Map Quiz – Capitals of 120 Largest Countries by Population
Questions: Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Algiers, Amman, Amsterdam, Ankara, Antananarivo, Ashgabat, Astana, Asunción, Athens, Baghdad, Baku, Bamako, Bangkok, Bangui, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin, Bern, Bishkek, Bogotá, Brasília, Bratislava, Brazzaville, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Canberra, Caracas, Conakry, Copenhagen, Dakar, Damascus, Dhaka, Dodoma, Dushanbe, Freetown, Gitega, Guatemala City, Hanoi, Harare, Havana, Helsinki, Islamabad, Jakarta, Jerusalem, Juba, Kabul, Kampala, Kathmandu, Khartoum, Kigali, Kinshasa, Kuala Lumpur, Kyiv, Lilongwe, Lima, Lisbon, Lomé, London, Luanda, Lusaka, Madrid, Managua, Manila, Maputo, Mexico City, Minsk, Mogadishu, Moscow, N'Djamena, Nairobi, Naypyidaw, New Delhi, Niamey, Oslo, Ottawa, Ouagadougou, Paris, Phnom Penh, Port Moresby, Port-au-Prince, Porto-Novo, Prague, Pretoria, Pyongyang, Quito, Rabat, Ramallah, Riyadh, Rome, San Salvador, Sana'a, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Seoul, Singapore, Sofia, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Stockholm, Sucre, Taipei, Tashkent, Tegucigalpa, Tehran, Tokyo, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienna, Vientiane, Warsaw, Washington, D.C., Yamoussoukro, Yaoundé
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Notes
Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates, while Dubai is the largest and most internationally known city.
Abuja replaced Lagos as Nigeria’s capital to achieve a more central location.
Amsterdam is the constitutional capital of the Netherlands, while The Hague is the seat of government.
Ankara replaced Istanbul as Turkey’s capital in 1923.
Astana was renamed Nur-Sultan in 2019 in honor of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev, and the name Astana was restored in 2022.
Bern is Switzerland’s de facto capital, officially referred to as the “federal city.”
Dodoma replaced Dar es Salaam as Tanzania’s official capital.
Gitega replaced Bujumbura as Burundi’s political capital in 2019.
Jerusalem is claimed by Israel as its capital, but its status is internationally disputed.
Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia’s capital, while Putrajaya serves as the administrative center.
La Paz is Bolivia’s seat of government, while Sucre is the constitutional capital.
Lilongwe replaced Zomba as Malawi’s capital.
Naypyidaw replaced Yangon as Myanmar’s capital in 2006.
Porto-Novo is Benin’s official capital, while Cotonou is the seat of government.
Pretoria is South Africa’s executive capital; Cape Town is legislative and Bloemfontein judicial.
Ramallah functions as the administrative capital of the Palestinian Authority.
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is Sri Lanka’s administrative capital, while Colombo remains the main commercial center.
Sucre is Bolivia’s constitutional capital and seat of the judiciary, while La Paz functions as the administrative capital and seat of government.
Taipei functions as Taiwan’s capital, though its political status is internationally disputed.
Washington, D.C. is a federal district rather than part of any U.S. state.
Yamoussoukro is Côte d’Ivoire’s official capital, while Abidjan is the largest city and seat of government.
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