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.

List

Rank Country/Territory Capital Area
(km2) (sq mi)
1 Turkey Ankara 25,632 9,897
2 China Beijing[1] 16,410.5 6,336
3 Myanmar Naypyidaw[2] 7,054 2,724
4 Brazil Brasília 5,802 2,240
5 Namibia Windhoek 5,133 1,982
6 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 4,704.4 1,816.3
7 Vietnam Hanoi 3,358.6 1,296.8
8 North Korea Pyongyang 3,194 1,233
9 Egypt Cairo 3,085.12 1,191.17
10 Canada Ottawa 2,970.30 1,077.34
11 Peru Lima 2,672.3 1,031.8
12 Tanzania[3] Dodoma (official and legislative capital) 2,576 995
13 Russia Moscow 2,511 970
14 Japan Tokyo 2,194.07[4] 847.14[4]
15 Azerbaijan Baku 2,140 830
16 Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 2,075 801
17 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1,973 76
18 Bolivia[3] Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital) 1,768 683
19 Jordan Amman 1,680 650
20 United Kingdom London 1,572 607
21 Thailand Bangkok 1,568.737 605.693
22 Libya Tripoli 1,507 582
23 Honduras[3] Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital) 1,502 580
24 Mexico Mexico City 1,485 573
25 Italy Rome 1,285 496.3
26 Sudan Khartoum 1,010 390
27 Colombia Bogotá 307.36 118.67
28 Iran Tehran 615 237
29 Mauritania Nouakchott 401 155
30 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 972 375
31 Zimbabwe Harare 960.6 370.9
32 Germany Berlin 891.7 344.3
33 Ukraine Kyiv 780 300
34 Australia Canberra 814.2 314.4
35 Kazakhstan Astana 722 278.8
36 Yemen[3] Aden (temporary capital)[5] 760 290
37 Rwanda Kigali 730 281.8
38 Cuba Havana 728.26 281.18
39 Malawi Lilongwe 727.79 281.00
40 Singapore Central Area 17.84 6.89
41 Finland Helsinki 715.48 276.25
42 Nigeria Abuja 713 275
43 Kenya Nairobi 696 269
Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk 690 265
44 South Africa[3] Pretoria (administrative and executive capital) 687.54 265.46
45 Cambodia Phnom Penh 679 262
46 Iraq Baghdad 673 260
47 Indonesia Jakarta 662.3 255.7
48 Chile[3] Santiago (official) 641 247.6
49 Croatia Zagreb 641 247.6
50 South Korea Seoul 605.21 233.67
51 Spain Madrid 604.31 233.33
52 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 600 200
53 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 527 203
54 Hungary Budapest 525.2 202.8
55 Kosovo Prishtina 523.13 201.98
56 Poland Warsaw 517.24 199.71
57 Georgia Tbilisi 504.2 194.7
58 Kiribati South Tarawa 15.76 6.08
59 Czech Republic Prague 496 192
60 Bulgaria Sofia 492 189
61 Norway Oslo 480.75 185.62
62 Jamaica Kingston 22.7 8.8
63 Bolivia[3] La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies) 216 83
64 Guinea Conakry 190 73
65 New Zealand Wellington 289.91 111.93
66 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 834 322
67 Venezuela Caracas 433 167
68 Zambia Lusaka 360 140
69 Austria Vienna 414.78 160.15
70 Belarus Minsk 409.5 158.1
71 Chile Valparaíso (seat of national legislature) 47.33 18.27
72 Lithuania Vilnius 401 155
73 South Africa[3] Cape Town (legislative capital) 400.28 154.55
74 Ecuador Quito 372.39 143.78
75 Slovakia Bratislava 367.584 141.925
76 Algeria Algiers 363 140
77 Serbia Belgrade 359.9 139.0
78 Mozambique Maputo 347.69 134.24
79 North Macedonia Skopje 337.80 130.43
80 Uzbekistan Tashkent 334.8 129.3
81 Latvia Riga 304[6] 117.375
82 Bangladesh Dhaka 305.47 117.94
83 Afghanistan Kabul 1,028.24 397.01
84 Panama Panama City 275 106
85 Oman Muscat 273.9 105.8
86 Iceland Reykjavík 273 105
87 Republic of China Taipei 271.80 104.94
88 Nicaragua Managua 267.17 103.15
Scotland (United Kingdom) Edinburgh 264 102
89 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 263.9 101.9
90 Mali Bamako 245.0 94.6
91 Malaysia[3] Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature) 243 94
92 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 240 92.66
93 Niger Niamey 239.30 92.39
94 Romania Bucharest 238 92
95 South Africa Bloemfontein (judicial capital) 236.17 91.19
96 Armenia Yerevan 223 86
97 Pakistan Islamabad 220.15 85
98 Guatemala Guatemala City 219.9 84.9
99 Netherlands Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands) 219.32 84.68
100 Tunisia Tunis 212.63 82.10
101 Bahamas Nassau 207 80
102 Argentina Buenos Aires 203 78
103 Uruguay Montevideo 201 77.5
104 Kuwait Kuwait City 130 50
105 Puerto Rico (United States) San Juan 199 77.0
106 Liberia Monrovia 20 7.7
107 Uganda Kampala 189 73
108 Sweden Stockholm 188 72.5
109 Suriname Paramaribo 182 70.27
110 Cameroon Yaoundé 180 70
111 Denmark Copenhagen 179.8 69.4
112 United States Washington, D.C. 177.0 68.34
113 Ghana Accra 173 67
114 Faroe Islands (Denmark) Tórshavn 172.9 66.8
115 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 169.9 65.6
116 Botswana Gaborone 169 65
117 Slovenia Ljubljana 163.8 63.2
118 Estonia Tallinn 159.2 61.5
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 141.5 54.6
120 Lesotho Maseru 138 53
121 Qatar Doha 132 51
122 Lao People's Democratic Republic Vientiane 130 50
123 Yemen[3] Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)[5] 126 49
124 Israel Jerusalem[7][8] 125.126 48.323
125 Tajikistan Dushanbe 124.6 48.1
126 Samoa Apia 60 23
127 Moldova Chișinău 123 47
128 Morocco Rabat 117 45.17
129 Paraguay Asunción 117 45.17
130 Angola Luanda 116 45
Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Saipan 115.4 44.55
Macau (China) Macau 118 45.560055
131 Ireland Dublin 117.8 45.5
132 Benin[3] Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital) 110 42.47
133 Montenegro[3] Podgorica (official capital) 108 42
134 France Paris 105.4 40.7
135 Syria Damascus 105 40.5
136 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 104.44 40.32
137 Chad N'Djamena 104 40
138 Cape Verde Praia 42.5 16.4
139 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 100.36 38.75
140 Portugal Lisbon 100.05 38.63
141 Togo Lomé 99.14 38.28
Netherlands[3] The Hague (seat of government) 98.12 37.88
Northern Cyprus North Nicosia 92.8 35.8
142 Somalia Mogadishu 204 78.7
143 Madagascar Antananarivo 88 34
144 Senegal Dakar 83 32
145 Eswatini[3] Mbabane (administrative capital) 81.76 31.57
146 Sierra Leone Freetown 81.48 31.46
Benin Cotonou (de facto and judicial capital) 79 30.5
147 Saint Lucia Castries 79 30.5
Hong Kong (China) Hong Kong 78.59 30.34
148 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 77.5 29.9
149 El Salvador San Salvador 72.25 27.90
150 Guyana Georgetown 70 27.02
151 Central African Republic Bangui 67 26
152 Gabon Libreville 65.42 25.26
Transnistria Tiraspol 55.56 21.45
153 South Sudan Juba 52 20
154 Switzerland[9] Bern (de facto) 51.62 19.93
155 Luxembourg Luxembourg City 51.46 19.87
156 Cyprus Nicosia 51.06 19.71
157 Nepal Kathmandu 49.45 19.09
158 Malaysia[3] Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital) 49 19
159 East Timor Dili 48.27 18.64
160 Mauritius Port Louis 46.7 18.0
Niue (New Zealand) Alofi 46.48 17.95
New Caledonia (France) Nouméa 45.7 17.6
161 Eritrea Asmara 45 17.37
162 Costa Rica San José 44.62 17.23
163 Philippines Manila 42.88 16.56
164 India New Delhi 42.7 16.5
165 Albania Tirana 41.8 16.1
166 Barbados Bridgetown 40 15.444
167 Greece Athens 38.964 15.044
168 Sri Lanka[3] Colombo (executive and judicial capital) 37.31 14.41
169 Haiti Port-au-Prince 36.04 13.92
170 Belize Belmopan 32.78 12.66
171 Belgium Brussels 32.61 12.59
172 Bahrain Manama 30 11.58
173 Comoros Moroni 30 11.58
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) George Town 29 11
174 Fiji Suva 26.24
175 Bhutan Thimphu 26.1 10.1
176 Djibouti Djibouti City 26 10
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Saint Pierre 25 9.65
177 Vanuatu Port Vila 23.6 9.1
178 Burundi Gitega 22 8.49
179 Solomon Islands Honiara 22 8.49
180 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 21 8.10
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3] El Aaiún (declared capital) 21 8.10
Åland (Finland) Mariehamn 20.75 8.01
181 Seychelles Victoria 20.1 7.8
182 Lebanon Beirut 19.8 7.6
French Polynesia (France) Papeete 17.4 6.718
Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) Cockburn Town 17.39 6.71
184 Liechtenstein Vaduz 17.3 6.7
185 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 17 6.56
Sri Lanka[3] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 17 6.56
186 Palestine Ramallah (de facto) 16.3 6.3
187 Andorra Andorra la Vella 12 5
188 The Gambia Banjul 12 5
189 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 12 5
Jersey (United Kingdom) Saint Helier 10.6 4.1
190 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 10 4
191 Marshall Islands Majuro 9.7 3.7
192 San Marino City of San Marino 7.09 2.74
Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Gibraltar 6.7 2.6
Guernsey (United Kingdom) Saint Peter Port 6.5 2.5
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) West Island 6.23 2.41
193 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 6.1 2.35
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 1.15
Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Stanley 2.5 1.0
194 Tuvalu Funafuti 2.4 0.9
195 Monaco Monaco 2.1 0.81
196 Maldives Malé 1.95 0.75
197 Nauru Yaren (de facto)[10] 1.5 0.6
Bermuda (United Kingdom) Hamilton 0.7 0.28
198 Malta Valletta 0.61 0.24
199 Vatican City Vatican City 0.44 0.17
American Samoa (United States) Pago Pago 2.09 n/a
Anguilla (United Kingdom) The Valley 1.5 0.6
Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad 30 11
British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) Road Town 7.17 n/a
Christmas Island (Australia) Flying Fish Cove 17 6.6
Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) Marigot 2 0.8
Cook Islands (New Zealand) Avarua 12 4.6
200 Dominica Roseau 12 4.6
Eswatini[3] Lobamba (legislative and royal capital) 34 13.1
201 Micronesia Palikir 7 2.7
202 Grenada Saint George's 1.8 0.7
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) Douglas 4 1.5
Montserrat (United Kingdom)[3] Brades (de facto)[11] 0.36 0.14
Norfolk Island (Australia) Kingston (de facto) 2.3 0.89
203 Palau Ngerulmud 0.5 0.2
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Tifariti (temporary capital) 0.47 0.18
Niue (New Zealand) Alofi 0.6 0.23
Tokelau (New Zealand) Nukunonu (largest settlement) 0.4 0.15
Wallis and Futuna (France) Mata-Utu 1.2 0.46
204 Vanuatu Port Vila 49 18.9
205 Seychelles Victoria 26 10

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.
  5. ^ a b The official capital of Yemen is Sana'a. However, due to the Yemeni Civil War, its temporary capital is Aden.
  6. ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā 2022 - 2024". Oficiālās statistikas portāls (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Figures do not include East Jerusalem, disputed with the State of Palestine.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Nauru has no de jure capital. Yaren District contains most of Nauru's government and administrative buildings.
  11. ^ 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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