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 | ||
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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
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 | ||
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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 | |
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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 |
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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
Countries usually consider city-states
Country |
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Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e Territory of the United Kingdom.
- ^ Yerevan has no official term for its status as a first-level division.
- ^ Nassau is under direct control of the Bahamian government and is not part of any district.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Usually translated as municipality.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Only the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into cantons.
- ^ Territory of the United States.
- ^ a b Territory of the Netherlands.
- ^ a b Territory of Australia.
- ^ Non-UN member sovereign state. In free association with New Zealand and enjoys the right to pursue independent foreign policies.