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Afghanistan |
Kabul
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Akrotiri |
Episkopi; also serves as capital of Dhekelia
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Albania |
Tirana
|
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Algeria |
Algiers
|
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American Samoa |
Pago Pago
|
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American Virgin Islands |
Charlotte Amalie
|
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Andorra |
Andorra la Vella
|
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Angola |
Luanda
|
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Anguilla |
The Valley
|
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Antigua and Barbuda |
Saint John's
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Argentina |
Buenos Aires
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Armenia |
Yerevan
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Aruba |
Oranjestad
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Australia |
Canberra
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Austria |
Vienna
|
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Azerbaijan |
Baku (Baki)
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Bahamas, The |
Nassau
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Bahrain |
Manama
|
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Bangladesh |
Dhaka
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Barbados |
Bridgetown
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Belarus |
Minsk
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Belgium |
Brussels
|
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Belize |
Belmopan
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Benin |
Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government
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Bermuda |
Hamilton
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Bhutan |
Thimphu
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Bolivia |
La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo
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Botswana |
Gaborone
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Bouvet Island |
Brasilia
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Brazil |
Brasilia
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British Virgin Islands |
Road Town
|
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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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Burma |
Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)
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Burma |
Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)
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Burundi |
Bujumbura
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Cambodia |
Phnom Penh
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Cameroon |
Yaounde
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Canada |
Ottawa
|
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Cape Verde |
Praia
|
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Cayman Islands |
George Town
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Central African Republic |
Bangui
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Chad |
N'Djamena
|
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Chile |
Santiago
|
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China |
Beijing
|
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Christmas Island |
The Settlement
|
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
West Island
|
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Colombia |
Bogota
|
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Comoros |
Moroni
|
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Kinshasa
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Congo, Republic of the |
Brazzaville
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Cook Islands |
Avarua
|
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Costa Rica |
San Jose
|
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Cote d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
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Croatia |
Zagreb
|
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Cuba |
Havana
|
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Cyprus |
Nicosia
|
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Czech Republic |
Prague
|
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Denmark |
Copenhagen
|
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Dhekelia |
Episkopi; located in Akrotiri
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Djibouti |
Djibouti
|
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Dominica |
Roseau
|
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Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo
|
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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 (formerly Asmera)
|
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Estonia |
Tallinn
|
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Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa
|
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
Stanley
|
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Faroe Islands |
Torshavn
|
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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
|
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French Polynesia |
Papeete
|
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Gabon |
Libreville
|
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Gambia, The |
Banjul
|
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Georgia |
T'bilisi
|
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Germany |
Berlin
|
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Ghana |
Accra
|
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Gibraltar |
Gibraltar
|
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Greece |
Athens
|
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Greenland |
Nuuk (Godthab)
|
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Grenada |
Saint George's
|
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Guadeloupe |
Basse-Terre
|
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Guam |
Hagatna (Agana)
|
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Guatemala |
Guatemala
|
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Guernsey |
St. Peter Port
|
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Guinea |
Conakry
|
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Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau
|
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Guyana |
Georgetown
|
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Haiti |
Port-au-Prince
|
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Holy See (Vatican City) |
Vatican City
|
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Honduras |
Tegucigalpa
|
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Hungary |
Budapest
|
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Iceland |
Reykjavik
|
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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
|
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Israel |
Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
|
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Italy |
Rome
|
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Jamaica |
Kingston
|
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Japan |
Tokyo
|
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Jersey |
Saint Helier
|
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Jordan |
Amman
|
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Kazakhstan |
Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
|
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Kenya |
Nairobi
|
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Kiribati |
Tarawa
|
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Korea, North |
P'yongyang
|
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Korea, South |
Seoul
|
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Kuwait |
Kuwait
|
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Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek
|
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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
|
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Lithuania |
Vilnius
|
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Luxembourg |
Luxembourg
|
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Macedonia |
Skopje
|
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Madagascar |
Antananarivo
|
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Malawi |
Lilongwe
|
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Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur
|
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Maldives |
Male
|
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Mali |
Bamako
|
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Malta |
Valletta
|
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Marshall Islands |
Majuro
|
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Martinique |
Fort-de-France
|
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Mauritania |
Nouakchott
|
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Mauritius |
Port Louis
|
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Mayotte |
Mamoutzou
|
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Mexico |
Mexico (Distrito Federal)
|
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
Palikir
|
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Moldova |
Chisinau
|
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Monaco |
Monaco
|
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Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar
|
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Montserrat |
Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat)
|
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Morocco |
Rabat
|
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Mozambique |
Maputo
|
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Namibia |
Windhoek
|
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Nauru |
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
|
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Nepal |
Kathmandu
|
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Netherlands |
Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government
|
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Netherlands Antilles |
Willemstad
|
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New Caledonia |
Noumea
|
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New Zealand |
Wellington
|
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Nicaragua |
Managua
|
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Niger |
Niamey
|
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Nigeria |
Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja
|
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Niue |
Alofi
|
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Norfolk Island |
Kingston
|
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Northern Mariana Islands |
Saipan
|
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Norway |
Oslo
|
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Oman |
Muscat
|
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Pakistan |
Islamabad
|
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Palau |
Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror
|
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Panama |
Panama
|
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Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby
|
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Paraguay |
Asuncion
|
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Peru |
Lima
|
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Philippines |
Manila
|
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Pitcairn Islands |
Adamstown
|
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Poland |
Warsaw
|
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Portugal |
Lisbon
|
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Puerto Rico |
San Juan
|
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Qatar |
Doha
|
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Reunion |
Saint-Denis
|
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Romania |
Bucharest
|
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Russia |
Moscow
|
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Rwanda |
Kigali
|
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Saint Helena |
Jamestown
|
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre
|
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Saint Lucia |
Castries
|
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Saint-Pierre
|
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown
|
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Samoa |
Apia
|
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San Marino |
San Marino
|
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Sao Tome and Principe |
Sao Tome
|
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Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh
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