Tricky Countries Capital List

By Praveen - March 14, 2015

Memorizinglistofthecountryscapitalisatedioustask.Somostpeoplememorizethe
importantcapitalsoftheworld.Buttherearesomecountryscapitalwhichconfusesortricks
youintheexaminations.SohereIhavelistedoutsomeimportantcapitalsoftheworld
countriesthatareeasy,thatconfusesyouoften,thathavemorethanonecapital.I
alsowrittensomeofthefactsornoteswhichmakesyoutorememberthecapitalseasier.Thus
thelistoftrickycountriescapitallistareasfollows

Notes/Pointstonoteforeasy
S.No Countries Capital
remembrance

Singaporeisasmallcountryexpanded
1. Singapore Singapore bylandreclamation.Easyto
remember.

SmallestInternationallyrecognized
2. VaticanCity VaticanCity Independentstatebyareaand
population.Easytoremember.

LargestInlandcityisCanberra.Mostof
thecitiesyouheardofareinthe
coastalarealikeAdelaide,Melbourne,
3. Australia Canberra Goldcoast,Newcastle,Brisbane,Perth
andSydney.Canberraisaplannedcity
afterasettlementwasmadebetween
rivalsSydneyandMelbourne.

Torontoisthemostpopulouscityand
hostsTorontostockExchange.Toronto
4. Canada Ottawa headquarters5largestbanks.So
Torontoisthecommercialcapitalof
Canada,notthenationalcapital.

TheonlycountryinCentralAmericanto
5. Belize Belmopan haveEnglishalsoasNationalLanguage.
Belizecityisthelargestcity.
6. Brazil Brasilia Brasiliawasplannedandfoundedin
1960,tomovethecapitalfromRiode
Janeirotoacentrallocation.

Thecapitalwasmovedfrom
Yangoon(Rangoon)togiveastrategic
7. Burma/Myanmar Naypyitaw
positioncentrallytoprovidestabilityto
otherareasofthecountry.

NottobeconfusedwithShanghai.As
Shanghaiistheworldmostpopulous
8. China Bejing city,globalfinancialcenterandworlds
busiestcontainerportbutnotthe
capitalofChina.

EnSalvadoristhemostpopulated
districtandalsohostsmostofthe
9. ElSalvador SanSalvador
MNCs&BanksasitsHeadQuarters.It
alsohasaWorldTradeCenter.

NottobeconfusedwithGuantanamo
10. Guatemala GuatemalaCity
detentioncamp,runbyUSA.

ItisalsocalledFrenchGuineau.Itwas
11. Guinea Conakry
formerlyaFrenchcolony.

Easytoremember.Wasformerlya
12. GuineauBissau Bissau Portuguesecolony.Itisalsocalled
PortugueseGuineau.

Oyalaistheplannedcityandfuture
Equatorial capitalwhichisunderconstruction.
13. Malabo
Guineau EquatorialGuineauwasformerlya
Spanishcolony.

14. Equador Quito QuitoliesneartheEarthsEquatorline.

15. Ghana Accra AccraliesneartheEarthsEquatorline.

16. Kazakhstan Astana AkmolawasrenamedasAstana.Itwas

formedonlyin1997aftermovingthe
 capitalfromAlmaty.Astanaisthe
secondcoldestcapitalintheworld.First
newcapitalof21stcentury.Astanaisa
KazaktitlemeaningCapital.

17. Kuwait KuwaitCity Easytoremember.

18. Luxembourg LuxembourgCity Easytoremember.

Nauruistheworldssecondleast
19. Nauru Yaren
populatedstatenexttoVaticanCity.

20. Panama PanamaCity Easytoremember.

21. SanMarino SanMarino Easytoremember.

HasthreecapitalsnamelyCapetown
Pretoria,
(Legislative),Pretoria(Executive)and
22. SouthAfrica Bloemfontein,
Bloemfontein(Judicial).Pretoriaisthe
CapeTown
defactocapital.

HastwocapitalsnamelySri
Colombo,Sri
JayawardenepuraKotte
23. SriLanka Jayawardenepura
(Administrative)andColombo
Kotte
(Commercial).

BernisthedefactocapitalorFederal
24. Switzerland Bern capital.NottoconfusewithZurich,
GenevaandBasel.

Easytoremember.HousedtheArab
League(Leagueof22Arabnations)HQ
from19791990duringEgyptspeace
25. Tunisia Tunis
withIsrael.In19702003alsohoused
PalestineLiberationOrganisationasit
wasbombedbytheIsraeliAirForce.

26. UnitedArab AbuDhabi NottobeconfusedwithDubai,asitis

Emirates theglobalhubfortourism,retailand
finance.DubaiandAbuDhabiarethe
onlytwoemiratestohavevetopower