List of capitals of Asia
The list of capitals of Asia shows the capitals of all Asian countries.
Capitals of internationally recognized countries
| coat of arms | image | city | Residents (state) | Country |
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Abu Dhabi ( Arabic أبو ظبي) |
945,268 (2008) |
 United Arab Emirates
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Amman ( Arabic عمان) |
2,125,400 (2005) |
 Jordan
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Ankara | 4,104,387 (2007) |
 Turkey 1
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Ashgabat | 947,221 (2010) |
 Turkmenistan
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Baghdad ( Arabic بغداد) |
5,258,383 (2008) |
 Iraq
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Baku ( Azerbaijani Bakı ) |
2,064,900 (2009) |
 Azerbaijan
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Bandar Seri Begawan ( Jawi بندر سري بڬاوان) |
27,285 (2002) |
 Brunei
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Bangkok ( Thai กรุงเทพมหานคร ) |
8,160,522 (2007) |
 Thailand
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Beirut ( Arabic بيروت) |
2,006,452 (2009) |
 Lebanon
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Bishkek ( Kyrgyz Бишкек / Bişkek ) |
1,250,000 (2007) |
 Kyrgyzstan
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Colombo ( Sinhalese කොළඹ , Tamil கொழும்பு ) |
647,100 (2001) |
 Sri Lanka
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Damascus ( Arabic دمشق) |
1,603,368 (2008) |
 Syria
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Dhaka ( Bengali ঢাকা ) |
6,737,774 (2007) |
 Bangladesh
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Dili | 59,069 (2006) |
 East Timor
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Doha ( Arabic الدوحة) |
521,283 (2010) |
 Qatar
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Dushanbe ( Tajik Душанбе ) |
679,400 (2008) |
 Tajikistan
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Yerevan ( Armenian Երևան ) |
1,201,322 (2009) |
 Armenia
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Hanoi ( Vietnamese Hà Nội ) |
6,232,940 (2008) |
 Vietnam
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Islamabad ( Urdu اسلام آباد) |
673,766 (2009) |
 Pakistan
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Jakarta | 8,489,910 (2008) |
 Indonesia
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Jerusalem ( Hebrew ירושלים, Arabic القدس) |
933,200 (2012) |
 Israel
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Kabul ( Persian کابل) |
2,536,300 (2009) |
 Afghanistan
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Kathmandu ( nepali काठमांडौ) |
989.273 (2010) |
 Nepal
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Kuala Lumpur | 2,001,753 (2009) |
 Malaysia
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Kuwait City ( Arabic الكويت) |
96,100 (2005) |
 Kuwait
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Malé ( Dhivehi މާލެ) |
103,693 (2006) |
 Maldives
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Manama ( Arabic المنامة) |
155,000 (2008) |
 Bahrain
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Manila ( Filipino Lungsod ng Maynila) |
1,660,714 (2007) |
 Philippines
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Muscat ( Arabic مسقط) |
1,090,797 (2008) |
 Oman
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New Delhi ( hindi नई दिल्ली) |
321,883 (2006) |
 India
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Nicosia 2 ( Greek Λευκωσία , Turkish Lefkoşa ) |
276,410 (2012) |
 Cyprus 3
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Nur-Sultan ( Kazakh Нұр-Сұлтан ) |
708,794 (2010) |
 Kazakhstan 1
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Beijing ( Chinese 北京 ) |
15,522,442 (2007) |
 People's Republic of China
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Phnom Penh ( Khmer ភ្នំពេញ ) |
1,325,681 (2008) |
 Cambodia
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Pyongyang ( Korean 평양 / P'yŏngyang) |
3,255,388 (2008) |
 North Korea
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Naypyidaw ( Burmese  )
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925,000 (2009) |
 Myanmar
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Riyadh ( Arabic الرياض) |
4,606,888 (2008) |
 Saudi Arabia
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Sanaa ( Arabic صنعاء) |
1,937,451 (2005) |
 Yemen
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Seoul ( 서울 ) |
10,421,782 (2007) |
 South Korea
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Singapore | 4,839,400 (2008) |
 Singapore
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Taipei ( Chinese臺北市) |
2,704,810 (2015) |
 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Tashkent ( Uzbek Тошкент Toshkent ) |
2,140,486 (2008) |
 Uzbekistan
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Tehran ( Persian تهران) |
7,088,287 (2006) |
 Iran
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Thimphu ( Dzongkha / Bhutanese ཐིམ་ ཕུ་ ) |
98,676 (2005) |
 Bhutan
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Tbilisi ( Georgian თბილისი ) |
1,137,205 (2009) |
 Georgia
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Tokyo ( Japanese 東京 ) |
8,653,000 (2009) |
 Japan
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Ulan Bator ( Mongolian Улаанбаатар ) |
1,044,500 (2008) |
 Mongolia
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Vientiane ( Lao ວຽງ ຈັນ ) |
200,000 (2005) |
 Laos
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1 state is also partly in Europe .
2 Nicosia is divided into two parts, and the northern part is also the capital of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is not recognized by the international community . 3 Cyprus is geographically part of Asia , but politically it is often part of Europe . (Northern part de facto : Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ).
Seats of government of independent states
In most states, the capital is also the seat of government. In some states, however, it happens that their capital is not the seat of government, or not the only one:
| coat of arms | image | city | Residents (state) | Country | Capital |
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Putrajaya | 50,000 (2007) |
Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur |
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Sri Jayawardenepura ( Sinhalese ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ, Tamil ஸ்ரீ ஜயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டே ) |
115,826 (2001) |
Sri Lanka
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Colombo |
Capitals of disputed areas
| coat of arms | image | city | Residents (state) | Country |
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Nicosia ( Turkish Lefkoşa , Greek Λευκωσία ) |
55,503 (2012) |
 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus(part of Cyprus under international law) |
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Sochumi ( Abkhaz Аҟәа , Georgian სოხუმი ) |
40,366 (2009) |
 Abkhazia(part of Georgia under international law) |
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Stepanakert ( Armenian Ստեփանակերտ , Azerbaijani Xankəndi) |
49,986 (2005) |
 Artsakh(part of Azerbaijan under international law) |
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Tskhinvali ( Georgian ცხინვალი , Ossetian Цхинвал ) |
15,000 (2008) |
 South Ossetia(part of Georgia under international law) |