National Capitals 2025-2026
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Alabama – Montgomery Alaska – Juneau Arizona – Phoenix
Arkansas – Little Rock California – Sacramento Colorado – Denver
Connecticut – Hartford Delaware – Dover Florida – Tallahassee
Georgia – Atlanta Hawaii – Honolulu Idaho – Boise
Illinois – Springfield Indiana – Indianapolis Iowa – Des Moines
Kansas – Topeka Kentucky – Frankfort Louisiana – Baton Rouge
Maine – Augusta Maryland – Annapolis Massachusetts – Boston
Michigan – Lansing Minnesota – St. Paul Mississippi – JacksonInternational Academic Competitions USA Division – Subject Study Guide 2: Regional Capitals 1Missouri – Jefferson City Nevada – Carson City New Mexico – Santa Fe North Dakota – Bismarck Oregon – Salem South Carolina – Columbia Texas – Austin Virginia – Richmond Wisconsin – Madison Level 1 – USA States (continued)
Montana – Helena New Hampshire – Concord New York – Albany Ohio – Columbus Pennsylvania – Harrisburg South Dakota – Pierre Utah – Salt Lake City Washington – Olympia Wyoming – Cheyenne
Level 1 – USA Territories
Nebraska – Lincoln
New Jersey – Trenton
North Carolina – Raleigh
Oklahoma – Oklahoma City
Rhode Island – Providence
Tennessee – Nashville
Vermont – Montpelier
West Virginia – Charleston
Puerto Rico – San Juan
Level 5 – USA Territories
Guam – Hågatña US Virgin Islands – Charlotte Amalie Northern Mariana Islands – Saipan
American Samoa – Pago Pago
Section 2 - Chinese Provinces, Territories, and Regions
Level 3
Taiwan – Taipei
Level 6
Guangdong – Guangzhou Tibet Autonomous Region – Lhasa
Level 7
Hainan – Haikou Hubei – Wuhan Sichuan – Chengdu
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region – Ürümqi
Level 8
Fujian – Fuzhou Henan – Zhengzhou Hunan – Changsha
Jiangsu – Nanjing Liaoning – Shenyang Shaanxi – Xi’an
Shandong – Jinan Yunnan – Kunming Zhejiang – Hangzhou
International Academic Competitions USA Division – Subject Study Guide 2: Regional Capitals 2Level 9
Anhui – Hefei Gansu – Lanzhou Guizhou – Guiyang
Heilongjiang – Harbin Hebei – Shijiazhuang Jiangxi – Nanchang
Jilin – Changchun Qinghai – Xining Shanxi – Taiyuan
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region – Hohhot
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region – Nanning
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region – Yinchuan
Note that Hong Kong and Macau are Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of China, and as
such, are not considered to have capitals, as these are cities which are coterminous with these
SARs.
Note that the following major cities are designated as municipalities (which is a province-level
subdivision of China). They are not typically considered to have capitals:
Beijing Chongqing Shanghai Tianjin
Section 3 – Indian States and Territories
Maharashtra – Mumbai (aka Bombay) Level 6 – Indian States
Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow
Level 7 – Indian States
Karnataka – Bengaluru (aka Bangalore) Tamil Nadu – Chennai (aka Madras) Rajasthan – Jaipur
West Bengal – Kolkata (aka Calcutta)
Level 8 – Indian States
Bihar – Patna Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram (aka Trivandrum) Punjab – Chandigarh Gujarat – Gandhinagar
Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal
Telangana – Hyderabad
Level 9 – Indian States
Andhra Pradesh – Amaravati Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar Assam – Dispur
Chhattisgarh – Raipur Goa – Panaji Haryana – Chandigarh
Jharkhand – Ranchi Manipur – Imphal Meghalaya – Shillong
Mizoram – Aizawl Nagaland – Kohima Odisha – Bhubaneswar
Sikkim – Gangtok Tripura – Agartala
Himachal Pradesh – Shimla (summer) and Dharamshala (winter)
Uttarakhand – Bhararisain (summer) and Dehradun (winter)
International Academic Competitions USA Division – Subject Study Guide 2: Regional Capitals 3The following are the eight Union Territories of India. Note that if the capital is in the name of
the territory, it is unlikely that we would specifically be asking for it in a question. Those where
the capital is NOT in the name are all Level 9.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Port Blair
Chandigarh – Chandigarh (note that this is also the capital of Haryana & Punjab)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – Daman
Delhi – New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir – Srinagar (summer capital) & Jammu (winter capital)
Ladakh – Leh (summer capital) & Kargil (winter capital)
Lakshadweep – Kavaratti
Puducherry (aka Pondicherry) – Puducherry
Section 4 - Canadian Provinces and Territories
Ontario – Toronto Alberta – Edmonton Level 2 – Provinces of Canada
Quebec – Quebec City
Level 3 – Provinces of Canada
British Columbia – Victoria
Manitoba – Winnipeg New Brunswick – Fredericton Prince Edward Island – Charlottetown Level 4 – Provinces of Canada
Nova Scotia – Halifax
Level 5 – Provinces of Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador – St. John’s
Saskatchewan – Regina
Northwest Territories – Yellowknife Level 6 – Territories of Canada
Nunavut – Iqaluit Yukon – Whitehorse
International Academic Competitions USA Division – Subject Study Guide 2: Regional Capitals 4Section 5 – Australian States and Territories
Level 4
New South Wales – Sydney
Level 5
Victoria – Melbourne
Level 6
Tasmania – Hobart
Western Australia – Perth Level 7
Queensland – Brisbane South Australia - Adelaide
Level 8
Northern Territory – Darwin
The capital of Australia, Canberra, is found in the Australian Capital Territory, which, like
Washington, DC for the USA, is not considered to have its own capital. Note that Australia has
additional territories, but these are considered to be beyond Level 9, and are thus not listed.
Section 6 – Provinces, Territories, and Regions - Asia
Level 6
Hokkaido – Sapporo (prefecture of Japan. This is the largest prefecture by land area, and it
consists of the entirety of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island.)
Palestine – Jerusalem (This is the proclaimed capital; Ramallah serves as the administrative
center as Israel maintains control over Jerusalem). You can research the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict for a more comprehensive description of the status of Palestine.
Level 8
Okinawa – Naha (prefecture of Japan)
Punjab – Lahore (province of Pakistan)
Level 9
Sakha Republic – Yakutsk (constituent republic of Russia. This is the world’s largest national
subdivision by land area.)
Sindh – Karachi (province of Pakistan)
International Academic Competitions USA Division – Subject Study Guide 2: Regional Capitals 5Section 7 – Provinces, Territories, and Regions – Americas
Level 6
Bermuda – Hamilton (British territory in the Atlantic Ocean)
Cayenne – French Guiana (French territory on mainland South America)
Level 7
Falkland Islands – Stanley (British territory in the Atlantic Ocean)
Level 8
Aruba – Oranjestad (Constituent country of The Netherlands in the Caribbean)
Cayman Islands – George Town (British territory in the Caribbean)
Curacao – Willemstad (Constituent country of The Netherlands in the Caribbean)
Martinique – Fort-de-France (French territory in the Caribbean)
Plymouth – Montserrat (British territory in the Caribbean, most notable for becoming a ghost
town after a 1997 volcanic eruption. Government offices are now in the town of Brades.)
Level 9
Amazonas – Manaus (state of Brazil)
Bahia – Salvador (state of Brazil)
British Virgin Islands – Road Town (British territory in the Caribbean)
Chihuahua – Ciudad Juarez (State of Mexico. Largest by area.)
Guadeloupe – Basse-Terre (French territory in the Caribbean)
Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte (state of Brazil)
Saint Martin – Marigot (French territory in the Caribbean. Occupies half of the island of Saint
Martin.)
Sint Maarten – Philipsburg (Constituent country of The Netherlands in the Caribbean. Occupies
half of the island of Saint Martin.)
Section 8 – Provinces, Territories, and Regions – Europe
Level 1
England – London (constituent country of the United Kingdom)
European Union – Brussels (co-seat of the European parliament together with Strasbourg,
though note that the European Commission seat is solely in Brussels. The military alliance NATO
is also headquartered in Brussels.
Level 3
Scotland – Edinburgh (constituent country of the United Kingdom)
International Academic Competitions USA Division – Subject Study Guide 2: Regional Capitals 6Level 4
Greenland – Nuuk (territory of Denmark)
Northern Island – Belfast (constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Wales - Cardiff (constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Level 5
Kosovo – Pristina (partially recognized country, which broke away from Serbia)
Tuscany – Florence (region of Italy)
Level 6
Bavaria – Munich (state of Germany)
Catalonia – Barcelona (autonomous community of Spain)
Île-de-France – Paris (region of France)
Lombardy – Milan (region of Italy)
Level 7
Corsica – Ajaccio (region of France)
Northern Cyprus – Nicosia (Since the 1970’s, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has
maintained control over the northern third of the island. Nicosia is a divided city; Cyprus also
has its capital at Nicosia).
Sardinia – Cagliari (region of Italy)
Sicily – Palermo (region of Italy)
Level 8
Andalusia – Seville (autonomous community of Spain)
Azores – Ponta Delgada (territory of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean; note that there are other
legislative and judicial capitals, but these are basically never referenced)
Chechnya – Grozny (constituent republic of Russia)
Crete – Heraklion (region of Greece)
Faroe Islands – Torshavn (territory of Denmark in the Atlantic Ocean)
Lazio (pr. LOTS-ee-oh) – Rome (region of Italy)
Madeira – Funchal (territory of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean)
North Rhine-Westphalia – Düsseldorf (most populous state of Germany)
Piedmont – Turin (region of Italy)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur – Marseilles (region of France)
Saxony – Dresden (state of Germany)
International Academic Competitions USA Division – Subject Study Guide 2: Regional Capitals 7Level 9
Abkhazia – Sukhumi (breakaway region of Georgia, dominated by Russian-backed separatists)
Aragon – Zaragoza (autonomous community of Spain)
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes – Lyon (region of France)
Baden-Württemberg – Stuttgart (state of Germany)
Balearic Islands – Palma (also called Palma de Mallorca) (autonomous community of Spain)
Basque Country – Vitoria-Gasteiz (autonomous community of Spain)
Brandenburg – Potsdam (state of Germany)
Brittany – Rennes (region of France)
Burgundy-Franche-Comté – Dijon (region of France)
Canary Islands – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Executive and Judicial capital) & Santa Cruz de
Tenerife (Executive and Legislative) (The Canary Islands are a territory of Spain in the Atlantic.)
Castile and Leon – Valladolid (autonomous community of Spain)
Castilla-La Mancha – Toledo (autonomous community of Spain)
Emilia-Romagna – Bologna (region of Italy)
Galicia – Santiago de Compostela (autonomous community of Spain)
Grand Est – Strasbourg (region of France)
Hauts-de-France – Lille (region of France)
Hesse – Wiesbaden (state of Germany)
Isle of Man – Douglas (British crown dependency)
Liguria – Genoa (region of Italy)
Lower Saxony – Hanover (state of Germany)
Masovia – Warsaw (voivodeship of Poland)
Moravia – Brno (historical region of the Czech Republic)
Navarre – Pamplona autonomous community of Spain)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine – Bordeaux (region of France)
Normandy – Rouen (region of France)
Occitania (Occitanie in French) – Toulouse (region of France)
Piedmont – Turin (region of Italy)
Rhineland-Palatinate – Mainz (state of Germany)
Schleswig-Holstein – Kiel (state of Germany)
South Ossetia – Tskhinvali (breakaway region of Georgia, dominated by Russian-backed
separatists)
Styria – Graz (state of Austria)
Tartarstan – Kazan (republic within Russia)
Transnistria – Tiraspol (breakaway region of Moldova, dominated by Russian-backed
separatists)
Tyrol – Innsbruck (state of Austria)
Veneto – Venice (region of Italy)
Vojvodina (pr. voy-VOE-dee-nah) – Novi Sad (autonomous province of Serbia)
International Academic Competitions USA Division – Subject Study Guide 2: Regional Capitals 8Section 9 – Provinces, Territories, and Regions – Africa
Level 8
Western Sahara - Laayoune (this is a disputed region south of Morocco, note that Morocco
controls the area around Laayoune)
Level 9
Gauteng – Johannesburg (province of South Africa)
KwaZulu-Natal – Pietermaritzburg (province of South Africa)
Mayotte – Mamoudzou (French territory in the Indian Ocean off Africa)
Puntland – Garowe (breakaway state, typically considered part of Somalia)
Réunion (pr. ray-oon-YONE) – Saint-Denis (pr. sah-deh-NEE) (French territory in the Indian Ocean off Africa)
Somaliland – Hargeisa (breakaway state, typically considered part of Somalia)
Western Cape – Cape Town (province of South Africa)
Section 10 – Provinces, Territories, and Regions – Oceania
Level 9
Cook Islands – Avarua (self-governing country, in free association with New Zealand. It is not yet
a UN member state.)
French Polynesia – Papeete (territory of France. Located on the island of Tahiti.)
New Caledonia – Nouméa (territory of France)
Niue (pr. nee-OO-ay) – Alofi (self-governing country, in free association with New Zealand. It is not
yet a UN member state.)
Finally, note the following Atlantic Ocean islands (not typically considered to be part of Oceania
or any continent) that are worth knowing. All of these are Level 9:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha – Jamestown
This is a British territory: the capital is Jamestown on Saint Helena (which is also considered to
be the capital of Saint Helena). The capital of Tristan da Cunha is Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
The capital of Ascension Island is Georgetown. Typically, the capitals of the islands are more
frequently referenced rather than the territory itself.
International Academic Competitions USA Division – Subject Study Guide 2: Regional Capitals
