List_of_national_capitals_serving_as_administrative_divisions

List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions

List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions

Add article description

The table below lists capitals serving as administrative divisions by country.

Countries where the capital is a first-level subdivision

More information Country, Capital city ...

Countries where the capital is a second-level subdivision

More information Country, Capital city ...

Countries where the capital is a third-level subdivision

More information Country, Capital city ...

Countries where the capital is a conglomeration of subdivisions

More information Country, Capital city ...

Countries where the capital is not a subdivision

More information Country, Capital city ...

Countries that have no subdivision

More information Country, Capital city ...

Countries usually considered city-states

More information Country ...

Countries de facto unoccupied

More information Country ...

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Territory of Finland.
  2. [2]
    Also translated as commune.
  3. [3]
    Territory of the United Kingdom.
  4. [4]
    Yerevan has no official term for its status as a first-level division.
  5. [5]
    Nassau is under direct control of the Bahamian government and is not part of any district.
  6. [6]
    Porto-Novo is the official capital and houses the National Assembly. However, the rest of the Beninese government, along with twenty-one embassies, are located in Cotonou.
  7. [7]
    Naypyidaw is the official capital since 2006 and houses the entire Myanma government. However, because this transfer was completely unknown until it had already occurred, forty-one embassies remain in the former capital, Yangon.
  8. [8]
    Gitega is the official capital since January 16, 2019. However, the National Assembly, the twenty embassies, along with rest of the Burundian government, are currently located in the former capital, Bujumbura. All branches of the Burundian government are expected to relocate to Gitega in about three years.
  9. [9]
    Also translated as municipality.
  10. [10]
    Territory of the Netherlands.
  11. [11]
    De facto three separate entities.
  12. [12]
    Santiago is the official capital and houses most of the Chilean government and sixty-nine embassies. However, since 1990 the National Congress of Chile have been meeting in Valparaíso.
  13. [13]
    Malabo is the official and current capital and houses twenty-one embassies. However, the Equatorial Guinean government is currently in the process of transferring to the future capital, Oyala.
  14. [14]
    Usually translated as chartered city.
  15. [15]
    Territory of Denmark.
  16. [16]
    Berlin is the official capital since 1990 and houses most of the German government and 150 embassies. However, at least six federal government ministries and five embassies remain in the former West German capital, Bonn.
  17. [17]
    Also referred to as stadtstaat (city-state).
  18. [18]
    Territory of the United States.
  19. [19]
    Also referred to as municipality.
  20. [20]
    Yamoussoukro is the official capital since 1983. However, this status has been on paper only, as the entire Ivorian government, as well as forty-seven embassies, remain in the Ivory Coast's former capital, Abidjan.
  21. [21]
    Saint Helier is the official capital and houses most of the Jerseyan government. However, the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor is in nearby Saint Saviour.
  22. [22]
    Also translated as either region or oblast.
  23. [23]
    Also translated to as prefecture.
  24. [24]
    Also referred to as pilsēta (city).
  25. [25]
    Kuala Lumpur is the official capital and houses the Parliament of Malaysia, the official residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and ninety-six embassies. However, the rest of the Malaysian government are located in Putrajaya.
  26. [26]
    Territory of France.
  27. [27]
    Seoul is the official capital and houses most of the South Korean government and 110 embassies. However, at least nine ministries have moved to what was supposed to be the future capital, Sejong.
  28. [28]
    Nominally active. Provincial governments have been suspended since 2019.
  29. [29]
    Dodoma is the official capital since 1974 and houses the National Assembly. However, because most of the original design for the capitol complex in Dodoma was never fulfilled, many government offices and embassies refuse to relocate to Dodoma. As a result of this, sixty embassies remain in Tanzania's former capital, Dar es Salaam.
  30. [30]
    Also known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Transnistria is an unrecognised state that is viewed by the UN as an autonomous territory of Moldova.
  31. [31]
    Countries of the United Kingdom.
  32. [32]
    Usually translated as urban municipality.
  33. [33]
    Usually translated as rural municipality.
  34. [34]
    Palikir is the official capital and houses the entire Micronesian government and one embassy. However, three embassies remain in the former capital, and current capital of the Pohnpei State, Kolonia.
  35. [35]
    Dhaka is one of four cities in Bangladesh that are not part of any subdistrict.
  36. [36]
    Sucre is the official capital since 2009 and houses the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. However, the rest of the Bolivian government, along with thirty-one embassies, remain in Bolivia's former capital, La Paz.
  37. [37]
    Also referred to as commune.
  38. [38]
    Jerusalem is the official capital and houses the entire Israeli government. However, because Israel's claim over Jerusalem is unrecognized, eighty-six embassies are instead located in Tel Aviv.
  39. [39]
    https://statistics.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Antigua-and-Barbuda-CPA-Main-Report-Vol-I.pdf
  40. [40]
    Yangon is spread out to include townships from North, South and East Yangon in addition to the entirety of West Yangon.
  41. [41]
    Belmopan is the official capital since 1970 and houses the entire Belizean government and seven embassies. However, six embassies remain in Belize's former capital, Belize City.
  42. [42]
    Territory of Australia.
  43. [43]
    Non-UN member sovereign state. In free association with New Zealand.
  44. [44]
    Territory of China.
  45. [45]
    Non-UN member sovereign state. Has observer status.
  46. [46]
    Sections claimed by at least eight countries. De facto a condominium.
  47. [47]
    Territory of Norway.

See also
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article List_of_national_capitals_serving_as_administrative_divisions, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.