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List of countries by continent
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The below list contains both states and dependent territories, see country, state, nation state for some explanation of the difference between these.
Countries listed by continent and their capitals:
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Africa
Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more continents.
- Algeria (Al - Jaza'ir) - Algiers
- Angola - Luanda
- Benin - Porto Novo, Cotonou
- Botswana - Gaborone
- Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
- Burundi - Bujumbura
- Cameroon (also spelled Cameroun) - Yaoundé
- Cape Verde - Praia
- Central African Republic (Centrafrique) - Bangui
- Chad (Tchad) - N'Djamena
- Comoros - Moroni
- Republic of the Congo - Brazzaville
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kinshasa
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Yamoussoukro
- Djibouti - Djibouti
- Egypt (Misr) - Cairo
- Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
- Eritrea - Asmara
- Ethiopia (Itiopia) - Addis Ababa
- Gabon - Libreville
- The Gambia - Banjul
- Ghana - Accra
- Guinea - Conakry
- Guinea-Bissau - Bissau
- Kenya - Nairobi
- Lesotho - Maseru
- Liberia - Monrovia
- Libya - Tripoli
- Madagascar - Antananarivo
- Malawi - Lilongwe
- Mali - Bamako
- Mauritania - Nouakchott
- Mauritius - Port Louis
- Mayotte - Mamoutzou (France)
- Morocco (Al Maghrib) - Rabat
- Mozambique - Maputo
- Namibia - Windhoek
- Niger - Niamey
- Nigeria - Abuja
- Réunion - Saint-Denis (France)
- Rwanda - Kigali
- Saint Helena - Jamestown (United Kingdom)
- São Tomé and Príncipe - São Tomé
- Senegal - Dakar
- Seychelles - Port Victoria
- Sierra Leone - Freetown
- Somalia - Mogadishu
- South Africa - Cape Town, Tshwane, Bloemfontein
- Sudan - Khartoum
- Swaziland - Mbabane
- Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Dodoma
- Togo - Lome
- Tunisia - Tunis
- Uganda - Kampala
- Western Sahara *DISPUTED* - La'youn
- Zambia - Lusaka
- Zimbabwe - Harare
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent in the 5 continent systems, called simply Asia in one of them.
Asia
Asia is a continent in the 5 continent systems (but includes Europe in one of them) and those with 6 or more continents.
- Afghanistan - Kabul
- Azerbaijan - Baku
- Bahrain - Manama
- Bangladesh - Dhaka
- Bhutan - Thimphu
- British Indian Ocean Territory - Diego Garcia
- Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
- Cambodia (Kampuchea) - Phnom Penh
- China, People's Republic of - Beijing
- China, Republic of (a.k.a. Taiwan) - Taipei
- Christmas Island (Australia)
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
- East Timor (Timor Leste) - Dili
- Hong Kong, SAR, China
- India (Hindi: Bharat) - New Delhi
- Indonesia - Jakarta
- Iran - Teheran
- Iraq - Baghdad
- Israel (Yisra'el) - Jerusalem
- Japan (Nihon) - Tokyo
- Jordan (Al Urdun) - Amman
- Kazakhstan - Astana
- Kuwait - Kuwait City
- Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
- Laos - Vientiane
- Lebanon (Lubnan) - Beirut
- Macau, SAR, China
- Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives - Male
- Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
- Myanmar (Burma) - Yangon
- Nepal - Kathmandu
- North Korea - Pyongyang
- Oman - Muscat
- Pakistan - Islamabad
- Philippines (Filipinas) - Manila
- Qatar - Doha
- Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
- Singapore - Singapore
- South Korea - Seoul
- Sri Lanka - Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
- Syria - Damascus
- Tajikistan - Dushanbe
- Thailand (Muang Thai) - Bangkok
- Turkey - Ankara
- Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
- United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
- Uzbekistan - Tashkent
- Vietnam - Hanoi
- Yemen - Sanaá
Europe
Europe is a continent in one of the 6 continent systems and the 7 continent system. In other systems it is part of Asia or Eurasia.
- Albania (Shqipëria) - Tirana
- Andorra - Andorra la Vella
- Armenia (Հայաստա -- Hayastan) - Yerevan
- Austria (Österreich) - Vienna
- Belarus (Белару́сь) - Minsk
- Belgium - Brussels
- Bosnia Herzegovina - Sarajevo
- Bulgaria (България) - Sofia
- Croatia (Hrvatska) - Zagreb
- Cyprus (Κύπρος -- Kupros) - Nicosia
- Czech Republic (Česko) - Prague
- Denmark (Danmark) - Copenhagen
- Estonia (Eesti) - Tallinn
- Faroe Islands - Tórshavn (Denmark)
- Finland (Suomi) - Helsinki
- France - Paris
- Georgia (საქართველო -- Sakartvelo) - Tbilisi
- Germany (Deutschland) - Berlin
- Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
- Greece (Ελλας -- Hellas) - Athens
- Hungary (Magyarország) - Budapest
- Iceland (Ísland) - Reykjavík
- Republic of Ireland (Eire) - Dublin
- Italy (Italia) - Rome
- Latvia (Latvijas) - Riga
- Liechtenstein - Vaduz
- Lithuania (Lietuva) - Vilnius
- Luxembourg - Luxembourg City
- Republic of Macedonia (Македонија -- Makedonija) - Skopje
- Malta - Valletta
- Moldova - Chişinău
- Monaco - Monaco
- the Netherlands (Nederland) - Amsterdam (Capital), The Hague (Location of Government)
- Norway (Norge) - Oslo
- Poland (Polska) - Warsaw
- Portugal - Lisbon
- Romania (România) - Bucharest
- Russia (Россия -- Rossiya) - Moscow
- San Marino - San Marino
- Serbia and Montenegro (Србија и Црна Гора -- Srbija i Crna Gora) - Belgrade
- Slovakia (Slovenská) - Bratislava
- Slovenia (Slovenija) - Ljubljana
- Spain (España) - Madrid
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen - Longyearbyen (Norway)
- Sweden (Sverige) - Stockholm
- Switzerland - Bern
- Ukraine (Україна -- Ukrayina) - Kyiv
- United Kingdom - London
- Vatican City - none
America
America is a continent in the 4, 5 and one of the 6 continent systems.
North and Central America
North and Central America are continents in the 7 continent system. In other systems they are part of America.
- Anguilla - The Valley
- Antigua and Barbuda - St. John's
- Aruba - Oranjestad
- Bahamas - Nassau
- Barbados - Bridgetown
- Belize - Belmopan
- Bermuda - Hamilton
- British Virgin Islands - Road Town (United Kingdom)
- Canada - Ottawa
- Cayman Islands - George Town
- Costa Rica - San José
- Cuba - Havana
- Dominica - Roseau
- Dominican Republic (Republica Dominicana) - Santo Domingo
- El Salvador - San Salvador
- Greenland - Nuuk (Denmark)
- Grenada - Saint George's
- Guadeloupe - Basse-Terre (France)
- Guatemala - Guatemala
- Haiti - Port-au-Prince
- Honduras - Tegucigalpa
- Jamaica - Kingston
- Martinique - Fort-de-France (France)
- Montserrat - Plymouth (United Kingdom)
- Mexico (México) - Mexico City
- Nicaragua - Managua
- Panama (Panamá) - Panama City
- Puerto Rico - San Juan (United States)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
- Saint Lucia - Castries
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - Saint-Pierre (France)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown
- Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain
- Turks and Caicos Islands - Cockburn Town (United Kingdom)
- United States - Washington DC
- U.S. Virgin Islands - Charlotte Amalie (United States)
South America
South America is a continent in the 7 continent system. In other systems it is part of America.
- Argentina - Buenos Aires
- Bolivia - Sucre (official capital), La Paz (seat of government)
- Brazil (Brasil) - Brasilia
- Chile - Santiago, Valparaiso
- Colombia - Bogotá
- Ecuador - Quito
- Falkland Islands - Port Stanley (United Kingdom)
- French Guiana - Cayenne (France)
- Guyana - Georgetown
- Netherlands Antilles - Willemstad (The Netherlands)
- Paraguay - Asuncion
- Peru - Lima
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - (Falkland Islands) (United Kingdom)
- Suriname - Paramaribo
- Uruguay - Montevideo
- Venezuela - Caracas
Oceania
Several terms are in use to describe the region comprising Australia and the nations of the Pacific Ocean. The term Oceania is usually preferred, and this is the term in use by the United Nations. The term Pacific Islands generally excludes the islands of New Zealand, and the continent of Australia. The indigenous Māori of New Zealand are a polynesian people.
Historically the region was called Australasia, although this often meant just Australia, New Zealand and sometimes Papua New Guinea. The term gives special emphasis to Australia and is falling out of favour.
The countries are listed below according to their UN classification:
Australia and New Zealand
- Australia - Canberra
- New Zealand (Aotearoa) - Wellington
- Norfolk Island - Kingston (Australia)
Melanesia
- Fiji - Suva
- New Caledonia - Nouméa (France)
- Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
- Solomon Islands - Honiara
- Vanuatu - Port Vila
Micronesia
- Guam - Hagåtña (United States)
- Kiribati - South Tarawa or TUC
- Marshall Islands - Majuro
- Federated States of Micronesia - Palikir
- Nauru - none (main centre: Yaren)
- Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan (United States)
- Palau - Koror
Polynesia
- American Samoa - Pago Pago (United States)
- Cook Islands - Avarua
- French Polynesia - Papeete
- Niue - Alofi
- Pitcairn Islands - Adamstown
- Samoa - Apia
- Tokelau
- Tonga - Nuku'alofa
- Tuvalu - Funafuti
- Wallis and Futuna Islands - Mata-Utu
Antarctica
- Bouvet Island (Norway)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
- French Southern Territories (France)
See also
External links to information by country
- http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
- http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
- http://www.world-gazetteer.com/home.htm
- http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
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