World Geography

World Capitals

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  1. What is the official capital city of Australia?
  2. What is the federal capital of Canada?
  3. Which city has served as the federal capital of Brazil since its planned inauguration in 1960?
  4. Which Swiss city serves as the de facto federal capital and seat of the Swiss federal government (Bundesstadt)?
  5. What is the capital city of Turkey, designated following the establishment of the Republic in 1923?
  6. Which city is the federal capital of Nigeria, succeeding Lagos in 1991?
  7. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
  8. What is the official administrative capital of the Kingdom of Morocco?
  9. What is the official capital of Myanmar (Burma), which replaced Yangon (Rangoon) in 2005?
  10. What is the capital of Kazakhstan, a city that was called Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022?
  11. What is the capital city of Japan, which succeeded Kyoto as the imperial seat in 1868?
  12. What is the capital of the People's Republic of China?
  13. What is the legislative and administrative capital of Sri Lanka?
  14. What is the federal capital of Pakistan, established in the 1960s to replace Karachi?
  15. What is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh?
  16. What is the capital city of Saudi Arabia?
  17. What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)?
  18. What is the capital city of Egypt?
  19. What is the capital city of Kenya?
  20. What is the capital of Argentina?
  21. What is the capital of the Republic of Chile?
  22. What is the capital city of Peru, founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 as the 'City of the Kings'?
  23. What is the capital city of Colombia?
  24. What is the capital city of Norway?
  25. What is the capital city of Sweden?
  26. What is the capital city of Finland?
  27. What is the capital city of Poland?
  28. What is the capital of Portugal, located on the estuary of the Tagus River?
  29. What is the capital city of Spain?
  30. What is the capital city of Italy, designated as the national capital following the unification of Italy in 1871?
  31. What is the capital of Austria, located along the Danube River?
  32. Which city is the constitutional and de jure capital of the Netherlands?
  33. What is the capital of Belgium, which also serves as the administrative headquarters of the European Union and NATO?
  34. What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?
  35. What is the capital of Scotland, famous for its historic castle atop Castle Rock and Holyrood Palace?
  36. What is the capital city of Wales, which was officially designated as its capital in 1955?
  37. What is the capital city of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam?
  38. What is the capital of Thailand, known locally in the Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon?
  39. What is the capital city of the Philippines?
  40. What is the constitutional capital city of Indonesia on the island of Java?
  41. What is the national capital of Malaysia, housing the official residence of the King and Parliament?
  42. What is the capital city of South Korea (Republic of Korea)?
  43. What is the capital of Iceland, which ranks as the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state?
  44. What is the capital of Finland's southern neighbor, Estonia?
  45. What is the capital city of Latvia?
  46. What is the capital city of Lithuania?
  47. What is the capital city of Greece?
  48. What is the capital city of the Czech Republic (Czechia)?
  49. What is the capital city of Hungary, formed by the unification of two historic cities across the Danube River in 1873?
  50. What is the capital city of Romania?
  51. What is the capital of the Republic of Cuba?
  52. What is the capital city of Venezuela?
  53. What is the capital city of Ecuador, situated on the slopes of the active Pichincha volcano?
  54. What is the capital city of Uruguay, located on the northern shore of the Río de la Plata?
  55. What is the capital city of Ethiopia, which also serves as the headquarters of the African Union?
  56. What is the capital of Ghana, which became the first sub-Saharan African colony to achieve independence in 1957?
  57. What is the designated official capital of Tanzania, replacing Dar es Salaam as the legislative seat?
  58. What is the capital city of Jordan, built across seven hills (jabals) in ancient times?
  59. What is the capital city of Iraq, situated along the Tigris River?
  60. What is the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Iran?

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