Government > Capital city > Name: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the name of the seat of government, its geographic coordinates, the time difference relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time observed in Washington, DC, and, if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those countries that have multiple time zones.
| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Akrotiri | Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia) |
| Albania | Tirana (Tirane) |
| Algeria | Algiers |
| American Samoa | Pago Pago |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
| Angola | Luanda |
| Anguilla | The Valley |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Armenia | Yerevan |
| Aruba | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Canberra |
| Austria | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | Baku (Baki, Baky) |
| Bahrain | Manama |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka |
| Barbados | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Minsk |
| Belgium | Brussels |
| Belize | Belmopan |
| Benin | Porto-Novo (official capital) |
| Bermuda | Hamilton |
| Bhutan | Thimphu |
| Bolivia | La Paz (administrative capital) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
| Botswana | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Brasilia |
| British Virgin Islands | Road Town |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria | Sofia |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Burma | Rangoon (Yangon) |
| Burundi | Bujumbura |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon | Yaounde |
| Canada | Ottawa |
| Cape Verde | Praia |
| Cayman Islands | George Town (on Grand Cayman) |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | N'Djamena |
| Chile | Santiago |
| China | Beijing |
| Christmas Island | The Settlement |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island |
| Colombia | Bogota |
| Comoros | Moroni |
| Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville |
| Cook Islands | Avarua |
| Costa Rica | San Jose |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro |
| Croatia | Zagreb |
| Cuba | Havana |
| Cyprus | Nicosia (Lefkosia) |
| Czech Republic | Prague |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa |
| Denmark | Copenhagen |
| Dhekelia | Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Dominica | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
| East Timor | Dili |
| Ecuador | Quito |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
| Eritrea | Asmara (Asmera) |
| Estonia | Tallinn |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| European Union | Brussels (Belgium), Strasbourg (France), Luxembourg |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Stanley |
| Faroe Islands | Torshavn |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir |
| Fiji | Suva (on Viti Levu) |
| Finland | Helsinki |
| France | Paris |
| French Polynesia | Papeete |
| Gabon | Libreville |
| Georgia | T'bilisi |
| Germany | Berlin |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Athens |
| Greenland | Nuuk (Godthab) |
| Grenada | Saint George's |
| Guam | Hagatna (Agana) |
| Guatemala | Guatemala |
| Guernsey | Saint Peter Port |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
| Guyana | Georgetown |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | Vatican City |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary | Budapest |
| Iceland | Reykjavik |
| India | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Jakarta |
| Iran | Tehran |
| Iraq | Baghdad |
| Ireland | Dublin |
| Israel | Jerusalem |
| Italy | Rome |
| Jamaica | Kingston |
| Japan | Tokyo |
| Jersey | Saint Helier |
| Jordan | Amman |
| Kazakhstan | Astana |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| Kiribati | Tarawa |
| Kuwait | Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
| Laos | Vientiane |
| Latvia | Riga |
| Lebanon | Beirut |
| Lesotho | Maseru |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Libya | Tripoli |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | Lilongwe |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives | Male |
| Mali | Bamako |
| Malta | Valletta |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Mauritius | Port Louis |
| Mayotte | Mamoudzou |
| Mexico | Mexico (Distrito Federal) |
| Moldova | Chisinau (Kishinev) |
| Monaco | Monaco |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
| Montserrat | Plymouth |
| Morocco | Rabat |
| Mozambique | Maputo |
| Namibia | Windhoek |
| Nepal | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam |
| Netherlands Antilles | Willemstad (on Curacao) |
| New Caledonia | Noumea |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
| Nicaragua | Managua |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Abuja |
| Niue | Alofi |
| Norfolk Island | Kingston |
| North Korea | Pyongyang |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan |
| Norway | Oslo |
| Oman | Muscat |
| Pakistan | Islamabad |
| Palau | Melekeok |
| Panama | Panama |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | Asuncion |
| Peru | Lima |
| Philippines | Manila |
| Pitcairn Islands | Adamstown |
| Poland | Warsaw |
| Portugal | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | San Juan |
| Qatar | Doha |
| Romania | Bucharest |
| Russia | Moscow |
| Rwanda | Kigali |
| Saint Barthelemy | Gustavia |
| Saint Helena | Jamestown |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
| Saint Lucia | Castries |
| Saint Martin | Marigot |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
| Samoa | Apia |
| San Marino | San Marino |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
| Senegal | Dakar |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade (Beograd) |
| Seychelles | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Singapore | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara |
| Somalia | Mogadishu |
| South Africa | Pretoria (administrative capital) |
| South Korea | Seoul |
| Spain | Madrid |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo |
| Sudan | Khartoum |
| Suriname | Paramaribo |
| Svalbard | Longyearbyen |
| Swaziland | Mbabane |
| Sweden | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Bern |
| Syria | Damascus |
| Taiwan | Taipei |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam |
| Thailand | Bangkok |
| The Bahamas | Nassau |
| The Gambia | Banjul |
| Togo | Lome |
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain |
| Tunisia | Tunis |
| Turkey | Ankara |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti |
| Uganda | Kampala |
| Ukraine | Kyiv (Kiev) |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
| United Kingdom | London |
| United States | Washington, DC |
| Uruguay | Montevideo |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent (Toshkent) |
| Vanuatu | Port-Vila (on Efate) |
| Venezuela | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Hanoi |
| Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie |
| Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) |
| Yemen | Sanaa |
| Zambia | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | Harare |