Capitals of Oceania
Oceania closes the path with 14 capitals. Two of them are known for the wrong answer: people say Sydney for Australia and Auckland for New Zealand, but the capitals are Canberra and Wellington. The other twelve are Pacific island capitals that rarely make the news, such as Honiara, Port Vila, Nukuʻalofa and Funafuti. Palau governs from Ngerulmud, one of the least populated capitals in the world, and Nauru has no official capital at all; its government sits in the Yaren district.
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Practice in the free learnerHow to study this set
Group the islands the way geographers do: Melanesia (Port Moresby, Honiara, Port Vila, Suva), Micronesia (Palikir, Majuro, South Tarawa, Ngerulmud, plus Nauru’s Yaren district) and Polynesia (Apia, Nukuʻalofa, Funafuti). Say each pair aloud. The names are unfamiliar, and hearing them helps more than reading them.
All 14 flashcards
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
Not Sydney or Melbourne — Canberra was built between the two rivals.
What is the capital of Fiji?
Suva
What is the capital of Kiribati?
South Tarawa
What is the capital of the Marshall Islands?
Majuro
What is the capital of Micronesia?
Palikir
What is the de facto capital of Nauru?
Yaren
Nauru has no official capital; the government sits in the Yaren district.
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Wellington
Auckland is the largest city.
What is the capital of Palau?
Ngerulmud
The capital moved from Koror in 2006. Ngerulmud is one of the least populated capitals in the world.
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
Port Moresby
What is the capital of Samoa?
Apia
What is the capital of the Solomon Islands?
Honiara
What is the capital of Tonga?
Nukuʻalofa
What is the capital of Tuvalu?
Funafuti
What is the capital of Vanuatu?
Port Vila
What to learn next
That is all 195 capitals. For a challenge closer to home, try “US States and Capitals”, or put a flag to every country in “Flags by Continent”, which follows the same five levels.