List of national capitals by latitude

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This is a list of official national capitals by latitude, including territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. Sovereign states are shown in bolded text.

City Latitude (- indicates southern hemisphere) Country Notes
Abu Dhabi24.47  United Arab Emirates
Abuja9.07  Nigeria
Accra5.55  Ghana
Adamstown-25.07  Pitcairn Islands British Overseas Territory
Addis Ababa9.02  Ethiopia
Algiers36.77  Algeria
Alofi-19.07  Niue Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
Amman31.93  Jordan
Amsterdam52.37  Netherlands The Dutch constitution refers to Amsterdam as the "capital". The Dutch government is located in The Hague. See Capital of the Netherlands.
Andorra la Vella42.5  Andorra
Ankara39.87  Turkey
Antananarivo-18.93  Madagascar
Apia-13.83  Samoa
Ashgabat37.93  Turkmenistan
Asmara15.33  Eritrea
Astana51.17  Kazakhstan
Asunción-25.27  Paraguay
Athens37.97  Greece
Avarua-21.2  Cook Islands Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.
Baghdad33.33  Iraq
Baku40.38  Azerbaijan
Bamako12.65  Mali
Bandar Seri Begawan4.88  Brunei
Bangkok13.75  Thailand
Bangui4.37  Central African Republic
Banjul13.45  Gambia
Basseterre17.3  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Beijing39.9  China See also: List of historical capitals of China
Beirut33.88  Lebanon
Belgrade44.82  Serbia
Belmopan17.25  Belize
Berlin52.52  Germany
Bern46.95   Switzerland
Bishkek42.87  Kyrgyzstan
Bissau11.85  Guinea-Bissau
Bogotá4.58  Colombia
Brasília-15.78  Brazil
Bratislava48.13  Slovakia
Brazzaville-4.27  Republic of the Congo
Bridgetown13.1  Barbados
Brussels50.85  Belgium Also the de facto capital of the  European Union
Bucharest44.42  Romania
Budapest47.47  Hungary
Buenos Aires-34.6  Argentina
Bujumbura-3.38  Burundi
Cairo30.05  Egypt
Canberra-35.3  Australia
Caracas10.5  Venezuela
Castries14.02  Saint Lucia
Cayenne4.92  French Guiana Overseas department of France
Charlotte Amalie18.35  United States Virgin Islands Territory of the United States
Chisinau47  Moldova
Conakry9.52  Guinea
Copenhagen55.67  Denmark
Dakar14.68  Senegal
Damascus33.5  Syria
Dhaka23.7  Bangladesh
Dili-8.57  East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Djibouti11.58  Djibouti
Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (former capital; some government offices remaining)		-6.17  Tanzania
Doha25.28  Qatar
Douglas54.13  Isle of Man British Crown Dependency
Dublin53.33  Ireland
Dushanbe38.53  Tajikistan
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas-37.07  Tristan da Cunha Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
El Aaiún(declared) 27.15  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [c] The Sahrawi Republic, recognised by 82 states, claims the mostly Moroccan controlled Western Sahara. Moroccan controlled territory includes El Aaiún, and Morocco claims all Sahrawi controlled territory. The Sahrawi government resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.[1] See Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Episkopi Cantonment34.67  Akrotiri and Dhekelia British Overseas Territory
Flying Fish Cove-10.42  Christmas Island External territory of Australia
Freetown8.48  Sierra Leone
Funafuti-8.52  Tuvalu
Gaborone-24.65  Botswana
George Town19.3  Cayman Islands British Overseas Territory
Georgetown-7.92  Ascension Island Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Georgetown6.8  Guyana
Gibraltar36.13  Gibraltar British Overseas Territory
Guatemala City14.6  Guatemala
Gustavia17.88  Saint Barthélemy Overseas collectivity of France
Hagåtña13.47  Guam Territory of the United States
Hamilton32.28  Bermuda British Overseas Territory
Hanga Roa-27.15  Easter Island Special territory of Chile
Hanoi21.03  Vietnam
Harare-17.85  Zimbabwe
Hargeisa10  SomalilandDe facto independent state not diplomatically recognized by any other state, claimed in whole by the Somali Republic.[2]
Havana23.13  Cuba
Helsinki60.17  Finland
Honiara-9.43  Solomon Islands
Islamabad33.72  Pakistan
Jakarta-6.2  Indonesia
Jamestown-15.92  Saint Helena Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jerusalem (declared, de facto)31.78  Israel 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. United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 declared the Jerusalem Law "null and void" and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem. The United Nations and all member states maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya, and do not recognise Jerusalem as the capital.[3] Many countries officially adhere to the proposal that Jerusalem have international status, as called for in the Partition Plan of 1947.[4] See Positions on Jerusalem.
Jerusalem (declared)
Ramallah and Gaza (de facto)		31.78  State of Palestine The State of Palestine claims the territories occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The proclaimed state is currently occupied by Israel and has no effective control over the territories it claims. Administration is based in Ramallah and Gaza, rather than Jerusalem. Most members of the United Nations regard East Jerusalem as occupied territory, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League and the Non-Aligned Movement recognise it as the capital of a future Palestinian state.[5] See Positions on Jerusalem.
Juba4.85  South Sudan
Kabul34.53  Afghanistan
Kampala0.3  Uganda
Kathmandu27.7    Nepal
Khartoum15.63  Sudan
Kiev50.45  Ukraine
Kigali-1.93  Rwanda
King Edward Point-54.27  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands British Overseas Territory
Kingston17.98  Jamaica
Kingston-29.05  Norfolk Island External territory of Australia
Kingstown13.15  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kinshasa-4.32  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kuala Lumpur (official, legislative and royal)
Putrajaya (administrative and judicial)		3.13  Malaysia
Kuwait City29.37  Kuwait
Libreville0.38  Gabon
Lilongwe-13.98  Malawi
Lima-12.03  Peru [Note 1]
Lisbon38.7  Portugal
Ljubljana46.05  Slovenia
Lomé6.12  Togo
London51.5  United Kingdom Prior to the Acts of Union in 1707, London was the capital of England only. Edinburgh was the capital of the Kingdom of Scotland
Longyearbyen78.2  Norway Longyearbyen is the administrative center of Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic unincorporated area.
Luanda-8.83  Angola
Lusaka-15.42  Zambia
Luxembourg49.6  Luxembourg
Madrid40.38  Spain
Majuro7.07  Marshall Islands
Malabo3.75  Equatorial Guinea
Malé4.17  Maldives
Managua12.13  Nicaragua
Manama26.22  Bahrain
Manila14.58  Philippines
Maputo-25.97  Mozambique
Marigot18.07  Saint Martin Overseas collectivity of France
Maseru-29.3  Lesotho
Mata-Utu-13.28  Wallis and Futuna Overseas collectivity of France
Mbabane (administrative)
Lobamba (royal and legislative)		-26.32  Swaziland
Mexico City19.43  Mexico
Minsk53.9  Belarus
Mogadishu2.03  Somalia
Monaco43.72  MonacoCity-state
Monrovia6.3  Liberia
Montevideo-34.88  Uruguay
Moroni-11.68  Comoros
Moscow55.75  Russia
Muscat23.6  Oman
Nairobi-1.28  Kenya
Nassau25.07  Bahamas
Naypyidaw19.75  Burma
N'Djamena12.1  Chad
New Delhi28.6  India
Ngerulmud7.48  Palau
Niamey13.52  Niger
Nicosia35.17  Cyprus
Nicosia35.17  Northern CyprusDe facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.[6]
Nouakchott18.1  Mauritania
Nouméa-22.27  New Caledonia Sui generis collectivity of France
Nukuʻalofa-21.13  Tonga
Nuuk64.17  Greenland Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm
Oranjestad12.52  Aruba Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Oslo59.95  Norway
Ottawa45.42  Canada
Ouagadougou12.35  Burkina Faso
Pago Pago-14.27  American Samoa Territory of the United States
Palikir6.92  Federated States of Micronesia
Panama City8.98  Panama
Papeete-17.53  French Polynesia Overseas collectivity of France
Paramaribo5.87  Suriname
Paris48.85  France
Philipsburg18.02  Sint Maarten Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Phnom Penh11.55  Cambodia
Plymouth (official)
Brades Estate (de facto)		16.7  Montserrat British Overseas Territory. Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1997. Government offices since then have been moved to Brades Estate, which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat.
Podgorica (official)
Cetinje (seat of the President) 		42.43  Montenegro
Port Louis-20.15  Mauritius
Port Moresby-9.5  Papua New Guinea
Port Vila-17.75  Vanuatu
Port-au-Prince18.53  Haiti
Port of Spain10.67  Trinidad and Tobago
Porto-Novo (official)
Cotonou (de facto)		6.48  Benin
Prague50.08  Czech Republic
Praia14.92  Cape Verde
Pretoria (executive) -25.73  South Africa
Pristina42.67  Kosovo[g]De facto independent state that is recognised by 108 UN member states and by Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.
Pyongyang39.02  North Korea
Quito-0.25  Ecuador Highest official capital.[7]
Rabat34.03  Morocco
Reykjavík64.13  Iceland
Riga56.93  Latvia
Riyadh24.63  Saudi Arabia
Road Town18.42  British Virgin Islands British Overseas Territory
Rome41.9  Italy
Roseau15.3  Dominica
Saipan15.17  Northern Mariana Islands Territory of the United States
San José9.93  Costa Rica
San Juan18.45  Puerto Rico Territory of the United States
San Marino43.93  San Marino
San Salvador13.68  El Salvador
Sana'a15.33  Yemen
Santiago (official)
Valparaíso (legislative)		-33.45  Chile
Santo Domingo18.47  Dominican Republic
São Tomé0.33  São Tomé and Príncipe
Sarajevo43.87  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seoul37.55  South Korea
Singapore1.28  SingaporeCity-state
Skopje42  Macedonia
Sofia42.7  Bulgaria
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official)
Colombo (former capital; has some government offices)		6.9  Sri Lanka Also known as "Kotte". Until the 1980s, the capital was Colombo, where many important governmental institutions still remain and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.
St. George's12.05  Grenada
St. Helier49.18  Jersey British Crown Dependency
St. John's17.12  Antigua and Barbuda
St. Peter Port49.45  Guernsey British Crown Dependency
St. Pierre46.77  Saint Pierre and Miquelon Overseas collectivity of France
Stanley-51.68  Falkland Islands British Overseas Territory
Stepanakert39.8  Nagorno-Karabakh Republic The self-declared country remains diplomatically unrecognised by UN-member states, including Armenia. Transnistria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia, all UN non-member states, recognise the state. Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.
Stockholm59.32  Sweden
Sucre (constitutional)
La Paz (administrative)		-16.5  Bolivia La Paz is the highest administrative capital, higher than Quito.[7]
Sukhumi43  Abkhazia De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Republic of Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
Suva-18.13  Fiji
Taipei25.03  Taiwan Officially the Republic of China (ROC), it has been competing for recognition with the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole Chinese government since 1949. Taiwan controls the island of Taiwan and its associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas, and part of the Spratly Islands[Note 2] The territory of Taiwan is claimed in whole by China.[Note 3] The Republic of China participates in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, International Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei.
Tallinn59.43  Estonia
Tarawa1.43  Kiribati
Tashkent41.27  Uzbekistan
Tbilisi (official)
Kutaisi (legislative)		41.72  Georgia
Tegucigalpa14.1  Honduras
Tehran35.68  Iran
Thimphu27.47  Bhutan
Tirana41.32  Albania
Tiraspol46.85  Transnistria De facto independent state, not recognized by any UN-member, but by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Moldova as the Territorial Unit of Transnistria.
Tokyo35.68  Japan
Tórshavn62  Faroe Islands Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm
Tripoli32.9  Libya
Tskhinvali42.23  South Ossetia De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.
Tunis36.8  Tunisia
Ulan Bator47.92  Mongolia
Vaduz47.13  Liechtenstein
Valletta35.88  Malta
The Valley18.22  Anguilla British Overseas Territory
Vatican City41.9   Vatican CityCity-state
Victoria-4.62  Seychelles
Vienna48.2  Austria
Vientiane17.97  Laos
Vilnius54.68  Lithuania
Warsaw52.23  Poland
Washington, D.C.38.88  United States
Wellington-41.28  New Zealand
West Island-12.18  Cocos (Keeling) Islands External territory of Australia
Willemstad12.12  Curaçao Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Windhoek-22.57  Namibia
Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (former capital; still has many government offices) 		6.82  Ivory Coast
Yaoundé3.87  Cameroon
Yaren (de facto)-0.53  Nauru Country does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren.
Yerevan40.18  Armenia
Zagreb45.82  Croatia

Notes

  1. ↑ Cusco city was declared by the art. 49 of the Peruvian Constitution as "Historical Capital" (in Spanish Capital Histórica), a statement merely symbolic.
  2. ↑ The sovereignty over the Spratly Islands is disputed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines (part), Malaysia (part), and Brunei (part). Except Brunei, each of these countries occupies part of the islands (see List of territorial disputes).
  3. ↑ In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War to the Communist Party of China (CPC) and set up a provisional capital in Taipei. The CPC established the People's Republic. As such, the political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan (alongside the territories currently under ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the China seat to the PRC instead of the ROC: most states recognize the PRC to be the sole legitimate representative of all China, and the UN classifies Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates Taiwan independence.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wi.html
  2. ↑ See Regions and territories: Somaliland (30 December 2005). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
  3. ↑ See the CIA Factbook and Map of Israel
  4. ↑ Sharkansky, Ira (1996). Governing Jerusalem: Again on the world's agenda. Wayne State University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-8143-2592-0.
  5. ↑ See the following:
  6. ↑ See The World Factbook|Cyprus (10 January 2006). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jacobs, Frank (19 June 2012). "Amazonia or Bust!". New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2012.