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World Capitals
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Afghanistan
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Kabul, 2,206,300 |
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Albania
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Tirana, 353,400 |
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Algeria
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Algiers, 3,917,000 (metro. area), 1,742,800 (city proper) |
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Andorra
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Andorra la Vella, 23,000 |
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Angola
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Luanda, 2,297,200 |
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Antigua and Barbuda
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St. John's, 23,500 |
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires, 13,349,000 (metro. area), 2,768,772 (city
proper) |
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Armenia
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Yerevan, 1,462,700 (metro. area), 1,267,600 (city proper) |
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Australia
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Canberra, 327,700 |
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Austria
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Vienna, 2,041,300 (metro area), 1,523,600 (city proper) |
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Azerbaijan
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Baku, 2,118,600 (metro area), 1,235,400 (city proper), a port on
the Caspian Sea |
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Bahamas
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Nassau, 222,200 |
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Bahrain
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Al-Manámah, 527,000 (metro area), 149,900 (city
proper) |
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Bangladesh
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Dhaka, 12,560,000 (metro.area), 5,378,023 (city proper) |
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Barbados
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Bridgetown, 98,900 |
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Belarus
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Mensk (Minsk), 1,769,500 |
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Belgium
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Brussels, 1,750,600 (metro area), 981,200 (city proper) |
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Belize
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Belmopan, 8,700 |
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Benin
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Porto-Novo (official), 231,600; Largest city and seat of
government: Cotonou 734,600 |
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Bhutan
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Thimphu (official), 60,200 |
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Bolivia
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Sucre, 204,200; Administrative capital: La Paz, 1,576,100
(metro. area), 830,500 (city proper) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sarajevo, 581,500 (unofficial) |
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Botswana
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Gaborone, 195,000 |
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Brazil
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Brasília, 2,160,100 |
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Brunei
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Bandar Seri Begawan, 78,000 |
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Bulgaria
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Sofia, 1,088,700 |
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Burkina Faso
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Ouagadougou, 962,100 |
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Burundi
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Bujumbura, 331,700 |
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Cambodia
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Phnom Penh, 1,169,800 |
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Cameroon
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Yaoundé, 1,395,200 (metro. area), 1,154,400 (city
proper) |
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Canada
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Ottawa, Ontario, 1,142,700 (metro. area) |
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Cape Verde
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Praia, 99,400 |
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Central African Republic
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Bangui, 810,000 (metro. area), 669,800 (city proper) |
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Chad
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N'Djamena, 609,600 |
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Chile
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Santiago, 5,333,100 (metro. area), 4,372,800 (city proper) |
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China
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Beijing, 10,849,000 (metro. area), 8,689,000 (city proper) |
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Colombia
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Santafé de Bogotá, 7,594,000 (metro. area),
7,185,889 (city proper) |
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Comoros
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Moroni (on Grande Comoro), 60,200 |
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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Kinshasa, 6,541,300 |
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Congo, Republic of
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Brazzaville, 1,169,900 |
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Costa Rica
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San José, 1,527,300 (metro. area), 337,200 (city
proper) |
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Côte d'Ivoire
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Yamoussoukro (official), 185,600; Largest city and
administrative center: Abidjan, 4,113,600 (metro. area), 3,427,500
(city proper) |
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Croatia
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Zagreb, 685,500 |
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Cuba
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Havana, 2,686,000 (metro. area), 2,343,700 (city proper) |
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Cyprus
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Lefkosia (Nicosia) (in government-controlled area), 197,600 |
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Czech Republic
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Prague, 1,378,700 (metro. area), 1,169,800 (city proper) |
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Denmark
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Copenhagen, 1,094,400 |
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Djibouti
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Djibouti, 383,000 |
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Dominica
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Roseau, 20,000 |
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Dominican Republic
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Santo Domingo, 2,851,300 (metro. area), 2,252,400 (city
proper) |
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East Timor
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Dili, 50,800 |
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Ecuador
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Quito 1,780,700 (metro. area), 1,443,900 (city proper) |
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Egypt
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Cairo, 11,146,000 (metro. area), 7,629,866 (city proper) |
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El Salvador
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San Salvador, 1,791,700 (metro. area), 504,700 (city proper) |
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Equatorial Guinea
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Malabo, 92,900 |
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Eritrea
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Asmara, 899,000 (metro. area), 400,000 (city proper) |
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Estonia
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Tallinn, 379,000 |
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Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa, 2,716,200 |
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Fiji
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Suva (on Viti Levu), 177,300 |
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Finland
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Helsinki, 1,162,900 (metro. area), 582,600 (city proper) |
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France
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Paris, 9,854,000 (metro. area), 2,110,400 (city proper) |
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Gabon
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Libreville, 661,600 |
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Gambia
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Banjul, 46,700 |
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Georgia
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Tbilisi, 1,440,000 (metro. area), 1,240,200 (city proper) |
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Germany
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Berlin (capital since Oct. 3, 1990), 3,933,300 (metro. area),
3,274,500 (city proper) |
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Ghana
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Accra, 2,825,800 (metro. area), 1,661,400 (city proper) |
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Greece
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Athens, 3,247,000 (metro. area), 747,300 (city proper) |
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Grenada
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St. George's, 4,300 |
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Guatemala
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Guatemala City, 2,655,900 (metro. area), 1,128,800 (city
proper) |
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Guinea
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Conakry, 1,767,200 |
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Guinea-Bissau
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Bissau, 296,900 |
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Guyana
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Georgetown, 227,700 |
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Haiti
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Port-au-Prince, 1,764,000 (metro. area), 1,119,000 (city
proper) |
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Honduras
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Tegucigalpa, 1,436,000 (metro. area), 1,248,300 (city proper) |
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Hungary
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Budapest, 2,597,000 (metro. area), 1,769,500 (city proper) |
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Iceland
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Reykjavik, 184,200 (metro. area), 114,800 (city proper) |
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India
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New Delhi, 15,334,000 (metro. area), 9,817,439 (city proper) |
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Indonesia
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Jakarta, 13,194,000 (metro. area), 8,389,443 (city proper) |
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Iran
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Tehran, 7,796,257 (city proper) |
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Iraq
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Baghdad, 6,777,300 (metro. area), 5,772,000 (city proper) |
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Ireland
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Dublin, 1,018,500 |
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Israel
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Jerusalem, 695,500 Note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its
capital in 1950, but the U.S., like nearly all other countries,
maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv. |
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Italy
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Rome, 3,550,900 (metro. area), 2,455,600 (city proper) |
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Jamaica
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Kingston, 937,700 (metro. area), 590,500 (city proper) |
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Japan
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Tokyo, 35,327,000 (metro. area), 8,483,050 (city proper) |
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Jordan
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Amman, 2,677,500 (metro. area), 1,293,200 |
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Kazakhstan
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Astana, 288,200 (formerly Aqmola; capital since 1997) |
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Kenya
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Nairobi, 3,064,800 (metro. area), 2,411,900 (city proper) |
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Kiribati
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Tarawa, 26,600 |
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Korea, North
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Pyongyang, 3,222,000 (metro. area), 2,767,900 |
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Korea, South
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Seoul, 10,287,847 (city proper) |
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Kosovo
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Pristina, 400,000 (est.) |
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Kuwait
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Kuwait, 1,709,800 (metro. area), 32,600 (city proper) |
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Kyrgyzstan
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Bishkek (formerly Frunze), 824,900 |
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Laos
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Vientiane, 194,200 |
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Latvia
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Riga, 867,700 (metro. area), 706,200 (city proper) |
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Lebanon
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Beirut, 1,916,100 (metro. area), 1,171,000 (city proper) |
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Lesotho
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Maseru 173,700 |
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Liberia
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Monrovia, 1,348,900 (metro. area), 550,200 (city proper) |
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Libya
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Tripoli, 2,357,800 (metro. area), 1,269,700 (city proper) |
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Liechtenstein
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Vaduz, 5,300 |
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Lithuania
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Vilnius, 543,500 |
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Luxembourg
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Luxembourg, 78,800 |
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Macedonia
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Skopje, 587,300 (metro. area), 452,500 (city proper) |
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Madagascar
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Antananarivo, 1,390,800 |
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Malawi
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Lilongwe, 499,200 |
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Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur, 3,688,200 (metro. area), 1,403,400 |
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Maldives
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Malé, 81,600 |
| Mali |
Bamako, 1,323,200 (metro. area), 935,400 |
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Malta
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Valletta, 194,200 (metro. area) 6,900 (city proper) |
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Marshall Islands
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Majuro, 20,500 |
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Mauritania
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Nouakchott, 661,400 |
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Mauritius
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Port Louis, 577,200 (metro. area), 143,800 (city proper) |
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Mexico
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Mexico City, 19,013,000 (metro. area), 8,591,309 (city
proper) |
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Micronesia
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Palikir 11,600 |
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Moldova
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Chisinau, 772,500 (metro. area), 709,900 (city proper) |
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Monaco
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Monaco, 1,400 |
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Mongolia
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Ulaan Baatar, 804,200 |
| Montenegro |
Podgorica (administrative capital), 117,875; Cetinje (capital
city), 14,700 |
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Morocco
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Rabat, 1,636,600 |
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Mozambique
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Maputo, 1,691,000 (metro. area), 1,114,000 (city proper) |
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Myanmar
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Rangoon (Yangon), 4,344,100 |
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Namibia
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Windhoek, 221,000. Summer capital: Swakopmund, 26,200 |
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Nauru
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Yaren, 4,900 |
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Nepal
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Kathmandu, 1,203,100 (metro. area), 729,000 (city proper) |
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Netherlands
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Amsterdam (official), 737,900; The Hague (administrative capital),
465,900 |
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New Zealand
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Wellington, 342,500 (metro. area), 165,100 (city proper) |
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Nicaragua
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Managua, 1,390,500 (metro. area), 1,146,000 (city proper) |
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Niger
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Niamey, 748,600 |
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Nigeria
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Abuja, 590,400 (metro. area), 165,700 (city proper) |
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Norway
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Oslo, 791,500 |
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Oman
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Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city proper) |
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Pakistan
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Islamabad, 601,600 |
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Palau
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Koror, 11,100 |
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Palestinian State (proposed)
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Undetermined |
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Panama
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Panama City, 1,053,500 (metro. area), 437,200 (city proper) |
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Papua New Guinea
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Port Moresby, 324,900 |
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Paraguay
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Asunción, 1,482,200 (metro. area), 525,100 |
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Peru
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Lima, 8,180,000 (metro. area), 7,029,928 (city proper) |
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Philippines
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Manila, 10,677,000 (metro. area), 1,581,082 (city proper) |
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Poland
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Warsaw, 2,201,900 (metro. area), 1,607,600 (city proper) |
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Portugal
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Lisbon, 2,618,100 (metro. area), 559,400 |
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Qatar
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Doha, 550,700 (metro. area), 318,500 (city proper) |
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Romania
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Bucharest, 2,210,800 (metro. area), 1,906,800 (city proper) |
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Russia
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Moscow, 10,672,000 (metro. area), 10,101,500 (city proper) |
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Rwanda
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Kigali, 298,100 |
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St. Kitts and Nevis
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Basseterre (on St. Kitts), 11,500 |
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St. Lucia
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Castries, 60,300 |
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Kingstown, 17,600 |
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Samoa
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Apia, 35,900 |
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San Marino
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San Marino, 4,300 |
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São Tomé and
Príncipe
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São Tomé, 53,300 |
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Saudi Arabia
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Riyadh, 3,724,100 |
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Senegal
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Dakar, 2,476,400 |
| Serbia |
Belgrade, 1,717,800 (metro. area), 1,285,200 (city proper) |
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Seychelles
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Victoria, 23,000 |
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Sierra Leone
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Freetown, 1,051,000 |
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Singapore
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Singapore, 3,438,600 |
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Slovakia
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Bratislava, 428,800 |
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Slovenia
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Ljubljana, 258,000 |
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Solomon Islands
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Honiara (on Guadalcanal), 54,600 |
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Somalia
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Mogadishu, 1,208,800 |
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South Africa
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Pretoria, 1,541,300 (metro. area), 1,249,700 (city proper);
Legislative capital and largest city: Cape Town, 3,140,600
(metro. area), 2,733,000 (city proper). Judicial capital:
Bloemfontein, 378,000. No decision has been made to relocate the seat
of government. South Africa is demarcated into nine provinces,
consisting of the Gauteng, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, North West,
KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Free
State. Each province has its own capital |
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Spain
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Madrid, 5,130,000 (metro. area), 3,169,400 (city proper) |
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Sri Lanka
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Colombo, 2,436,000 (metro. area), 656,100 (city proper).
Legislative and judicial capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte,
118,300 |
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Sudan
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Khartoum, 5,717,300 (metro. area), 1,397,900 (city proper) |
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Suriname
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Paramaribo, 217,300 |
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Swaziland
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Mbabane, 69,000; Royal and legislative capital: Lobamba,
circa 5,000 |
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Sweden
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Stockholm, 1,622,300 (metro. area), 1,251,900 (city proper) |
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Switzerland
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Bern, 122,700 |
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Syria
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Damascus, 2,381,800 (metro. area), 1,861,900 |
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Taiwan
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Taipei, 7,871,900 (metro. area), 2,722,600 (city proper) |
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Tajikistan
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Dushanbe, 817,100 (metro. area), 590,300 (city proper) |
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Tanzania
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Dodoma, 164,500. Largest city (2003 est.): Dar es Salaam,
2,489,800 |
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Thailand
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Bangkok, 6,320,174 (city proper) |
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Togo
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Lomé, 749,700 (metro. area), 676,400 (city proper) |
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Tonga
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Nuku'alofa, 24,500 |
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Port-of-Spain, 263,800 (metro. area), 45,300 (city proper) |
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Tunisia
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Tunis, 1,660,300 (metro. area), 699,700 (city proper) |
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Turkey
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Ankara, 3,582,000 (metro. area), 3,456,100 (city proper) |
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Turkmenistan
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Ashgabat, 727,700 |
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Tuvalu
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Funafuti, 5,300 |
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Uganda
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Kampala, 1,461,600 (metro. area), 1,244,000 (city proper) |
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Ukraine
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Kyiv (Kiev), 3,296,100 (metro. area), 2,588,400 (city proper) |
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United Arab Emirates
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Abu Dhabi, 539,800 |
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United Kingdom
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London, 7,615,000 (metro. area), 7,429,200 (city proper) |
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United States
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Washington, DC, 570,898 |
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Uruguay
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Montevideo, 1,745,100 (metro. area), 1,347,600 (city proper) |
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Uzbekistan
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Tashkent, 3,457,500 (metro. area), 2,155,400 (city proper) |
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Vanuatu
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Port Vila, 35,300 |
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Venezuela
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Caracas, 3,517,300 (metro. area), 1,741,400 (city proper) |
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Vietnam
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Hanoi, 2,543,700 (metro. area), 1,396,500 (city proper) |
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Western Sahara (proposed state)
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El Aaiun 198,200 |
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Yemen
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Sanaá, 1,778,900 |
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Zambia
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Lusaka, 1,773,300 (metro. area), 1,265,000 (city proper) |
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Zimbabwe
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Harare, 2,331,400 (metro. area), 1,919,700 (city proper) |
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