Name a national capital that is not its country’s largest city
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Yaren
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Bloemfontein
Gitega
Lobamba
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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.
- Bloemfontein
- GitegaBurundi moved its capital here from Bujumbura in 2019, and few outside the region noticed.
- Lobamba
- Malabo
- Mbabane
- NgerulmudPalau's capital houses a few hundred people, the least populous seat of government anywhere.
- Palikir
- VallettaMalta's capital is tiny; Birkirkara and the suburbs of the harbour area hold far more people.
- Bandar Seri Begawan
- Belmopan
- Dodoma
- JerusalemLarger than Tel Aviv proper, but the metro question is its own can of worms. As a city it does outrank the rest.
- Manila
- Naypyidaw
- Porto-Novo
- Putrajaya
- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
- Sucre
- Vaduz
- Yamoussoukro
- Yaoundé
- Abu Dhabi
- Abuja
- Ankara
- Astana
- Beijing
- Bern
- Brasilia
- Cape Town
- Hanoi
- Islamabad
- La Paz
- New Delhi
- Pretoria
- Quito
- Rabat
- Wellington
- The HagueSeat of government, sure. But Amsterdam is the constitutional capital, so this is the pedant's victory lap. We will allow it.
- Canberra
- Ottawa
- Washington, D.C.
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