| Flag
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Common name
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Capital
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Status
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Abkhazia
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Sukhumi
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De facto sovereign state lacking general international recognition
Recognized by the United Nations as part of Georgia
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Aceh
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Banda Aceh
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Special region of Indonesia
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Adjara
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Batumi
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Autonomous republic of Georgia
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Afghanistan
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Kabul
|
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Akrotiri and Dhekelia
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Episkopi Cantonment
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Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
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Åland Islands
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Mariehamn
|
Autonomous region of Finland
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Albania
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Tirana
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Alderney
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St. Anne
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Dependency of Guernsey
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Algeria
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Algiers
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American Samoa
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Pago Pago
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Insular area of the United States of America
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Andalusia
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Seville
|
Autonomous community of Spain
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Andorra
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Andorra la Vella
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Angola
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Luanda
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Anguilla
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The Valley
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
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Antarctica
|
—
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Non-sovereign territory
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Antigua and Barbuda
|
St. John's
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Aragon
|
Zaragoza
|
Autonomous community of Spain
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Argentine Antarctica
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—
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Department of Argentina
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Armenia
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Yerevan
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Aruba
|
Oranjestad
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Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Ascension Island
|
Georgetown
|
Dependency of Saint Helena
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands
|
—
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External territory of Australia
|
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Asturias
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Oviedo
|
Autonomous community of Spain
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Australia
|
Canberra
|
|
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Australian Antarctic Territory
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—
|
External territory of Australia
|
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Australian Capital Territory
|
Canberra
|
Internal territory of Australia
|
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Austria
|
Vienna
|
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Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
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Cotabato City
|
Autonomous region of the Philippines
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Azerbaijan
|
Baku
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Azores
|
Ponta Delgada (executive)
Horta (legislative)
Angra do Heroísmo (judicial)
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Autonomous region of Portugal
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Bahamas
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Nassau
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Bahrain
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Manama
|
|
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Baker Island
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—
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Insular area of the United States of America
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Balearic Islands
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Palma
|
Autonomous community of Spain
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Bangladesh
|
Dhaka
|
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Barbados
|
Bridgetown
|
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Basque Country
|
Vitoria-Gasteiz
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
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Belarus
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Minsk
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Belarus
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Homel
|
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Belgium
|
Brussels
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Belize
|
Belmopan
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Benin
|
Porto-Novo (official)
Cotonou (seat of government)
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Bermuda
|
Hamilton
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
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Bhutan
|
Thimphu
|
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Bir Tawil
|
—
|
Unclaimed territory
|
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Bolivia
|
Sucre (official)
La Paz (seat of government)
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Bonaire
|
Kralendijk
|
Special municipality of the Netherlands
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sarajevo
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Botswana
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Gaborone
|
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Bougainville
|
Buka
|
Autonomous region of Papua New Guinea
|
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Bouvet Island
|
Olav Peak
|
Dependent territory of Norway
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Brazil
|
Brasília
|
|
|
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Brazilian Antarctica
|
—
|
Zone of Interest of Brazil
|
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British Antarctic Territory
|
—
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
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British Indian Ocean Territory
|
Diego Garcia
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
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British Virgin Islands
|
Road Town
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
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Brunei
|
Bandar Seri Begawan
|
|
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Bulgaria
|
Sofia
|
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Burkina Faso
|
Ouagadougou
|
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Burundi
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Bujumbura
|
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Cambodia
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Phnom Penh
|
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Cameroon
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Yaoundé
|
|
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Canada
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Ottawa
|
|
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Canary Islands
|
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Las Palmas
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
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Cantabria
|
Santander
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
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Carriacou and Petite Martinique
|
Hillsborough
|
Dependency of Grenada
|
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Castile and León
|
Valladolid
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
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Castile-La Mancha
|
Toledo
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
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Cape Verde
|
Praia
|
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Catalonia
|
Barcelona
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
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Cayman Islands
|
George Town
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
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Ceuta
|
Ceuta
|
Autonomous city of Spain
|
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Central African Republic
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Bangui
|
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Chad
|
N'Djamena
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Chile
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Santiago
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Chilean Antarctic Territory
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—
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Commune of Chile
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China
|
Beijing
|
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Christmas Island
|
Flying Fish Cove
|
External territory of Australia
|
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Clipperton Island
|
—
|
Overseas territory of France
|
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
West Island
|
External territory of Australia
|
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Colombia
|
Bogotá
|
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Comoros
|
Moroni
|
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Congo-Brazzaville
|
Brazzaville
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Congo-Kinshasa
|
Kinshasa
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Cook Islands
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Avarua
|
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Coral Sea Islands
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Willis Island
|
External territory of Australia
|
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Corsica
|
Ajaccio
|
Territorial collectivity of France
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Costa Rica
|
San José
|
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Crimea
|
Simferopol
|
Autonomous republic of Ukraine
|
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Croatia
|
Zagreb
|
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Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
|
Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (seat of government)
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Cuba
|
Havana
|
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Curaçao
|
Willemstad
|
Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Cyprus
|
Nicosia
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Czech Republic
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Prague
|
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Denmark
|
Copenhagen
|
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Djibouti
|
Djibouti
|
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Dominica
|
Roseau
|
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Dominican Republic
|
Santo Domingo
|
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East Timor (Timor-Leste)
|
Dili
|
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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
|
Hanga Roa
|
Special Territory, Province and Commune of Chile
|
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Ecuador
|
Quito
|
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Egypt
|
Cairo
|
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El Salvador
|
San Salvador
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Equatorial Guinea
|
Malabo
|
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Eritrea
|
Asmara
|
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Estonia
|
Tallinn
|
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Ethiopia
|
Addis Ababa
|
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Extremadura
|
Mérida
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
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Falkland Islands
|
Stanley
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
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Faroe Islands
|
Tórshavn
|
Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm
|
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Federal Dependencies of Venezuela
|
Los Roques
|
Federal dependency of Venezuela
|
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Fiji
|
Suva
|
|
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Finland
|
Helsinki
|
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France
|
Paris
|
|
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French Guiana
|
Cayenne
|
Overseas department of France
|
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French Polynesia
|
Papeete
|
Overseas collectivity of France
|
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands
|
Alfred Faure (Crozet Islands)
Port-aux-Français (Kerguelen Islands)
Martin-de-Viviès (Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands)
|
Overseas territory of France
|
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Gabon
|
Libreville
|
|
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Gagauzia
|
Comrat
|
Autonomous region of Moldova
|
|
Galicia
|
Santiago de Compostela
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
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Gambia
|
Banjul
|
|
|
Georgia
|
Tbilisi
|
|
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Germany
|
Berlin
|
|
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Ghana
|
Accra
|
|
|
Gibraltar
|
Gibraltar
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
|
Gorno-Badakhshan
|
Khorugh
|
Autonomous province of Tajikistan
|
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Greece
|
Athens
|
|
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Greenland
|
Nuuk
|
Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm
|
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Grenada
|
St. George's
|
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Guadeloupe
|
Basse-Terre
|
Overseas department of France
|
|
Guam
|
Hagåtña
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
|
Guatemala
|
Guatemala City
|
|
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Guernsey
|
Saint Peter Port
|
Crown dependency of the United Kingdom
|
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Guinea-Bissau
|
Bissau
|
|
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Guinea
|
Conakry
|
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Guyana
|
Georgetown
|
|
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Haiti
|
Port-au-Prince
|
|
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands
|
Mawson Peak
|
External territory of Australia
|
|
Honduras
|
Tegucigalpa
|
|
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Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong
|
Special administrative region of China
|
|
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Howland Island
|
—
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
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Hungary
|
Budapest
|
|
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Iceland
|
Reykjavík
|
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India
|
New Delhi
|
|
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Indonesia
|
Jakarta
|
|
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Iran
|
Tehran
|
|
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Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
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Ireland
|
Dublin
|
|
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Isle of Man
|
Douglas
|
Crown dependency of the United Kingdom
|
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Israel
|
Jerusalem
|
|
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Italy
|
Rome
|
|
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Jamaica
|
Kingston
|
|
|
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Jan Mayen
|
Olonkinbyen
|
Special territory of Norway
|
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
|
|
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Jarvis Island
|
—
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
|
Jeju Province
|
Jeju City
|
Special self-governing province of South Korea
|
|
Jersey
|
Saint Helier
|
Crown dependency of the United Kingdom
|
|
|
Jervis Bay Territory
|
Jervis Bay Village
|
Internal territory of Australia
|
|
|
Johnston Atoll
|
—
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
|
Jordan
|
Amman
|
|
|
Juan Fernández Islands
|
San Juan Bautista
|
Special Territory and Commune of Chile
|
|
Karakalpakstan
|
Nukus
|
Autonomous republic of Uzbekistan
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
Astana
|
|
|
Kenya
|
Nairobi
|
|
|
|
Kingman Reef
|
—
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
|
Kiribati
|
South Tarawa
|
|
|
Kosovo
|
Pristina
|
De facto sovereign state recognized by 114 UN member states
A United Nations mandate in Serbian territory was put in place starting in 1999.
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|
Iraqi Kurdistan
|
Erbil
|
Autonomous region of Iraq
|
|
Kuwait
|
Kuwait City
|
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Bishkek
|
|
|
La Rioja
|
Logroño
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
|
Laos
|
Vientiane
|
|
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Latvia
|
Riga
|
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Lebanon
|
Beirut
|
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Lesotho
|
Maseru
|
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Liberia
|
Monrovia
|
|
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Libya
|
Tripoli
|
|
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Liechtenstein
|
Vaduz
|
|
|
Lithuania
|
Vilnius
|
|
|
Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg
|
|
|
Macau
|
Macau
|
Special administrative region of China
|
|
Macedonia
|
Skopje
|
|
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Madagascar
|
Antananarivo
|
|
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Madeira
|
Funchal
|
Autonomous region of Portugal
|
|
Madrid
|
Madrid
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
|
Malawi
|
Lilongwe
|
|
|
Malaysia
|
Kuala Lumpur (official)
Putrajaya (seat of government)
|
|
|
Maldives
|
Malé
|
|
|
Mali
|
Bamako
|
|
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Malta
|
Valletta
|
|
|
|
Marie Byrd Land
|
—
|
Unclaimed territory
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
Majuro
|
|
|
Martinique
|
Fort-de-France
|
Overseas department of France
|
|
Mauritania
|
Nouakchott
|
|
|
Mauritius
|
Port Louis
|
|
|
Mayotte
|
Mamoudzou
|
Overseas department of France
|
|
Melilla
|
Melilla
|
Autonomous city of Spain
|
|
Mexico
|
Mexico City
|
|
|
Micronesia
|
Palikir
|
|
|
|
Midway Atoll
|
—
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
|
Moldova
|
Chişinău
|
|
|
Monaco
|
Monaco
|
|
|
Mongolia
|
Ulaanbaatar
|
|
|
Montenegro
|
Podgorica
|
|
|
Montserrat
|
Plymouth (official)
Brades (seat of government)
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
|
Morocco
|
Rabat
|
|
|
Mount Athos
|
Karyes
|
Autonomous polity of the Greece
|
|
Mozambique
|
Maputo
|
|
|
Murcia
|
Murcia
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
|
Myanmar (Burma)
|
Naypyidaw
|
|
|
Nagorno-Karabakh
|
Stepanakert
|
De facto sovereign state lacking general international recognition
Recognized by the United Nations as part of Azerbaijan
|
|
|
Nakhchivan
|
Nakhchivan (city)
|
Autonomous republic of Azerbaijan
|
|
Namibia
|
Windhoek
|
|
|
Nauru
|
Yaren (seat of government)
|
|
|
Navarre
|
Pamplona
|
Autonomous community of Spain
|
|
|
Navassa Island
|
—
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
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Nepal
|
Kathmandu
|
|
|
Netherlands
|
Amsterdam
|
|
|
Nevis
|
Charlestown
|
Autonomous island of Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
|
New Caledonia
|
Nouméa
|
Sui generis collectivity (special collectivity) of France
|
|
New Zealand
|
Wellington
|
|
|
Nicaragua
|
Managua
|
|
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Nigeria
|
Abuja
|
|
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Niger
|
Niamey
|
|
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Niue
|
Alofi
|
|
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Norfolk Island
|
Kingston
|
Self-governing territory of Australia
|
|
North Korea
|
Pyongyang
|
|
|
Northern Cyprus
|
Nicosia
|
De facto sovereign state lacking general international recognition
Recognized by the United Nations as part of Cyprus
|
|
Northern Ireland
|
Belfast
|
Constituent country of the United Kingdom
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
Saipan
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
|
Northern Territory
|
Darwin
|
Internal territory of Australia
|
|
Northwest Territories
|
Yellowknife
|
Territory of Canada
|
|
|
Norway
|
Oslo
|
|
|
Nunavut
|
Iqaluit
|
Territory of Canada
|
|
Oman
|
Muscat
|
|
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Pakistan
|
Islamabad
|
|
|
Palau
|
Melekeok
|
|
|
Palestine
|
East Jerusalem (claimed capital)
Ramallah (West Bank seat of government)
Gaza (Gaza Strip seat of government)
|
|
|
|
Palmyra Atoll
|
—
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
|
Panama
|
Panama City
|
|
|
Papua
|
Jayapura
|
Special region of Indonesia
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
Port Moresby
|
|
|
|
Paracel Islands
|
—
|
Disputed territory between  China,  Taiwan and  Vietnam
|
|
Paraguay
|
Asunción
|
|
|
Peru
|
Lima
|
|
|
|
Peter I Island
|
—
|
Dependency of Norway
|
|
Philippines
|
Manila
|
|
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
Adamstown
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
|
Poland
|
Warsaw
|
|
|
Portugal
|
Lisbon
|
|
|
Príncipe
|
Santo António
|
Autonomous island São Tomé and Príncipe
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
San Juan
|
Insular area of the United States of America
|
|
Qatar
|
Doha
|
|
|
|
Queen Maud Land
|
—
|
Dependency of Norway
|
|
|
Réunion
|
Saint-Denis
|
Overseas department of France
|
|
Rhode Island
|
Providence
|
State of USA
|
|
Rodrigues
|
Port Mathurin
|
Islands of Mauritius
|
|
Romania
|
Bucharest
|
|
|
Ross Dependency
|
—
|
Dependent territory of New Zealand
|
|
Russia
|
Moscow
|
|
|
|
Russia
|
Saint Petersburg
|
|
|
Rwanda
|
Kigali
|
|
|
Saba
|
The Bottom
|
Special municipality of the Netherlands
|
|
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
|
El Aaiún (official)
Bir Lehlou and Sahrawi
refugee camps (seat of government)
|
De facto sovereign state lacking general international recognition
Recognized by the United Nations as part of Western Sahara
|
|
Saint Barthélemy
|
Gustavia
|
Overseas collectivity of France
|
|
Saint Helena
|
Jamestown
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
Basseterre
|
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
Castries
|
|
|
|
Saint Martin
|
Marigot
|
Overseas collectivity of France
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
Saint-Pierre
|
Overseas collectivity of France
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Kingstown
|
|
|
Samoa
|
Apia
|
|
|
San Marino
|
San Marino
|
|
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
São Tomé
|
|
|
Sark
|
La Seigneurie
|
Dependency of Guernsey
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Riyadh
|
|
|
Scotland
|
Edinburgh
|
Constituent country of the United Kingdom
|
|
Senegal
|
Dakar
|
|
|
Serbia
|
Belgrade
|
|
|
Seychelles
|
Victoria
|
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
Freetown
|
|
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
|
|
Sint Eustatius
|
Oranjestad
|
Special municipality of the Netherlands
|
|
Sint Maarten
|
Philipsburg
|
Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
|
|
Slovakia
|
Bratislava
|
|
|
Slovenia
|
Ljubljana
|
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
Honiara
|
|
|
Somalia
|
Mogadishu
|
|
|
Somaliland
|
Hargeisa
|
De facto sovereign state lacking general international recognition
Recognized by the United Nations as part of Somalia
|
|
South Africa
|
Pretoria (administrative/executive)
Cape Town (legislative)
Bloemfontein (judicial)
|
|
|
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
|
King Edward Point
|
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
|
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
|
|
South Ossetia
|
Tskhinvali
|
De facto sovereign state lacking general international recognition
Recognized by the United Nations as part of Georgia
|
|
South Sudan
|
Juba
|
|
|
Spain
|
Madrid
|
|
|
|
Spratly Islands
|
—
|
Disputed territory between  Brunei, China,  Malaysia,  Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
|
|
Sri Lanka
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Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
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Sudan
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Khartoum
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Suriname
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Paramaribo
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Svalbard
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Longyearbyen
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Special territory of Norway
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Swaziland
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Mbabane (administrative)
Lobamba (royal and legislative)
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Sweden
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Stockholm
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Switzerland
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Bern
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Syria
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Damascus
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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De facto sovereign state lacking general international recognition
Recognized by the United Nations as part of China.
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Tajikistan
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Dushanbe
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Tanzania
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Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (seat of government)
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Thailand
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Bangkok
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Tibet
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Lhasa
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Autonomous region of the People's Republic of China
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Tobago
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Scarborough
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Autonomous Island of Trinidad and Tobago
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Togo
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Lomé
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Tokelau
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Nukunonu (main settlement, although each atoll has its own administrative centre)
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Dependent territory of New Zealand
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Tonga
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Nukuʻalofa
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Transnistria
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Tiraspol
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De facto sovereign state lacking general international recognition
Recognized by the United Nations as part of Moldova
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Port of Spain
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Tristan da Cunha
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Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
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Dependency of Saint Helena
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Tunisia
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Tunis
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Turkey
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Ankara
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Turkmenistan
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Ashgabat
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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Cockburn Town
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Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
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Tuvalu
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Funafuti
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Uganda
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Kampala
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Ukraine
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Kyiv
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Ukraine
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Kharkiv
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United Arab Emirates
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Abu Dhabi
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United Kingdom
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London
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United States
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Washington, D.C.
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United States
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Los Angeles
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United States Virgin Islands
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Charlotte Amalie
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Insular area of the United States of America
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Uruguay
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Montevideo
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Uzbekistan
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Tashkent
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Valencia
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Valencia
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Autonomous community of Spain
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Vanuatu
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Port Vila
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Vatican City
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Vatican City
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Venezuela
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Caracas
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Vietnam
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Hanoi
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Wake Island
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—
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Insular area of the United States of America
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Wales
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Cardiff
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Constituent country of the United Kingdom
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Wallis and Futuna
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Mata-Utu
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Overseas collectivity of France
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West Papua
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Manokwari
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Special region of Indonesia
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Western Sahara
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El Aaiún
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Disputed territory between  Morocco and the  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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Yemen
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Sana'a
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Yogyakarta
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Yogyakarta
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Special region of Indonesia
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Yukon
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Whitehorse
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Territory of Canada
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Zambia
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Lusaka
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Zanzibar
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Zanzibar City
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Autonomous area of Tanzania
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Zimbabwe
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Harare
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