Government > Capital > Name: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from Government > Capital, which gives the name of the seat of government, its geographic coordinates, the time difference relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time observed in Washington, DC, and, if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those countries that have multiple time zones.
| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Akrotiri | Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia) |
| Albania | Tirana (Tirane) |
| Algeria | Algiers |
| American Samoa | Pago Pago |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
| Angola | Luanda |
| Anguilla | The Valley |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Armenia | Yerevan |
| Aruba | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Canberra |
| Austria | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | Baku (Baki, Baky) |
| Bahrain | Manama |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka |
| Barbados | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Minsk |
| Belgium | Brussels |
| Belize | Belmopan |
| Benin | Porto-Novo (official capital) |
| Bermuda | Hamilton |
| Bhutan | Thimphu |
| Bolivia | La Paz (administrative capital) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
| Botswana | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Brasilia |
| British Virgin Islands | Road Town |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria | Sofia |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Burma | Rangoon (Yangon) |
| Burundi | Bujumbura |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon | Yaounde |
| Canada | Ottawa |
| Cape Verde | Praia |
| Cayman Islands | George Town (on Grand Cayman) |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | N'Djamena |
| Chile | Santiago |
| China | Beijing |
| Christmas Island | The Settlement |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island |
| Colombia | Bogota |
| Comoros | Moroni |
| Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville |
| Cook Islands | Avarua |
| Costa Rica | San Jose |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro |
| Croatia | Zagreb |
| Cuba | Havana |
| Cyprus | Nicosia (Lefkosia/Lefkosa) |
| Czech Republic | Prague |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa |
| Denmark | Copenhagen |
| Dhekelia | Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Dominica | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
| East Timor | Dili |
| Ecuador | Quito |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
| Eritrea | Asmara (Asmera) |
| Estonia | Tallinn |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Stanley |
| Faroe Islands | Torshavn |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir |
| Fiji | Suva (on Viti Levu) |
| Finland | Helsinki |
| France | Paris |
| French Polynesia | Papeete (located on Tahiti) |
| Gabon | Libreville |
| Georgia | Tbilisi |
| Germany | Berlin |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Athens |
| Greenland | Nuuk (Godthab) |
| Grenada | Saint George's |
| Guam | Hagatna (Agana) |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City |
| Guernsey | Saint Peter Port |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
| Guyana | Georgetown |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | Vatican City |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary | Budapest |
| Iceland | Reykjavik |
| India | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Jakarta |
| Iran | Tehran |
| Iraq | Baghdad |
| Ireland | Dublin |
| Isle of Man | Douglas |
| Israel | Jerusalem |
| Italy | Rome |
| Jamaica | Kingston |
| Japan | Tokyo |
| Jersey | Saint Helier |
| Jordan | Amman |
| Kazakhstan | Astana |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| Kiribati | Tarawa |
| Kosovo | Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina) |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
| Laos | Vientiane (Viangchan) |
| Latvia | Riga |
| Lebanon | Beirut |
| Lesotho | Maseru |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Libya | Tripoli (Tarabulus) |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | Lilongwe |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives | Male |
| Mali | Bamako |
| Malta | Valletta |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Mauritius | Port Louis |
| Mayotte | Mamoudzou |
| Mexico | Mexico City (Distrito Federal) |
| Moldova | Chisinau in Romanian (Kishinev in Russian) |
| Monaco | Monaco |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
| Montenegro | Podgorica |
| Montserrat | Plymouth |
| Morocco | Rabat |
| Mozambique | Maputo |
| Namibia | Windhoek |
| Nepal | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam |
| New Caledonia | Noumea |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
| Nicaragua | Managua |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Abuja |
| Niue | Alofi |
| Norfolk Island | Kingston |
| North Korea | Pyongyang |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan |
| Norway | Oslo |
| Oman | Muscat |
| Pakistan | Islamabad |
| Palau | Melekeok |
| Panama | Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | Asuncion |
| Peru | Lima |
| Philippines | Manila |
| Pitcairn Islands | Adamstown |
| Poland | Warsaw |
| Portugal | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | San Juan |
| Qatar | Doha |
| Republic of Macedonia | Skopje |
| Romania | Bucharest |
| Russia | Moscow |
| Rwanda | Kigali |
| Saint Barthelemy | Gustavia |
| Saint Helena | Jamestown |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | Jamestown |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
| Saint Lucia | Castries |
| Saint Martin | Marigot |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
| Samoa | Apia |
| San Marino | San Marino |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
| Senegal | Dakar |
| Serbia | Belgrade (Beograd) |
| Seychelles | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Singapore | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara |
| Somalia | Mogadishu |
| South Africa | Pretoria (administrative capital) |
| South Korea | Seoul |
| South Sudan | Juba |
| Spain | Madrid |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo |
| Sudan | Khartoum |
| Suriname | Paramaribo |
| Svalbard | Longyearbyen |
| Swaziland | Mbabane |
| Sweden | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Bern |
| Syria | Damascus |
| Taiwan | Taipei |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam |
| Thailand | Bangkok |
| The Bahamas | Nassau |
| The Gambia | Banjul |
| Togo | Lome |
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain |
| Tunisia | Tunis |
| Turkey | Ankara |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti |
| Uganda | Kampala |
| Ukraine | Kyiv (Kiev) |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
| United Kingdom | London |
| United States | Washington, DC |
| Uruguay | Montevideo |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent (Toshkent) |
| Vanuatu | Port-Vila (on Efate) |
| Venezuela | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Hanoi (Ha Noi) |
| Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie |
| Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) |
| Yemen | Sanaa |
| Zambia | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | Harare |
