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List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions

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

Countries where the capital is a first-level subdivision

Country Capital city Divisional unit Typical term for first-level divisions
Native term Translation or equivalent Native term Translation or equivalent
 Algeria Algiers ولاية wilayah province ولاية wilayah province
 Anguilla[1] The Valley district
 Argentina Buenos Aires ciudad autónoma autonomous city provincia province
 Armenia Yerevan N/A[2] մարզ marz province
 Australia Canberra capital territory state
 Austria Vienna bundesland state bundesland state
 Azerbaijan Baku şəhər city rayon district
 Bahamas Nassau N/A[3] district
 Bahrain Manama محافظة العاصمة muḥāfaẓat al-ʿāṣimah capital governorate محافظة muḥāfaẓah governorate
 Barbados Bridgetown parish parish
 Belarus Minsk горад horad city вобласць voblasć region
 Belgium Brussels région capitale
hoofdstedelijk gewest 		capital region région
gewest 		region
 Benin Cotonou[4] département department département department
 Bermuda[1] Hamilton city parish
 Botswana Gaborone city district
 Brazil Brasília distrito federal federal district estado state
 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan daerah district daerah district
 Bulgaria Sofia oбласт град oblast grad city province oбласт oblast province
 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou région region région region
 Burma[5] Naypyidaw ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ pyi taung hcu naalmyay union territory တိုင်းဒေသကြီး tinedaysakyee region
Yangon တိုင်းဒေသကြီး tinedaysakyee' region
 Burundi Bujumbura mairie province town hall province province
 Cambodia Phnom Penh ក្រុង krong city ខេត្ត khaet province
 Cape Verde Praia concelho county[6] concelho county[6]
 Cayman Islands[1] George Town district
 Central African Republic Bangui commune autonome
kôta-gbata 		autonomous commune préfecture
kodoro kômanda-kôta 		prefecture
 Chad N'Djamena منطقة minṭaqah
région 		region منطقة minṭaqah
région 		region
 Chile Santiago[7] región metropolitana metropolitan region región region
 China Beijing 直辖市 zhíxiáshì municipality 省 shěng province
 Colombia Bogotá distrito capital capital district departamento department
 Congo Brazzaville département department département department
 Croatia Zagreb grad city županija county
 Cuba Havana provincia province provincia province
 Czech Republic Prague hlavní město capital city kraj region
 DR Congo Kinshasa ville-province city province province
 Denmark Copenhagen region hovedstaden capital region region
 Djibouti Djibouti ville city région region
 Dominica Roseau parish parish
 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo región region región region
 Ivory Coast[8] Yamoussoukro district autonome autonomous district district
Abidjan

Countries where the capital is a second-level subdivision

Country Capital city Divisional unit Typical term for second-level divisions First-level administration
Native term Translation or equivalent Native term Translation or equivalent
 Afghanistan Kabul ولسوالۍ wuləswāləi
شهرستان wuleswali 		district ولسوالۍ wuləswāləi
شهرستان wuleswali 		district Kabul Province
 Albania Tirana bashki municipality bashki municipality Tirana County
 Angola Luanda município municipality município municipality Luanda Province
 Benin Porto-Novo[4] commune Ouémé Department
 Bhutan Thimphu ཁྲོམ་སྡེ thromde urban municipality རྒེད་འོག geok village block Thimphu District
 Bolivia[9] Sucre provincia province provincia province Chuquisaca Department
La Paz province La Paz Department
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo kanton
županija
кантон kanton 		canton kanton
županija
кантон kanton 		canton[10] Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Cameroon Yaoundé département department département department Centre Region
 Canada Ottawa single-tier municipality county Ontario
 Chile Valparaíso[7] provincia province provincia province Valparaíso Region
 Costa Rica San José cantón canton cantón canton San José

Countries where the capital is a third-level subdivision

Country Capital city Divisional unit Typical term for third-level divisions Second-level administration First-level administration
Native term Translation or equivalent Native term Translation or equivalent

Countries where the capital is a conglomeration of subdivisions

Country Capital city Level of divisional units Term for divisional units List of divisional units Second-level administration First-level administration
Native term Translation or equivalent
 Bangladesh Dhaka 3rd উপজেলা upazila sub-district 46 sub-districts: Adabor, Badda, Bandar, Bangsal, Biman Bandar, Cantonment, Chowkbazar, Dakshinkhan, Darus Salam, Demra, Dhanmondi, Gazipur Sadar, Gendaria, Gulshan, Hazaribagh, Jatrabari, Kadamtali, Kafrul, Kalabagan, Kamrangirchar, Keraniganj, Khilgaon, Khilkhet, Kotwali, Lalbagh, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Motijheel, Narayanganj Sadar, New Market, Pallabi, Paltan, Ramna, Rampura, Sabujbagh, Savar, Shah Ali, Shahbag, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Shyampur, Sutrapur, Tejgaon, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Turag, Uttara, Uttar Khan Dhaka District Dhaka Division

Countries where the capital is not a subdivision

Country Capital city Third-level administration Second-level administration First-level administration
 American Samoa[11] Pago Pago none Maoputasi County Eastern District
 Andorra Andorra la Vella none Andorra la Vella
 Antigua and Barbuda St. John's none Saint John Parish
 Belize Belmopan none Cayo District
 Comoros Moroni none Grande Comore
 Cyprus Nicosia none Nicosia District

Countries that have no subdivision

Country Capital city
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia[1] Episkopi Cantonment
 Aruba[12] Oranjestad
 British Virgin Islands[1] Road Town
 Christmas Island[13] Flying Fish Cove
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands[13] West Island
 Cook Islands[14] Avarua
 Curacao[12] Willemstad

Countries usually consider city-states

Country

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e Territory of the United Kingdom.
  2. ^ Yerevan has no official term for its status as a first-level division.
  3. ^ Nassau is under direct control of the Bahamian government and is not part of any district.
  4. ^ a b Porto-Novo is the official capital and houses the National Assembly. However, the rest of Benin's government, along with twenty-one embassies, are located in Cotonou.
  5. ^ Naypyidaw has been the capital since 2006 and houses the entirety of Myanmar's government. However, because this transfer was completely unknown until it had already occurred, forty-one embassies still remain in Yangon.
  6. ^ a b Usually translated as municipality.
  7. ^ a b Santiago is the official capital and houses most of Chile's government and sixty-nine embassies. However, since 1990 the National Congress of Chile have been meeting in Valparaíso.
  8. ^ 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, continue to reside in the Ivory Coast's former capital, Abidjan.
  9. ^ Sucre has been the capital since 2009 and houses the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. However, the rest of Bolivia's government, along with thirty-one embassies, continue to reside in Bolivia's former capital La Paz.
  10. ^ Only the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into cantons.
  11. ^ Territory of the United States.
  12. ^ a b Territory of the Netherlands.
  13. ^ a b Territory of Australia.
  14. ^ Non-UN member sovereign state. In free association with New Zealand and enjoys the right to pursue independent foreign policies.

See also

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