrative capital)81.7631.57
143 Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Dakar 79.8330.82
144 Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia Castries 79[ citation needed ]30.5[ citation needed ]
145 Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau Bissau 77.529.9
146 Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador San Salvador 72.25[ citation needed ]27.90[ citation needed ]
147 Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana Georgetown 70[ citation needed ]30
148 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic Bangui 6726
149 Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon Libreville 65.42[ citation needed ]25.26[ citation needed ]
Flag of Transnistria (state).svg Transnistria Tiraspol 55.56[ citation needed ]21.45[ citation needed ]
150 Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan Juba 52[ citation needed ]20[ citation needed ]
151 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland [10] Bern (de facto)51.6219.93
152 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Luxembourg City 51.4619.87
153 Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal Kathmandu 49.4519.09
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk 4918.8
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia [4] Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital)4919
154 Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Port Louis 46.718.0
Flag of Niue.svg Niue (New Zealand) Alofi 46.48[ citation needed ]17.95[ citation needed ]
Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia (France) Nouméa 45.7[ citation needed ]17.6[ citation needed ]
155 Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea Asmara 45[ citation needed ]17
156 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica San José 44.6217.23
157 Flag of India.svg India New Delhi 42.716.5
158 Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Manila 42.3416.35
159 Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Bridgetown 40[ citation needed ]15
160 Flag of Greece.svg Greece Athens 38.96415.044
161 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka [4] Colombo (executive and judicial capital)37.3114.41
162 Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Port-au-Prince 36.0413.92
163 Flag of Belize.svg Belize Belmopan 32.7812.66
164 Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati Tarawa 31.0211.98
165 Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Manama 30[ citation needed ]10
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros Moroni 30[ citation needed ]10
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) George Town 29[ citation needed ]11[ citation needed ]
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands (New Zealand) Avarua 2811
167 Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Suva 26.24
168 Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan Thimphu 26.1[ citation needed ]10.1[ citation needed ]
169 Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Kingston 2510
Flag of France.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Saint Pierre 25[ citation needed ]10
170 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu Port Vila 23.6[ citation needed ]9.1[ citation needed ]
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad 239
171 Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi Gitega 22[ citation needed ]8
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands Honiara 228
Flag of France.svg Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) Marigot 21.6 [11]
173 Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea Malabo 21[ citation needed ]8
Flag of Aland.svg Åland (Finland) Mariehamn 20.75[ citation needed ]8.01[ citation needed ]
174 Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Accra 20.47.9
175 Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles Victoria 20.1[ citation needed ]7.8[ citation needed ]
176 Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Nicosia 20.087.75
177 Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Beirut 197
Flag of French Polynesia.svg French Polynesia (France) Papeete 17.46.7
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) Cockburn Town 17.396.71
178 Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein Vaduz 17.286.67
179 Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 17[ citation needed ]7
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka [4] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)17[ citation needed ]7
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine Ramallah ( de facto )16.36.3
180 Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra Andorra la Vella 125
Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia Banjul 12[ citation needed ]5[ citation needed ]
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 125
183 Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives Malé 11.224.33
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man (United Kingdom) Douglas 114.1
Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey (United Kingdom) Saint Helier 10.64.1
184 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 104
185 Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands Majuro 9.73.7
Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa (United States) Pago Pago 8.853.42
186 Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino City of San Marino 7.092.74
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Gibraltar 6.82.6
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Tifariti (temporary capital)6.782.62
Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey (United Kingdom) Saint Peter Port 6.52.5
Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.svg Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) West Island 6.232.41
187 Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 6.12.5
188 Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica Roseau 5.42.1
Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) Adamstown 4.61.8
Flag of Saint Helena.svg Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Jamestown 3.61.4
Flag of France.svg Saint Barthélemy (France) Gustavia 3.41.3
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands (United States) Charlotte Amalie 3.141.213
Flag of Guam.svg Guam (United States) Hagåtña 31
189 Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu Funafuti 2.791.08
Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla (United Kingdom) The Valley 2.721.05
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Stanley 2.51.0
190 Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Monaco 2.080.80
191 Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru Yaren (de facto) [12] 1.50.6
Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda (United Kingdom) Hamilton 0.70.28
192 Flag of Malta.svg Malta Valletta 0.610.24
193 Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican City Vatican City 0.490.19
194 Flag of Palau.svg Palau Ngerulmud 0.450.17
195 Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada Saint George's n/an/a
Flag of Montserrat.svg Montserrat (United Kingdom) [4] Brades (de facto) [13] n/an/a
Flag of Norfolk Island.svg Norfolk Island (Australia) Kingston (de facto)n/an/a
Flag of France.svg Wallis and Futuna (France) Mata-Utu n/an/a
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) Road Town n/an/a
Flag of Christmas Island.svg Christmas Island (Australia) Flying Fish Cove n/an/a
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini [4] Lobamba (legislative and royal capital)n/an/a
196 Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Micronesia Palikir n/an/a

References

  1. http://www.lawsturkey.com/law/law-on-metropolitan-municipalities-5216
  2. "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.
  3. "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 One of the few countries with more than 1 capital. See more.
  5. 1 2 The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.
  6. 1 2 The official capital of Yemen is Sana'a. However, due to the Yemeni Civil War, its temporary capital is Aden.
  7. "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā 2022 - 2024". Oficiālās statistikas portāls (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  8. 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.
  9. Figures do not include East Jerusalem, disputed with the State of Palestine.
  10. 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.
  11. "Comparateur de territoires".
  12. Nauru has no de jure capital. Yaren District contains most of Nauru's government and administrative buildings.
  13. 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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