Cities

Accra

Ghana's capital on the Gulf of Guinea

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia's capital and the diplomatic capital of Africa

Algiers

Algeria's capital, the white city on the Mediterranean

Amsterdam

The Netherlands' capital, a city of canals below sea level

Athens

Greece's capital, the cradle of Western civilization

Auckland

New Zealand's largest city, built across an isthmus of volcanoes

Baghdad

Iraq's capital on the Tigris, a former center of learning

Bangkok

Thailand's capital, the City of Angels

Barcelona

Catalonia's Mediterranean capital, city of Gaudi

Beijing

China's capital and imperial seat for eight centuries

Bengaluru

India's Silicon Valley on the Deccan Plateau

Berlin

Germany's capital, a city remade by reunification

Bogota

Colombia's high-altitude Andean capital

Brasilia

Brazil's planned modernist capital, carved from the highland savanna

Brisbane

Australia's subtropical river city in Queensland

Brussels

Belgium's capital and the heart of the European Union

Budapest

Hungary's capital, the Pearl of the Danube

Buenos Aires

Argentina's capital, a European-flavoured metropolis on the Rio de la Plata

Cairo

Egypt's capital, the Arab world's largest city beside the Nile

Cape Town

South Africa's legislative capital, beneath Table Mountain

Caracas

Venezuela's capital in a narrow mountain valley

Casablanca

Morocco's largest city and economic engine on the Atlantic

Chennai

South India's coastal hub on the Bay of Bengal

Chicago

The architectural capital of the American Midwest, on Lake Michigan

Copenhagen

Denmark's capital, a waterfront city of bicycles and design

Dakar

Senegal's capital at Africa's westernmost point

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania's largest city and Indian Ocean port

Delhi

India's capital territory and a layered imperial city

Dhaka

Bangladesh's capital, a dense delta megacity

Dubai

The Gulf's glittering city of superlatives

Dublin

Ireland's capital, a Georgian city of literature

Guangzhou

South China's ancient trade port on the Pearl River

Guatemala City

Guatemala's capital, the largest city in Central America

Hanoi

Vietnam's capital, the city of the ascending dragon

Havana

Cuba's capital, a faded baroque port on the Caribbean

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam's commercial hub, formerly Saigon

Hong Kong

A vertical city of harbor, hills, and high finance

Houston

Texas's sprawling energy capital, on the Gulf coastal plain

Istanbul

The city straddling Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus

Jakarta

Indonesia's capital and a sinking megacity

Jerusalem

An ancient holy city sacred to three faiths

Johannesburg

South Africa's largest city, the gold-built economic capital

Karachi

Pakistan's largest city and seaport on the Arabian Sea

Khartoum

Sudan's capital at the meeting of the Blue and White Nile

Kinshasa

Capital of the DR Congo and the world's largest French-speaking city

Kolkata

India's cultural capital on the Hooghly River

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia's capital beneath the Petronas Towers

Kyiv

Ukraine's capital, the ancient mother of Rus cities

Lagos

Nigeria's commercial capital and Africa's largest city

Lahore

Pakistan's cultural capital and Mughal showpiece

Lima

Peru's capital, the City of Kings on the Pacific desert coast

Lisbon

Portugal's capital, a city of seven hills above the Tagus

London

The United Kingdom's capital, a global financial and cultural hub

Los Angeles

The sprawling capital of American entertainment, beneath the San Gabriels

Luanda

Angola's capital and oil-rich Atlantic port

Madrid

Spain's capital, a high plateau city of grand boulevards

Manila

The Philippines' capital and dense bayside core

Medellin

Colombia's reinvented city of eternal spring

Melbourne

Australia's cultural capital on Port Phillip Bay

Mexico City

Mexico's vast high-altitude capital, built on a drained Aztec lake

Miami

Florida's subtropical gateway between the Americas

Milan

Italy's financial and fashion capital

Monterrey

Mexico's industrial powerhouse, beneath the Sierra Madre

Montevideo

Uruguay's easygoing capital on the Rio de la Plata

Montreal

Canada's great French-speaking city, on an island in the St. Lawrence

Moscow

Russia's capital, the largest city in Europe

Mumbai

India's financial capital and Bollywood's home

Munich

Bavaria's capital, a prosperous city beneath the Alps

Nairobi

Kenya's capital and East Africa's commercial hub

New York City

America's largest city, a global capital of finance and culture

Osaka

Japan's merchant city and kitchen of the nation

Panama City

Panama's capital, a glass skyline beside the canal

Paris

France's capital, the City of Light on the Seine

Perth

Western Australia's sun-drenched and isolated capital

Prague

Czechia's capital, the City of a Hundred Spires

Quito

Ecuador's capital, a colonial jewel high in the Andes

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil's seaside icon of beaches, mountains, and Carnival

Riyadh

Saudi Arabia's capital and desert boomtown

Rome

Italy's capital, the Eternal City of antiquity

Saint Petersburg

Russia's imperial city on the Baltic, built on water

San Francisco

California's hilly bay city, capital of the tech economy

Santiago

Chile's capital, ringed by the snow-capped Andes

Santo Domingo

The oldest European city in the Americas, capital of the Dominican Republic

Sao Paulo

Brazil's industrial colossus and the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere

Seoul

South Korea's capital and the Han River megacity

Shanghai

China's financial powerhouse on the Yangtze delta

Shenzhen

China's instant city and high-tech powerhouse

Stockholm

Sweden's capital, a city built across fourteen islands

Sydney

Australia's largest city, wrapped around a glittering harbour

Tehran

Iran's capital below the Alborz Mountains

Tokyo

Japan's capital and the world's largest metropolis

Toronto

Canada's largest city, a multicultural metropolis on Lake Ontario

Vancouver

Canada's Pacific gateway, between the sea and the Coast Mountains

Vienna

Austria's capital, imperial city of music

Warsaw

Poland's capital, a city rebuilt from ruins

Washington, D.C.

The capital of the United States, a planned city on the Potomac

Wellington

New Zealand's windy harbour-side capital