Capitals

Capitals

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Capitals

Bishkek is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province ...

Pyongyang

Geography; Capitals

Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and has a ...

Vaduz

Geography; Capitals

Vaduz is the capital of the principality of Liechtenstein and the seat of the national parliament. The town, located along the Rhine, has about 5,100 inhabitants (2009), most of whom are Roman ...

Beirut

Geography; Capitals

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of more than 2 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean, it serves ...

Asuncion

Geography; Capitals

Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay. The Spanish word asunción translates into assumption in English which refers to the Assumption of Mary. The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an ...

Paramaribo

Geography; Capitals

Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of ...

Damascus

Geography; Capitals

Damascus is the capital and the second largest city of Syria. In addition to being the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, Damascus is a major cultural and religious centre of the ...