Name a national capital that is not its country’s largest city

Geography #45Question 2

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  • Yaren

  • Bloemfontein

  • Gitega

  • Lobamba

  • Bandar Seri Begawan

  • Belmopan

  • Dodoma

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  • YarenNauru has no official capital at all. Yaren is the de facto seat, yet even it trails Denigomodu district in population. The smallest capital story on Earth.One in a Krillion · 100
  • BloemfonteinDeep Cut · 85
  • GitegaBurundi moved its capital here from Bujumbura in 2019, and few outside the region noticed.Deep Cut · 85
  • LobambaDeep Cut · 85
  • MalaboDeep Cut · 85
  • MbabaneDeep Cut · 85
  • NgerulmudPalau's capital houses a few hundred people, the least populous seat of government anywhere.Deep Cut · 85
  • PalikirDeep Cut · 85
  • VallettaMalta's capital is tiny; Birkirkara and the suburbs of the harbour area hold far more people.Deep Cut · 85
  • Bandar Seri BegawanRare · 60
  • BelmopanRare · 60
  • DodomaRare · 60
  • JerusalemLarger than Tel Aviv proper, but the metro question is its own can of worms. As a city it does outrank the rest.Rare · 60
  • ManilaRare · 60
  • NaypyidawRare · 60
  • Porto-NovoRare · 60
  • PutrajayaRare · 60
  • Sri Jayewardenepura KotteRare · 60
  • SucreRare · 60
  • VaduzRare · 60
  • YamoussoukroRare · 60
  • YaoundéRare · 60
  • Abu DhabiSchooler · 30
  • AbujaSchooler · 30
  • AnkaraSchooler · 30
  • AstanaSchooler · 30
  • BeijingSchooler · 30
  • BernSchooler · 30
  • BrasiliaSchooler · 30
  • Cape TownSchooler · 30
  • HanoiSchooler · 30
  • IslamabadSchooler · 30
  • La PazSchooler · 30
  • New DelhiSchooler · 30
  • PretoriaSchooler · 30
  • QuitoSchooler · 30
  • RabatSchooler · 30
  • WellingtonSchooler · 30
  • The HagueSeat of government, sure. But Amsterdam is the constitutional capital, so this is the pedant's victory lap. We will allow it.Too Clever · 15
  • CanberraPlankton · 10
  • OttawaPlankton · 10
  • Washington, D.C.Plankton · 10

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