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Capitals and Currencies of Countries

Capitals of Countries and Their Currencies

A capital city serves as the administrative, cultural, and often the economic center of a country, reflecting its heritage, governance, and national identity. Likewise, a national currency symbolizes economic sovereignty and is essential for financial transactions both domestically and internationally. Here, we explore the capitals of countries across the globe and their respective currencies, highlighting the diversity and richness of our world’s political and economic landscape.

Africa

1. Algeria

  • Capital: Algiers
  • Currency: Algerian Dinar (DZD)

2. Angola

  • Capital: Luanda
  • Currency: Angolan Kwanza (AOA)

3. Benin

  • Capital: Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (economic)
  • Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)

4. Botswana

  • Capital: Gaborone
  • Currency: Botswana Pula (BWP)

5. Burkina Faso

  • Capital: Ouagadougou
  • Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)

6. Burundi

  • Capital: Gitega (since 2018), Bujumbura (previous)
  • Currency: Burundian Franc (BIF)

7. Cameroon

  • Capital: Yaoundé
  • Currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)

8. Cape Verde

  • Capital: Praia
  • Currency: Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE)

9. Central African Republic

  • Capital: Bangui
  • Currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)

10. Chad

  • Capital: N’Djamena
  • Currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)

11. Comoros

  • Capital: Moroni
  • Currency: Comorian Franc (KMF)

12. Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Capital: Kinshasa
  • Currency: Congolese Franc (CDF)

13. Djibouti

  • Capital: Djibouti
  • Currency: Djiboutian Franc (DJF)

14. Egypt

  • Capital: Cairo
  • Currency: Egyptian Pound (EGP)

15. Equatorial Guinea

  • Capital: Malabo (political), Bata (economic)
  • Currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)

16. Eritrea

  • Capital: Asmara
  • Currency: Eritrean Nakfa (ERN)

17. Eswatini

  • Capital: Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative)
  • Currency: Swazi Lilangeni (SZL), South African Rand (ZAR)

18. Ethiopia

  • Capital: Addis Ababa
  • Currency: Ethiopian Birr (ETB)

19. Gabon

  • Capital: Libreville
  • Currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)

20. Gambia

  • Capital: Banjul
  • Currency: Gambian Dalasi (GMD)

21. Ghana

  • Capital: Accra
  • Currency: Ghanaian Cedi (GHS)

22. Guinea

  • Capital: Conakry
  • Currency: Guinean Franc (GNF)

23. Guinea-Bissau

  • Capital: Bissau
  • Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)

24. Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Capital: Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (economic)
  • Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)

25. Kenya

  • Capital: Nairobi
  • Currency: Kenyan Shilling (KES)

26. Lesotho

  • Capital: Maseru
  • Currency: Lesotho Loti (LSL), South African Rand (ZAR)

27. Liberia

  • Capital: Monrovia
  • Currency: Liberian Dollar (LRD)

28. Libya

  • Capital: Tripoli
  • Currency: Libyan Dinar (LYD)

29. Madagascar

  • Capital: Antananarivo
  • Currency: Malagasy Ariary (MGA)

30. Malawi

  • Capital: Lilongwe
  • Currency: Malawian Kwacha (MWK)

31. Mali

  • Capital: Bamako
  • Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)

32. Mauritania

  • Capital: Nouakchott
  • Currency: Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU)

33. Mauritius

  • Capital: Port Louis
  • Currency: Mauritian Rupee (MUR)

34. Morocco

  • Capital: Rabat
  • Currency: Moroccan Dirham (MAD)

35. Mozambique

  • Capital: Maputo
  • Currency: Mozambican Metical (MZN)

36. Namibia

  • Capital: Windhoek
  • Currency: Namibian Dollar (NAD), South African Rand (ZAR)

37. Niger

  • Capital: Niamey
  • Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)

38. Nigeria

  • Capital: Abuja
  • Currency: Nigerian Naira (NGN)

39. Republic of the Congo

  • Capital: Brazzaville
  • Currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)

40. Rwanda

  • Capital: Kigali
  • Currency: Rwandan Franc (RWF)

41. São Tomé and Príncipe

  • Capital: São Tomé
  • Currency: São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra (STN)

42. Senegal

  • Capital: Dakar
  • Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)

43. Seychelles

  • Capital: Victoria
  • Currency: Seychellois Rupee (SCR)

44. Sierra Leone

  • Capital: Freetown
  • Currency: Sierra Leonean Leone (SLL)

45. Somalia

  • Capital: Mogadishu
  • Currency: Somali Shilling (SOS)

46. South Africa

  • Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Bloemfontein (judicial), Cape Town (legislative)
  • Currency: South African Rand (ZAR)

47. South Sudan

  • Capital: Juba
  • Currency: South Sudanese Pound (SSP)

48. Sudan

  • Capital: Khartoum
  • Currency: Sudanese Pound (SDG)

49. Tanzania

  • Capital: Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (commercial)
  • Currency: Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)

50. Togo

  • Capital: Lomé
  • Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)

51. Tunisia

  • Capital: Tunis
  • Currency: Tunisian Dinar (TND)

52. Uganda

  • Capital: Kampala
  • Currency: Ugandan Shilling (UGX)

53. Zambia

  • Capital: Lusaka
  • Currency: Zambian Kwacha (ZMW)

54. Zimbabwe

  • Capital: Harare
  • Currency: Zimbabwean Dollar (ZWL)

Asia

1. Afghanistan

  • Capital: Kabul
  • Currency: Afghan Afghani (AFN)

2. Armenia

  • Capital: Yerevan
  • Currency: Armenian Dram (AMD)

3. Azerbaijan

  • Capital: Baku
  • Currency: Azerbaijani Manat (AZN)

4. Bahrain

  • Capital: Manama
  • Currency: Bahraini Dinar (BHD)

5. Bangladesh

  • Capital: Dhaka
  • Currency: Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)

6. Bhutan

  • Capital: Thimphu
  • Currency: Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN), Indian Rupee (INR)

7. Brunei

  • Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
  • Currency: Brunei Dollar (BND)

8. Cambodia

  • Capital: Phnom Penh
  • Currency: Cambodian Riel (KHR), US Dollar (USD) widely accepted

9. China

  • Capital: Beijing
  • Currency: Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY)

10. Cyprus

  • Capital: Nicosia
  • Currency: Euro (EUR), Cyprus Pound (CYP) (obsolete)

11. Georgia

  • Capital: Tbilisi
  • Currency: Georgian Lari (GEL)

12. India

  • Capital: New Delhi
  • Currency: Indian Rupee (INR)

13. Indonesia

  • Capital: Jakarta
  • Currency: Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)

14. Iran

  • Capital: Tehran
  • Currency: Iranian Rial (IRR)

15. Iraq

  • Capital: Baghdad
  • Currency: Iraqi Dinar (IQD)

16. Israel

  • Capital: Jerusalem (claimed), Tel Aviv (actual)
  • Currency: Israeli New Shekel (ILS)

17. Japan

  • Capital: Tokyo
  • Currency: Japanese Yen (JPY)

18. Jordan

  • Capital: Amman
  • Currency: Jordanian Dinar (JOD)

19. Kazakhstan

  • Capital: Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana)
  • Currency: Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT)

20. Kuwait

  • Capital: Kuwait City
  • Currency: Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD)

21. Kyrgyzstan

  • Capital: Bishkek
  • Currency: Kyrgyzstani Som (KGS)

22. Laos

  • Capital: Vientiane
  • Currency: Lao Kip (LAK)

23. Lebanon

  • Capital: Beirut
  • Currency: Lebanese Pound (LBP)

24. Malaysia

  • Capital: Kuala Lumpur
  • Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)

25. Maldives

  • Capital: Malé
  • Currency: Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR)

26. Mongolia

  • Capital: Ulaanbaatar
  • Currency: Mongolian Tugrik (MNT)

27. Myanmar (Burma)

  • Capital: Naypyidaw
  • Currency: Burmese Kyat (MMK)

28. Nepal

  • Capital: Kathmandu
  • Currency: Nepalese Rupee (NPR)

29. North Korea

  • Capital: Pyongyang
  • Currency: North Korean Won (KPW)

30. Oman

  • Capital: Muscat
  • Currency: Omani Rial (OMR)

31. Pakistan

  • Capital: Islamabad
  • Currency: Pakistani Rupee (PKR)

32. Palestine

  • Capital: East Jerusalem (claimed)
  • Currency: Israeli New Shekel (ILS)

33. Philippines

  • Capital: Manila
  • Currency: Philippine Peso (PHP)

34. Qatar

  • Capital: Doha
  • Currency: Qatari Riyal (QAR)

35. Saudi Arabia

  • Capital: Riyadh
  • Currency: Saudi Riyal (SAR)

36. Singapore

  • Capital: Singapore
  • Currency: Singapore Dollar (SGD)

37. South Korea

  • Capital: Seoul
  • Currency: South Korean Won (KRW)

38. Sri Lanka

  • Capital: Colombo (commercial), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative)
  • Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)

39. Syria

  • Capital: Damascus
  • Currency: Syrian Pound (SYP)

40. Taiwan

  • Capital: Taipei
  • Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)

41. Tajikistan

  • Capital: Dushanbe
  • Currency: Tajikistani Somoni (TJS)

42. Thailand

  • Capital: Bangkok
  • Currency: Thai Baht (THB)

43. Timor-Leste (East Timor)

  • Capital: Dili
  • Currency: United States Dollar (USD), Timorese Centavo Coins

44. Turkmenistan

  • Capital: Ashgabat
  • Currency: Turkmenistan Manat (TMT)

45. United Arab Emirates

  • Capital: Abu Dhabi
  • Currency: UAE Dirham (AED)

46. Uzbekistan

  • Capital: Tashkent
  • Currency: Uzbekistani Som (UZS)

47. Vietnam

  • Capital: Hanoi
  • Currency: Vietnamese Dong (VND)

48. Yemen

  • Capital: Sana’a (official), Aden (temporary)
  • Currency: Yemeni Rial (YER)

Europe

1. Albania

  • Capital: Tirana
  • Currency: Albanian Lek (ALL)

2. Andorra

  • Capital: Andorra la Vella
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

3. Austria

  • Capital: Vienna
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

4. Belarus

  • Capital: Minsk
  • Currency: Belarusian Ruble (BYN)

5. Belgium

  • Capital: Brussels
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

6. Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Capital: Sarajevo
  • Currency: Convertible Mark (BAM)

7. Bulgaria

  • Capital: Sofia
  • Currency: Bulgarian Lev (BGN)

8. Croatia

  • Capital: Zagreb
  • Currency: Croatian Kuna (HRK)

9. Cyprus

  • Capital: Nicosia
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

10. Czech Republic

  • Capital: Prague
  • Currency: Czech Koruna (CZK)

11. Denmark

  • Capital: Copenhagen
  • Currency: Danish Krone (DKK)

12. Estonia

  • Capital: Tallinn
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

13. Finland

  • Capital: Helsinki
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

14. France

  • Capital: Paris
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

15. Germany

  • Capital: Berlin
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

16. Greece

  • Capital: Athens
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

17. Hungary

  • Capital: Budapest
  • Currency: Hungarian Forint (HUF)

18. Iceland

  • Capital: Reykjavik
  • Currency: Icelandic Krona (ISK)

19. Ireland

  • Capital: Dublin
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

20. Italy

  • Capital: Rome
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

21. Kosovo

  • Capital: Pristina
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

22. Latvia

  • Capital: Riga
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

23. Liechtenstein

  • Capital: Vaduz
  • Currency: Swiss Franc (CHF)

24. Lithuania

  • Capital: Vilnius
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

25. Luxembourg

  • Capital: Luxembourg City
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

26. Malta

  • Capital: Valletta
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

27. Moldova

  • Capital: Chisinau
  • Currency: Moldovan Leu (MDL)

28. Monaco

  • Capital: Monaco
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

29. Montenegro

  • Capital: Podgorica
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

30. Netherlands

  • Capital: Amsterdam (constitutional capital), The Hague (seat of government)
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

31. North Macedonia

  • Capital: Skopje
  • Currency: Macedonian Denar (MKD)

32. Norway

  • Capital: Oslo
  • Currency: Norwegian Krone (NOK)

33. Poland

  • Capital: Warsaw
  • Currency: Polish Zloty (PLN)

34. Portugal

  • Capital: Lisbon
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

35. Romania

  • Capital: Bucharest
  • Currency: Romanian Leu (RON)

36. Russia

  • Capital: Moscow
  • Currency: Russian Ruble (RUB)

37. San Marino

  • Capital: San Marino
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

38. Serbia

  • Capital: Belgrade
  • Currency: Serbian Dinar (RSD)

39. Slovakia

  • Capital: Bratislava
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

40. Slovenia

  • Capital: Ljubljana
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

41. Spain

  • Capital: Madrid
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

42. Sweden

  • Capital: Stockholm
  • Currency: Swedish Krona (SEK)

43. Switzerland

  • Capital: Bern
  • Currency: Swiss Franc (CHF)

44. Ukraine

  • Capital: Kyiv (Kiev)
  • Currency: Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)

45. United Kingdom

  • Capital: London
  • Currency: Pound Sterling (GBP)

46. Vatican City

  • Capital: Vatican City
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)

North America

1. Antigua and Barbuda

  • Capital: St. John’s
  • Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (XCD), US Dollar (USD) widely accepted

2. Bahamas

  • Capital: Nassau
  • Currency: Bahamian Dollar (BSD), US Dollar (USD) widely accepted

3. Barbados

  • Capital: Bridgetown
  • Currency: Barbadian Dollar (BBD), US Dollar (USD) widely accepted

4. Belize

  • Capital: Belmopan
  • Currency: Belize Dollar (BZD), US Dollar (USD) widely accepted

5. Canada

  • Capital: Ottawa
  • Currency: Canadian Dollar (CAD)

6. Costa Rica

  • Capital: San José
  • Currency: Costa Rican Colón (CRC), US Dollar (USD) widely accepted

7. Cuba

  • Capital: Havana
  • Currency: Cuban Peso (CUP), Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC)

8. Dominica

  • Capital: Roseau
  • Currency:

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