Essay about World Capitals And Currencies

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World Capitals
Afghanistan
Kabul, 2,206,300
Albania
Tirana, 353,400
Algeria
Algiers, 3,917,000 (metro. area), 1,742,800 (city proper)
Andorra
Andorra la Vella, 23,000
Angola
Luanda, 2,297,200
Antigua and Barbuda
St. John's, 23,500
Argentina
Buenos Aires, 13,349,000 (metro. area), 2,768,772 (city proper)
Armenia
Yerevan, 1,462,700 (metro. area), 1,267,600 (city proper)
Australia
Canberra, 327,700
Austria
Vienna, 2,041,300 (metro area), 1,523,600 (city proper)
Azerbaijan
Baku, 2,118,600 (metro area), 1,235,400 (city proper), a port on the Caspian Sea
Bahamas
Nassau, 222,200
Bahrain
Al-Manámah, 527,000 (metro area), 149,900 (city proper)
Bangladesh
Dhaka, 12,560,000 (metro.area), 5,378,023 (city proper)
Barbados
Bridgetown, 98,900
Belarus
Mensk (Minsk), 1,769,500
Belgium
Brussels, 1,750,600 (metro area), 981,200 (city proper)
Belize
Belmopan, 8,700
Benin
Porto-Novo (official), 231,600; Largest city and seat of government: Cotonou 734,600
Bhutan
Thimphu (official), 60,200
Bolivia
Sucre, 204,200; Administrative capital: La Paz, 1,576,100 (metro. area), 830,500 (city proper)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo, 581,500 (unofficial)
Botswana
Gaborone, 195,000
Brazil
Brasília, 2,160,100
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan, 78,000
Bulgaria
Sofia, 1,088,700
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, 962,100
Burundi
Bujumbura, 331,700
Cambodia
Phnom Penh, 1,169,800
Cameroon
Yaoundé, 1,395,200 (metro. area), 1,154,400 (city proper)
Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, 1,142,700 (metro. area)
Cape Verde
Praia, 99,400
Central African Republic
Bangui, 810,000 (metro. area), 669,800 (city proper)
Chad
N'Djamena, 609,600
Chile
Santiago, 5,333,100 (metro. area), 4,372,800 (city proper)
China
Beijing, 10,849,000 (metro. area), 8,689,000 (city proper)
Colombia
Santafé de Bogotá, 7,594,000 (metro. area), 7,185,889 (city proper)
Comoros
Moroni (on Grande Comoro), 60,200
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Kinshasa, 6,541,300
Congo, Republic of
Brazzaville, 1,169,900
Costa Rica
San José, 1,527,300 (metro. area), 337,200 (city proper)
Côte d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro (official), 185,600; Largest city and administrative center: Abidjan, 4,113,600 (metro. area), 3,427,500 (city proper)
Croatia
Zagreb, 685,500
Cuba
Havana, 2,686,000 (metro. area), 2,343,700 (city proper)
Cyprus
Lefkosia (Nicosia) (in government-controlled area), 197,600
Czech Republic
Prague, 1,378,700 (metro. area), 1,169,800 (city proper)
Denmark
Copenhagen, 1,094,400
Djibouti
Djibouti, 383,000
Dominica
Roseau, 20,000
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo, 2,851,300 (metro. area), 2,252,400 (city proper)
East Timor
Dili, 50,800
Ecuador
Quito 1,780,700 (metro. area), 1,443,900 (city proper)
Egypt
Cairo, 11,146,000 (metro. area), 7,629,866 (city proper)
El Salvador
San Salvador, 1,791,700 (metro. area), 504,700 (city proper)
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo, 92,900
Eritrea
Asmara, 899,000 (metro. area), 400,000 (city proper)
Estonia
Tallinn, 379,000
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 2,716,200
Fiji
Suva (on Viti Levu), 177,300
Finland
Helsinki, 1,162,900 (metro. area), 582,600 (city proper)
France
Paris, 9,854,000 (metro. area), 2,110,400 (city proper)
Gabon
Libreville, 661,600
Gambia
Banjul, 46,700
Georgia
Tbilisi, 1,440,000 (metro. area), 1,240,200 (city proper)
Germany
Berlin (capital since Oct. 3, 1990), 3,933,300 (metro. area), 3,274,500 (city proper)
Ghana
Accra, 2,825,800 (metro. area), 1,661,400 (city proper)
Greece
Athens, 3,247,000 (metro. area), 747,300 (city proper)
Grenada
St. George's, 4,300
Guatemala
Guatemala City, 2,655,900 (metro. area), 1,128,800 (city proper)
Guinea
Conakry, 1,767,200
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau, 296,900
Guyana
Georgetown, 227,700
Haiti
Port-au-Prince, 1,764,000 (metro. area), 1,119,000 (city proper)
Honduras
Tegucigalpa, 1,436,000 (metro. area), 1,248,300 (city proper)
Hungary
Budapest, 2,597,000 (metro. area), 1,769,500 (city proper)
Iceland
Reykjavik, 184,200 (metro. area), 114,800 (city proper)
India
New Delhi, 15,334,000 (metro. area), 9,817,439 (city proper)
Indonesia
Jakarta, 13,194,000 (metro. area), 8,389,443 (city
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