Capitals of Asia
Asia’s 47 capitals include some of the largest cities on Earth and a few that were built from nothing. Kazakhstan moved its capital to Astana in 1997, Myanmar moved to Naypyidaw in 2005, and Indonesia is building Nusantara on Borneo to replace Jakarta. Elsewhere the famous city is the wrong answer: it is Ankara rather than Istanbul, Abu Dhabi rather than Dubai, Hanoi rather than Ho Chi Minh City. The deck includes Palestine, a UN observer state, with a note on its status.
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Learn the five Central Asian capitals as a set (Astana, Bishkek, Dushanbe, Ashgabat, Tashkent), because you rarely meet them anywhere else. For the Gulf, go around the coast from Kuwait City to Muscat. Read the notes on Jerusalem, Ramallah and Sanaa; those cards need the context, not just the name.
All 47 flashcards
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
What is the capital of Armenia?
Yerevan
What is the capital of Azerbaijan?
Baku
What is the capital of Bahrain?
Manama
What is the capital of Bangladesh?
Dhaka
What is the capital of Bhutan?
Thimphu
What is the capital of Brunei?
Bandar Seri Begawan
What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
What is the capital of China?
Beijing
Shanghai is the largest city.
What is the capital of Georgia (the country)?
Tbilisi
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
Mumbai is the most populous city proper.
What is the capital of Indonesia?
Jakarta
A new capital, Nusantara, is being built on Borneo; Jakarta remains the capital until the move is formally enacted.
What is the capital of Iran?
Tehran
What is the capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
What is the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
Israel designates Jerusalem as its capital; most states keep their embassies in Tel Aviv, and the status of the city is disputed.
What is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo
What is the capital of Jordan?
Amman
What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
Astana
The city was called Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty was the capital until 1997.
What is the capital of Kuwait?
Kuwait City
What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
Bishkek
What is the capital of Laos?
Vientiane
What is the capital of Lebanon?
Beirut
What is the capital of Malaysia?
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital, but the federal administration sits in Putrajaya.
What is the capital of the Maldives?
Malé
What is the capital of Mongolia?
Ulaanbaatar
What is the capital of Myanmar (Burma)?
Naypyidaw
The government began moving from Yangon to the purpose-built Naypyidaw in November 2005; it was formally designated capital in March 2006.
What is the capital of Nepal?
Kathmandu
What is the capital of North Korea?
Pyongyang
What is the capital of Oman?
Muscat
What is the capital of Pakistan?
Islamabad
Karachi is the largest city and was the first capital.
What is the administrative capital of Palestine?
Ramallah
Ramallah is the administrative centre; the State of Palestine claims East Jerusalem as its capital. Palestine is a UN observer state.
What is the capital of the Philippines?
Manila
What is the capital of Qatar?
Doha
What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
What is the capital of Singapore?
Singapore
Singapore is a city-state: the country and its capital are the same place.
What is the capital of South Korea?
Seoul
What is the official capital of Sri Lanka?
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the official capital and the seat of parliament; Colombo, right next door, is the commercial capital.
What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus
What is the capital of Tajikistan?
Dushanbe
What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok
What is the capital of Timor-Leste (East Timor)?
Dili
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
Not Istanbul. Turkey is transcontinental: a small part of the country lies in Europe.
What is the capital of Turkmenistan?
Ashgabat
What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?
Abu Dhabi
Not Dubai.
What is the capital of Uzbekistan?
Tashkent
What is the capital of Vietnam?
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city.
What is the capital of Yemen?
Sanaa
Sanaa is the constitutional capital; the internationally recognised government has worked from Aden.
What to learn next
Next comes level 4, “Capitals of Africa”. It has 54 capitals, the most of any deck, and a good number of countries where the official capital and the largest city are two different places.
Continue to Level 4: Capitals of Africa →