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| B
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| Bahamas |
Nassau
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| Bahrain |
Manama
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| Bangladesh |
Dhaka
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| Barbados |
Bridgetown
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| Belarus |
Minsk
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| Belgium |
Brussels
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| Belize |
Belmopan |
Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo, Belize City
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| Benin |
Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (administrative) |
Cotonou
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| Bhutan |
Thimphu
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| Bolivia |
Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative) |
Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz is larger than La Paz; La Paz is larger than Sucre)
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo
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| Botswana |
Gaborone
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| Brazil |
Brasília |
Sao Paulo City, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador (by city proper); Sao Paulo City, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Recife, Porto Alegre and Fortaleza (by metropolitan population);
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| Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan
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| Bulgaria |
Sofia
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| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou
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| Burma |
Naypyidaw (Pyinmana) |
Yangon, Mandalay.
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| Burundi |
Bujumbura
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| C
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| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh
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| Cameroon |
Yaoundé |
Douala
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| Canada |
Ottawa |
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver (Metropolitan area), Calgary (City proper)
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| Cape Verde |
Praia
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| Central African Republic |
Bangui
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| Chad |
N'Djamena
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| Chile |
Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative) |
Santiago is the largest metropolitan area; Greater Concepción is larger than Greater Valparaíso
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| China |
Beijing |
Shanghai
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| Colombia |
Bogotá
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| Comoros |
Moroni
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| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Kinshasa
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| Congo, Republic of the |
Brazzaville
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| Costa Rica |
San José
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| Croatia |
Zagreb
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| Cuba |
Havana
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| Cyprus |
Nicosia
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| Czech Republic |
Prague
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| D
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| Denmark |
Copenhagen
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| Djibouti |
Djibouti
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| Dominica |
Roseau
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| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo
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| E
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| East Timor |
Dili
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| Ecuador |
Quito |
Guayaquil
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| Egypt |
Cairo
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| El Salvador |
San Salvador
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| Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo
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| Eritrea |
Asmara
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| Estonia |
Tallinn
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| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa
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| F
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| Fiji |
Suva
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| Finland |
Helsinki
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| France |
Paris
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| G
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| Gabon |
Libreville
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| Gambia, the |
Banjul |
Serekunda
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| Georgia |
Tbilisi
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| Germany |
Berlin
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| Ghana |
Accra
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| Greece |
Athens
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| Grenada |
St. George's
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| Guatemala |
Guatemala City
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| Guinea |
Conakry
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| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau
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| Guyana |
Georgetown
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| H
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| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince
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| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa
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| Hungary |
Budapest
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| I
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| Iceland |
Reykjavík
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| India |
New Delhi (not to be confused with Delhi) |
Proper city of New Delhi is smaller than 179 cities located within the boundaries of India, including in order of largest populations: Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai(Madras) and Kolkata (Calcutta). The urban agglomeration of Delhi-New Delhi has 16,314,838 (11,000,000 only in Delhi) and is smaller only than the urban agglomeration of Mumbai (18,414,288).
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| Indonesia |
Jakarta
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| Iran |
Tehran
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| Iraq |
Baghdad
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| Ireland, Republic of |
Dublin
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| Israel |
Jerusalem[13] |
The city proper of Jerusalem is bigger than Tel Aviv, but the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv is bigger than Jerusalem.
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| Italy |
Rome |
Milan (Metropolitan Area), Naples (Metropolitan Area).
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| Ivory Coast |
Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative) |
Abidjan
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| J
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| Jamaica |
Kingston
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| Japan |
Tokyo
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| Jordan |
Amman
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| K
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| Kazakhstan |
Astana |
Almaty, Shymkent
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| Kenya |
Nairobi
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| Kiribati |
South Tarawa
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| Korea, North |
Pyongyang
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| Korea, South |
Seoul
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| Kuwait |
Kuwait City
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| Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek
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| L
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| Laos |
Vientiane
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| Latvia |
Riga
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| Lebanon |
Beirut
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| Lesotho |
Maseru
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| Liberia |
Monrovia
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| Libya |
Tripoli
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| Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
Schaan
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| Lithuania |
Vilnius
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| Luxembourg |
Luxembourg City
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| M
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| Macedonia, Republic of |
Skopje
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| Madagascar |
Antananarivo
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| Malawi |
Lilongwe
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| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur (legislative; de facto), Putrajaya (administrative) |
Kuala Lumpur
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| Maldives |
Malé
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| Mali |
Bamako
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| Malta |
Valletta |
Birkirkara, Mosta, St. Paul's Bay, Qormi, Żabbar, Sliema, Naxxar, San Ġwann, Żebbuġ, Fgura, Żejtun, Rabat, Marsaskala, Birżebbuġa, Attard, Żurrieq, Ħamrun, Swieqi, Mellieħa, Tarxien, Paola (Raħal Ġdid), Siġġiewi, St. Julian's, Msida, Gżira, Santa Venera, Victoria (Gozo), Luqa
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| Marshall Islands |
Majuro
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| Mauritania |
Nouakchott
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| Mauritius |
Port Louis
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| Mexico |
Mexico City
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| Micronesia, Federated States of |
Palikir |
Weno
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| Moldova |
Chișinău
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| Monaco |
Monaco
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| Mongolia |
Ulan Bator
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| Montenegro |
Podgorica
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| Morocco |
Rabat |
Casablanca
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| Mozambique |
Maputo
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| N
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| Namibia |
Windhoek
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| Nauru |
None (government offices in Yaren District) |
Denigomodu, Meneng, Aiwo
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| Nepal |
Kathmandu
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| Netherlands, Kingdom of the |
Amsterdam (official),
The Hague (administrative, legislative, and judicial) |
Rotterdam (Larger than The Hague; Amsterdam is the largest city)
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| New Zealand |
Wellington |
Auckland, Christchurch
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| Nicaragua |
Managua
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| Niger |
Niamey
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| Nigeria |
Abuja |
Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Ilorin, Port Harcourt, Ogbomosho
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| Norway |
Oslo
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| O
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| Oman |
Muscat
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| P
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| Pakistan |
Islamabad |
Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Quetta
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| Palau |
Ngerulmud |
Koror, Meyuns, Airai
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| Palestine, State of |
Jerusalem (Claimed), Gaza City (de Facto administrative, Gaza), Ramallah (de facto administrative, West Bank)
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| Panama |
Panama City
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| Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby
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| Paraguay |
Asunción
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| Peru |
Lima
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| Philippines |
Manila |
Quezon City (both Manila and Quezon City are parts of the National Capital Region)
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| Poland |
Warsaw |
Katowice (Metropolitan Area)
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| Portugal |
Lisbon
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| Q
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| Qatar |
Doha
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| R
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| Romania |
Bucharest
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| Russia |
Moscow
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| Rwanda |
Kigali
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| S
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre
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| Saint Lucia |
Castries
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown
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| Samoa |
Apia
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| San Marino |
San Marino |
Serravalle, Borgo Maggiore
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| São Tomé and Príncipe |
São Tomé
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| Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh
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| Senegal |
Dakar
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| Serbia |
Belgrade
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| Seychelles |
Victoria
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| Sierra Leone |
Freetown
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| Singapore |
Singapore
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| Slovakia |
Bratislava
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| Slovenia |
Ljubljana
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| Solomon Islands |
Honiara
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| Somalia |
Mogadishu
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| South Africa |
Pretoria (official, administrative, and executive), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) |
Johannesburg is the largest city, Durban is slightly smaller than Cape Town but larger than Pretoria and Bloemfontein combined
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| South Sudan |
Juba
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| Spain |
Madrid
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| Sri Lanka |
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
Kotte is a suburb of Colombo, the largest city.
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| Sudan |
Khartoum |
Omdurman
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| Suriname |
Paramaribo
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| Swaziland |
Mbabane (official), Lobamba (legislative and royal) |
Manzini
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| Sweden |
Stockholm
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| Switzerland |
Bern |
Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne (narrowly)
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| Syria |
Damascus |
Aleppo
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| T
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| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe
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| Tanzania |
Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (administrative) |
Dar es Salaam, Mwanza
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| Thailand |
Bangkok
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| Togo |
Lomé
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| Tonga |
Nukuʻalofa
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
Port of Spain |
Chaguanas, San Fernando, San Juan
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| Tunisia |
Tunis
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| Turkey |
Ankara |
Istanbul
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| Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat
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| Tuvalu |
Funafuti
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| U
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| Uganda |
Kampala
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| Ukraine |
Kiev
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| United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
Dubai, Sharjah
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| United Kingdom |
London |
London is the largest urban and metropolitan area. The City of Westminster, in central London, is the seat of government; 62 districts have larger populations than Westminster.[14]
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| United States |
Washington, D.C. |
New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Austin, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Columbus, Fort Worth, Charlotte, Detroit, El Paso, Memphis, Boston, Seattle, Denver (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area ranks 4th)
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| Uruguay |
Montevideo
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| Uzbekistan |
Tashkent
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| V
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| Vanuatu |
Port Vila
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| Vatican City |
Vatican City
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| Venezuela |
Caracas
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| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Ho Chi Minh City
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| Y
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| Yemen |
Sana'a
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| Z
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| Zambia |
Lusaka
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| Zimbabwe |
Harare
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Algeria
Afghanistan
Argentina
Angola
Azerbaijan
Austria
Armenia
Australia
Albania
Antigua and Barbuda
Andorra