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; 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]

List

Rank Country/Territory Capital Area
(km2) (sq mi)
1 Turkey Ankara 25,632 9,897
2 China Beijing[2] 16,410.5 6,336
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 9,965 3,848
4 Myanmar Naypyidaw[3] 7,054 2,724
5 Brazil Brasília 5,802 2,240
6 Namibia Windhoek 5,133 1,982
7 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 4,704.4 1,816.3
8 Laos Vientiane 3,920 1,510
9 Oman Muscat 3,500 1,400
10 Vietnam Hanoi 3,358.6 1,296.8
11 Egypt Cairo 3,085.12 1,191.17
12 Canada Ottawa 2,970.30 1,077.34
Hong Kong (China) Hong Kong (Central - de facto; Victoria City – statutory)‌ 2,754.97 1,063.70
13 Peru Lima 2,672.3 1,031.8
14 Tanzania[4] Dodoma (official and legislative capital) 2,576 995
15 Russia Moscow 2,561.4 989
16 South Africa[4] Cape Town (legislative capital) 2,461 950
17 Japan Tokyo 2,194.07[5] 847.14[5]
18 Azerbaijan Baku 2,140 830
19 Panama Panama City 2,082 804
20 Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 2,075 801
21 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1,973 76
22 Bolivia[4] Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital) 1,768 683
23 Jordan Amman 1,680 650
24 Colombia Bogotá 1587 613
25 United Kingdom London 1,572 607
26 Thailand Bangkok 1,568.737 605.693
27 Libya Tripoli 1,507 582
28 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1,502 580
Honduras[4] Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital) 1,502 580
30 Mexico Mexico City 1,485 573
31 Nigeria Abuja 1,476 570
32 Italy Rome 1,287.36 497.05
33 Albania Tirana 1,110 430
34 Mauritania Nouakchott 1,000 400
35 Guatemala Guatemala City 997 385
36 Zimbabwe Harare 982.3 379.3
37 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 972 375
38 Germany Berlin 891.3 344.1
39 Kuwait Kuwait City 860 330
40 Ukraine Kyiv 839 324
41 North Korea Pyongyang 829.1 320.1
42 Australia Canberra 814.2 314.4
43 Kazakhstan Astana 810.2 312.8
Yemen[4] Aden (temporary capital)[6] 760 290
44 Singapore Singapore 735.7 284.1
45 Rwanda Kigali 730 280
46 Cuba Havana 728.26 281.18
47 Malawi Lilongwe 727.79 281.00
48 Finland Helsinki 715.48 276.25
49 Kenya Nairobi 696.1 268.8
50 South Africa[4] Pretoria (administrative and executive capital) 687.54 265.46
51 Cambodia Phnom Penh 679 262
52 Iraq Baghdad 673 260
53 Indonesia Jakarta 660.982 255.207
54 Croatia Zagreb 641.2 247.6
55 Chile[4] Santiago (official) 641 247.6
56 Uzbekistan Tashkent 631.29 243.74
57 Iran Tehran 615 237
58 South Korea Seoul 605.21 233.67
59 Spain Madrid 604.31 233.33
60 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 588 227
61 North Macedonia Skopje 571.46 220.64
62 Niger Niamey 552.27 213.23
63 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 527 203
64 Hungary Budapest 525.2 202.8
65 Kosovo Pristina 523.13 201.98
66 Poland Warsaw 517.24 199.71
67 Georgia Tbilisi 504.3 194.7
68 Bulgaria Sofia 500 200
69 Czech Republic Prague 496.21 191.59
70 Norway Oslo 480 190
71 Bolivia[4] La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies) 472 182
72 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 470 180
73 Guinea Conakry 450 170
74 Venezuela Caracas 433 167
75 Austria Vienna 414.78 160.15
76 Belarus Minsk 409.53 158.12
77 Lithuania Vilnius 401 155
78 Serbia Belgrade 389.12 150.24
79 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 386 149
80 Afghanistan Kabul 381.3 147.9
81 Somalia Mogadishu 370 140
82 Slovakia Bratislava 367.584 141.925
83 Algeria Algiers 363 140
84 Zambia Lusaka 360 140
85 Mozambique Maputo 347.69 134.24
86 Sudan Khartoum 322.7 124.6
87 Bangladesh Dhaka 306 118
88 Latvia Riga 304[7] 117.375
89 New Zealand Wellington 289.91 111.93
90 Slovenia Ljubljana 274.99 170.87
91 Taiwan Taipei 271.80 104.94
92 Nicaragua Managua 267 103
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[4] Laayoune (declared capital) 247.8 95.68
93 Mali Bamako 245.0 94.6
94 Iceland Reykjavík 244 94
95 Malaysia[4] Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature) 243 94
96 Romania Bucharest 240 92.28
97 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 240 90
98 South Africa Bloemfontein (judicial capital) 236.17 91.19
99 Armenia Yerevan 223 86
100 Pakistan Islamabad 220.15 85
101 Netherlands Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands) 219.32 84.68
102 Tunisia Tunis 212 82
103 Argentina Buenos Aires 205.9 79.5
104 Tajikistan Dushanbe 203 78
105 Uruguay Montevideo 201 77.5
106 The Bahamas Nassau 200 80
Djibouti Djibouti City 200 80
Puerto Rico (United States) San Juan 199 77.0
108 Ecuador Quito 197.5 76.3
109 Liberia Monrovia 194.25 75
110 Uganda Kampala 189 73
111 Sweden Stockholm 188 72.5
112 Suriname Paramaribo 182 70.27
113 Cameroon Yaoundé 180 70
114 East Timor Dili 178.62 68.97
115 United States Washington, D.C. 177.0 68.35
Faroe Islands (Denmark) Tórshavn 173 67
116 Botswana Gaborone 169 65.25
117 Belgium Brussels 162.42 62.71
118 Estonia Tallinn 159.2 61.5
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 141.5 54.6
120 Lesotho Maseru 137.5 53.1
121 Qatar Doha 132 51
122 Yemen[4] Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)[6] 126 49
123 Israel & Palestine Jerusalem[8][9] 125.126 48.323
124 Samoa Apia 123.81 47.8
125 Moldova Chișinău 123 47
Macau (China) Macau‌ 119.3 46.1
Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Saipan 118.98 45.94
126 Ireland Dublin 117.8 45.5
127 Paraguay Asunción 117 45.2
128 Morocco Rabat 117 45.17
129 Angola Luanda 116 45
130 Benin[4] Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital) 110 40
131 Montenegro[4] Podgorica (official capital) 108 42
132 France Paris 105.4 40.7
133 Syria Damascus 105 41
134 Chad N'Djamena 104 40
135 Cape Verde Praia 102.6 39.6
136 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 100.36 38.75
137 Portugal Lisbon 100.05 38.63
138 Togo Lomé 99.14 38.28
Netherlands[4] The Hague (seat of government) 98.13 37.89
Northern Cyprus North Nicosia 92.8 35.8
139 Denmark Copenhagen 90.01 34.75
140 Madagascar Antananarivo 85 33
141 Sierra Leone Freetown 82.48 31.85
142 Eswatini[4] Mbabane (administrative capital) 81.76 31.57
143 Senegal Dakar 79.83 30.82
144 Saint Lucia Castries 79 30.5
145 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 77.5 29.9
146 El Salvador San Salvador 72.25 27.90
147 Guyana Georgetown 70 30
148 Central African Republic Bangui 67 26
149 Gabon Libreville 65.42 25.26
Transnistria Tiraspol 55.56 21.45
150 South Sudan Juba 52 20
151 Switzerland[10] Bern (de facto) 51.62 19.93
152 Luxembourg Luxembourg City 51.46 19.87
153 Nepal Kathmandu 49.45 19.09
Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk 49 18.8
Malaysia[4] Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital) 49 19
154 Mauritius Port Louis 46.7 18.0
Niue (New Zealand) Alofi 46.48 17.95
New Caledonia (France) Nouméa 45.7 17.6
155 Eritrea Asmara 45 17
156 Costa Rica San José 44.62 17.23
157 India New Delhi 42.7 16.5
158 Philippines Manila 42.34 16.35
159 Barbados Bridgetown 40 15
160 Greece Athens 38.964 15.044
161 Sri Lanka[4] Colombo (executive and judicial capital) 37.31 14.41
162 Haiti Port-au-Prince 36.04 13.92
163 Belize Belmopan 32.78 12.66
164 Kiribati Tarawa 31.02 11.98
165 Bahrain Manama 30 10
Comoros Moroni 30 10
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) George Town 29 11
Cook Islands (New Zealand) Avarua 28 11
167 Fiji Suva 26.24
168 Bhutan Thimphu 26.1 10.1
169 Jamaica Kingston 25 10
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Saint Pierre 25 10
170 Vanuatu Port Vila 23.6 9.1
Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad 23 9
171 Burundi Gitega 22 8
Solomon Islands Honiara 22 8
Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) Marigot 21.6[11]
173 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 21 8
Åland (Finland) Mariehamn 20.75 8.01
174 Ghana Accra 20.4 7.9
175 Seychelles Victoria 20.1 7.8
176 Cyprus Nicosia 20.08 7.75
177 Lebanon Beirut 19 7
French Polynesia (France) Papeete 17.4 6.7
Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) Cockburn Town 17.39 6.71
178 Liechtenstein Vaduz 17.28 6.67
179 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 17 7
Sri Lanka[4] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 17 7
Palestine Ramallah (de facto) 16.3 6.3
180 Andorra Andorra la Vella 12 5
The Gambia Banjul 12 5
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 12 5
183 Maldives Malé 11.22 4.33
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) Douglas 11 4.1
Jersey (United Kingdom) Saint Helier 10.6 4.1
184 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 10 4
185 Marshall Islands Majuro 9.7 3.7
American Samoa (United States) Pago Pago 8.85 3.42
186 San Marino City of San Marino 7.09 2.74
Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Gibraltar 6.8 2.6
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Tifariti (temporary capital) 6.78 2.62
Guernsey (United Kingdom) Saint Peter Port 6.5 2.5
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) West Island 6.23 2.41
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 6.1 2.5
188 Dominica Roseau 5.4 2.1
Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) Adamstown 4.6 1.8
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Jamestown 3.6 1.4
Saint Barthélemy (France) Gustavia 3.4 1.3
United States Virgin Islands (United States) Charlotte Amalie 3.14 1.213
Guam (United States) Hagåtña 3 1
189 Tuvalu Funafuti 2.79 1.08
Anguilla (United Kingdom) The Valley 2.72 1.05
Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Stanley 2.5 1.0
190 Monaco Monaco 2.08 0.80
191 Nauru Yaren (de facto)[12] 1.5 0.6
Bermuda (United Kingdom) Hamilton 0.7 0.28
192 Malta Valletta 0.61 0.24
193 Vatican City Vatican City 0.49 0.19
194 Palau Ngerulmud 0.45 0.17
195 Grenada Saint George's n/a n/a
Montserrat (United Kingdom)[4] Brades (de facto)[13] n/a n/a
Norfolk Island (Australia) Kingston (de facto) n/a n/a
Wallis and Futuna (France) Mata-Utu n/a n/a
British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) Road Town n/a n/a
Christmas Island (Australia) Flying Fish Cove n/a n/a
Eswatini[4] Lobamba (legislative and royal capital) n/a n/a
196 Micronesia Palikir n/a n/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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t One of the few countries with more than 1 capital. See more.
  5. ^ a b The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.
  6. ^ a b 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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