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List of capitals of subnational entities

List of capitals of subnational entities covers currently the following states: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines (start), Poland, Russia (incomplete), Somalia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine (partial), United Kingdom, United States.

The table includes some of the ISO 3166-2 codes for subdivisions of countries and dependent areas, if applicable.

See also: List of national capitals, national capitals by country, list of subnational entities, list of cities

National entity Capital Subnational entity Abbr.
AustraliaCapitalState or territoryISO 3166-2
AdelaideSouth AustraliaAU-SA
BrisbaneQueenslandAU-QL
CanberraAustralian Capital TerritoryAU-CT
DarwinNorthern TerritoryAU-NT
HobartTasmaniaAU-TS
MelbourneVictoriaAU-VI
PerthWestern AustraliaAU-WA
SydneyNew South WalesAU-NS
AustriaCapitalStates 
BregenzVorarlbergV
EisenstadtBurgenlandB
GrazStyriaSt
InnsbruckTyrolT
KlagenfurtCarinthiaK
LinzUpper AustriaO
SalzburgSalzburgS
St. PöltenLower AustriaN
n/a (Vienna)ViennaW
BelgiumCapitalRegion ISO 3166-2
BrusselsBrussels (region)BE-BRU
BrusselsFlandersBE-VLG
NamurWalloniaBE-WAL
CapitalProvinceISO 3166-2
AntwerpAntwerpBE-VAN
ArlonLuxembourgBE-WLX
BrugesWest FlandersBE-VWV
GhentEast FlandersBE-VOV
HasseltLimburgBE-VLI
LeuvenFlemish BrabantBE-VBR
LiègeLiègeBE-WLG
MonsHainautBE-WHT
NamurNamurBE-WNA
WavreWalloon BrabantBE-WBR
BelizeCapitalDistrict 
Belize CityBelize District
Corozal TownCorozal District
DangrigaStann Creek District
Orange Walk TownOrange Walk District
Punta GordaToledo District
San Ignacio CayoCayo District
BoliviaCapitalDepartment 
TrinidadBeni
CochabambaCochabamba
SucreChuquisaca
OruroOruro
CobijaPando
La PazLa Paz
PotosiPotosi
Santa CruzSanta Cruz
TarijaTarija
BrazilCapitalState or federal districtISO 3166-2
AracajuSergipeBR-SE
BelemParáBR-PA
Belo HorizonteMinas GeraisBR-MG
Boa VistaRoraimaBR-RR
n/a (Brasília)Federal DistrictBR-DF
Campo GrandeMato Grosso do SulBR-MS
CuiabaMato GrossoBR-MT
CuritibaParanaBR-PR
FlorianopolisSanta CatarinaBR-SC
FortalezaCearáBR-CE
GoianiaGoiásBR-GO
Joao PessoaParaíbaBR-PB
MacapaAmapáBR-AP
MaceioAlagoasBR-AL
ManausAmazonasBR-AM
NatalRio Grande do NorteBR-RN
PalmasTocantinsBR-TO
Porto AlegreRio Grande do SulBR-RS
Porto VelhoRondôniaBR-RO
RecifePernambucoBR-PE
Rio BrancoAcreBR-AC
Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBR-RJ
SalvadorBahiaBR-BA
Sao LuisMaranhãoBR-MA
Sao PauloSao PauloBR-SP
TeresinaPiauíBR-PI
VitoriaEspirito SantoBR-ES
CanadaCapitalProvince or territoryISO 3166-2
CharlottetownPrince Edward IslandCA-PE
EdmontonAlbertaCA-AB
FrederictonNew BrunswickCA-NB
HalifaxNova ScotiaCA-NS
IqaluitNunavutCA-NU
QuebecQuebecCA-QC
ReginaSaskatchewanCA-SK
St. John'sNewfoundland and LabradorCA-NL
TorontoOntarioCA-ON
VictoriaBritish ColumbiaCA-BC
WhitehorseYukonCA-YT
WinnipegManitobaCA-MB
YellowknifeNorthwest TerritoriesCA-NT
China, People's Republic ofCapitalProvince, autonomous region, municipality, SAR 
Beijing CityBeijing Municipality
ChangchunJilin
ChangshaHunan
ChengduSichuan
Chongqing CityChongqing Municipality
FuzhouFujian
GuangzhouGuangdong
GuiyangGuizhou
HaikouHainan
HangzhouZhejiang
HarbinHeilongjiang
HefeiAnhui
HohhotInner Mongolia
n/a (Hong Kong)Hong Kong
JinanShandong
KunmingYunnan
LanzhouGansu
LhasaTibet
n/a (Macau)Macau
NanchangJiangxi
NanjingJiangsu
NanningGuangxi
Shanghai CityShanghai Municipality
ShenyangLiaoning
ShijiazhuangHebei
TaiyuanShanxi
Tianjin CityTianjin Municipality
UrumqiXinjiang
WuhanHubei
Xi'anShaanxi
XiningQinghai
YinchuangNangxia
ZhengzhouHenan
Czech RepublicCapitalRegion or capital city 
BrnoSouth Moravian Region
Ceske BudejoviceSouth Bohemian Region
Hradec KraloveHradec Kralove Region
JihlavaVysocina Region
Karlovy VaryKarlovy Vary Region
LiberecLiberec Region
OlomoucOlomouc Region
OstravaMoravian-Silesian Region
PardubicePardubice Region
PlzenPlzen Region
PragueCentral Bohemian Region
n/a (Prague)Prague (capital city)
Usti nad LabemUsti nad Labem Region
ZlinZlin Region
DenmarkCapitalCounty 
AarhusAarhus
AlborgNorth Jutland
n/a (Copenhagen)Copenhagen
 Copenhagen (county)
n/a (Frederiksberg)Frederiksberg
HillerødFrederiksborg
NykøbingStorstrøm
OdenseFunen
RibeRibe
RingkøbingRingkøbing
RønneBornholm
RoskildeRoskilde
SlagelseWest Zealand
SønderborgSouth Jutland
VejleVejle
ViborgViborg
FinlandCapitalProvincesISO 3166-2
MariehamnÅland IslandsFI-AL
MikkeliEastern FinlandFI-IS
OuluOuluFI-OL
RovaniemiLaplandFI-LL
HämeenlinnaSouthern FinlandFI-ES
TurkuWestern FinlandFI-LS
FranceCapitalRegion 
AjaccioCorsica
AmiensPicardie
BesançonFranche-Comté
BordeauxAquitaine
CaenLower Normandy
Châlons-en-ChampagneChampagne-Ardenne
Clermont-FerrandAuvergne
DijonBurgundy
LilleNord-Pas-de-Calais
LimogesLimousin
LyonRhône-Alpes
MarseilleProvence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
MetzLorraine
MontpellierLanguedoc-Roussillon
NantesPays de la Loire
OrleansCentre
ParisIle-de-France
PoitiersPoitou-Charentes
RennesBrittany
RouenUpper Normandy
StrasbourgAlsace
ToulouseMidi-Pyrénées
CapitalDepartementAbbr.
see: Departement
GermanyCapitalStatesISO 3166-2
n/a (Berlin)Berlin (city-state)DE-BE
BremenBremenDE-HB
DresdenSaxonyDE-SN
DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-WestphaliaDE-NW
ErfurtThuringiaDE-TH
n/a (Hamburg)Hamburg (city-state)DE-HH
HanoverLower SaxonyDE-NI
KielSchleswig-HolsteinDE-SH
MagdeburgSaxony-AnhaltDE-ST
MainzRhineland-PalatinateDE-RP
MunichBavariaDE-BY
PotsdamBrandenburgDE-BR
SaarbrückenSaarlandDE-SL
SchwerinMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaDE-MV
StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDE-BW
WiesbadenHessenDE-HE
CapitalDistrictAbbr.
see: List of German districts
IndiaCapitalState or territoryISO 3166-2
AgartalaTripuraIN-TR
AizawlMizoramIN-MZ
BangaloreKarnataka
BhopalMadhya Pradesh
BhubaneshwarOrissa
ChandigarhChandigarh
ChandigarhHaryana
ChandigarhPunjab
ChennaiTamil Nadu
DamanDaman and Diu
DehradunUttaranchal
DispurAssam
GandhinagarGujarat
GangtokSikkim
HyderabadAndhra Pradesh
ImphalManipur
ItanagarArunachal Pradesh
JaipurRajasthan
JammuJammu and Kashmir (in winter)
KavarattiLakshadweep
KohimaNagaland
KolkataWest Bengal
LucknowUttar Pradesh
MumbaiMaharashtra
New DelhiDelhi
PanajiGoa
PatnaBihar
PondicherryPondicherry
Port BlairAndaman and Nicobar Islands
RaipurChattisgarh
RanchiJharkhand
ShillongMeghalaya
ShimlaHimachal Pradesh
SilvassaDadra and Nagar Haveli
SrinagarJammu and Kashmir (in summer)
ThiruvananthapuramKerala
IndonesiaCapitalProvince, special region, capital districtISO 3166-2
AmbonMaluku
Banda AcehAceh (special region)ID-AC
BandungJawa Barat
BanjarmasinKalimantan Tengah
BengkuluBengkulu
DenpasarBaliID-BA
GorontaloGorontalo
JakartaJakarta (capital district)ID-JK
JambiJambi
JayapuraPapua (special region)
KendariSulawesi Tenggara
KupangNusa Tenggara Timur
MakassarSulawesi Setalan
ManadoSulawesi Utara
MatararnNusa Tenggara Barat
MedanSumatera Utara
PadangSumatera Barat
PalangkarayaKalimantan Selatan
PalembangSumatera Setalan
PaluSulawesi Tengah
PangkalpinangKepulauan Belitung Bangka
PekanbaruRiau
PontianakKalimantan Barat
SamarindaKalimantan Timur
SemarangJawa Tengah
SerangBantenID-BT
SofifiMaluku Utara
SurabayaJawa Timur
Tanjungkarang-TelukbetungLampung
YogyakartaYogyakarta (special region)
ItalyCapitalRegion 
AnconaMarches
AostaAosta Valley
L'AquilaAbruzzo
BariApulia
BolognaEmilia-Romagna
CagliariSardinia
CampobassoMolise
CatanzaroCalabria
FlorenceTuscany
GenoaLiguria
MilanLombardy
NaplesCampania
PalermoSicily
PerugiaUmbria
PotenzaBasilicata
RomeLatium
TrentoTrentino-South Tyrol
TriesteFriuli-Venezia Giulia
TurinPiedmont
VeniceVeneto
JapanCapitalPrefectureISO 3166-2
AkitaAkitaJP-05
AomoriAomori
ChibaChiba
FukuiFukui
FukuokaFukuoka
FukushimaFukushima
GifuGifu
HiroshimaHiroshima
KagoshimaKagoshima
KanazawaIshikawa
KobeHyogo
KochiKochi
KofuYamanashi
KumamotoKumamoto
KyotoKyoto
MaebashiGunma
MatsueShimane
MatsuyamaEhime
MitoIbaraki
MiyazakiMiyazaki
MoriokaIwate
NaganoNagano
NagasakiNagasaki
NagoyaAichi
NahaOkinawa
NaraNara
NiigataNiigata
OitaOita
OkayamaOkayama
OsakaOsaka
OtsuShiga
SagaSaga
SaitamaSaitama
SapporoHokkaido
SendaiMiyagi
ShizuokaShizuoka
TakamatsuKagawa
TokushimaTokushima
TokyoTokyo
TottoriTottori
ToyamaToyama
TsuMie
UtsunomiyaTochigi
WakayamaWakayama
YamagataYamagata
YamaguchiYamaguchi
YokohamaKanagawa
MexicoCapitalState, federal districtISO 3166-2
AguascalientesAguascalientesMX-AGU
CampecheCampecheMX-CAM
ChetumalQuintana RooMX-ROO
ChihuahuaChihuahuaMX-CHH
ChilpancingoGuerreroMX-GRO
Ciudad VictoriaTamaulipasMX-TAM
ColimaColimaMX-COL
CuernavacaMorelosMX-MOR
CuliacanSinaloaMX-SIN
Durango CityDurangoMX-DUR
GuadalajaraJaliscoMX-JAL
GuanajuatoGuanajuatoMX-GUA
HermosilloSonoraMX-SON
MeridaYucatánMX-YUC
MexicaliBaja California NorteMX-BCN
n/a (Mexico City)Federal DistrictMX-DIF
MonterreyNuevo LeonMX-NLE
MoreliaMichoacánMX-MIC
OaxacaOaxacaMX-OAX
PachucaHidalgo StateMX-HID
La PazBaja California SurMX-BCS
PueblaPueblaMX-PUE
QuerétaroQuerétaroMX-QUE
SaltilloCoahuilaMX-COA
San Luis PotosíSan Luis PotosíMX-SLP
TepicNayaritMX-NAY
TlaxcalaTlaxcalaMX-TLA
TolucaMexicoMX-MEX
Tuxtla GutiérrezChiapasMX-CHP
VeracruzVeracruzMX-VER
VillahermosaTabascoMX-TAB
ZacatecasZacatecasMX-ZAC
NetherlandsCapitalProvince 
ArnhemGelderland
AssenDrenthe
GroningenGroningen
HaarlemNorth Holland
The HagueSouth Holland
's-HertogenboschNorth Brabant
LeeuwardenFriesland
LelystadFlevoland
MaastrichtLimburg
MiddelburgZeeland
UtrechtUtrecht
ZwolleOverijssel
NorwayCapitalCountyISO 3166-2
ArendalAust-AgderNO-09
BergenHordaland
BodøNordland
DrammenBuskerud
HamarHedmark
KristiansandVest-Agder
LeikangerSogn og Fjordane
LillehammerOppland
MoldeMøre og Romsdal
OsloAkershus
n/a (Oslo)Oslo
SarpsborgØstfold
SkienTelemark
StavangerRogaland
SteinkjerNord-Trøndelag
TønsbergVestfold
TromsøTroms
TrondheimSør-Trøndelag
VadsøFinnmark
PakistanCapitalProvince, territory, area 
IslamabadIslamabad Capital Territory
KarachiSindh (province)
LahorePujab (province)
MuzaffarabadAzad Kashmir (territory)
PeshawarNorth-West Frontier (province)
QuettaBalochistan (province)
n/aNorthern Areas (territory)
n/aTribal Areas (territory)
PhilippinesCapitalProvince 
see: Provinces of the Philippines
PolandCapitalVoivodship 
BialystokPodlasie Voivodship
BydgoszczKujavian-Pomeranian Voivodship
GdanskPomeranian Voivodship
KatowiceSilesian Voivodship
KielceSwietokrzyskie Voivodship
KrakowLesser Poland Voivodship
LodzLodz Voivodship
LublinLublin Voivodship
OlsztynWarmian-Masurian Voivodship
OpoleOpole Voivodship
PoznanGreater Poland Voivodship
RzeszowSubcarpathian Voivodship
SzczecinWest Pomeranian Voivodship
WarsawMasovian Voivodship
WroclawLower Silesian Voivodship
Zielona GoraLubusz Voivodship
RussiaCapitalAutonomous republic, oblast,
district, region, city
 
BlagoveshchenskAmur Oblast
ChitaChita Oblast
Gorno-AltaiskAltai Republic
IrkutskIrkutsk Oblast
KaliningradKaliningrad Oblast
KazanTatarstan
KemerovoKemerovo Oblast
KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk Krai
KyzylTuva
NazranIngushetia
NovosibirskNovosibirsk Oblast
OmskOmsk Oblast
TomskTomsk Oblast
Ulan UdeBuryatia
YakutskSakha Republic
  
SomaliaCapitalRegion 
BaidoaBay
BakiAwdal
BeledweyneHiraan
Bender CassimBari
Bu'aaleJubbada Dhexe
BuraoTogdheer
ChisimayuJubbada Hoose
Dusa MarrebGalguduud
ErigavoSanaag
GalcaioMudug
GarbahaarreyGedo
GarooweNugaal
GioharShabeellaha Dhexe
HargeysaWoqooyi Galbeed
LaascaanoodSool
MercaShabeellaha Hoose
MogadishuBanaadir
OddurBakool
SpainCapitalAutonomous communityISO 3166-2
BarcelonaCataloniaES-CT
VitoriaBasque Country
LogroñoLa Rioja
MadridMadrid
MéridaExtremadura
MurciaMurcia
OviedoAsturias
Palma de MallorcaBalearic Islands
PamplonaNavarre
Santa Cruz de TenerifeCanary Islands
SantanderCantabria
Santiago de CompostelaGalicia
SevilleAndalusia
ToledoCastile-La Mancha
ValenciaValencia
ValladolidCastile-Leon
ZaragozaAragon
SwedenResidence cityCountyISO 3166-2
FalunDalarnaSE-W
GävleGävleborgSE-X
GothenburgVästra Götaland
HalmstadHalland
HärnösandVästernorrland
JönköpingJönköping
KalmarKalmar
KarlskronaBlekinge
KarlstadVärmland
LinköpingÖstergötland
LuleåNorrbotten
MalmöScania
NyköpingSödermanland
ÖrebroÖrebro
ÖstersundJämtland
StockholmStockholm
UmeåVästerbotten
UppsalaUppsala
VästeråsVästmanland
VisbyGotland
VäxjöKronoberg
SwitzerlandCapitalCantonISO 3166-2
AarauAargauCH-AG
AltdorfUriCH-UR
AppenzellAppenzell Inner-RhodesCH-AI
BaselBasel-CityCH-BS
BellinzonaTicinoCH-TI
BerneBerneCH-BE
ChurGrisonsCH-GR
DelémontJuraCH-JU
FrauenfeldThurgauCH-TG
FribourgFribourgCH-FR
GenevaGenevaCH-GE
GlarusGlarusCH-GL
HerisauAppenzell Outer-RhodesCH-AR
LausanneVaudCH-VD
LiestalBasel-CountryCH-BL
LucerneLucerneCH-LU
NeuchâtelNeuchâtelCH-NE
SarnenObwaldenCH-OW
SchaffhausenSchaffhausenCH-SH
SchwyzSchwyzCH-SZ
SionValaisCH-VS
SolothurnSolothurnCH-SO
St. GallenSt. GallenCH-SG
StansNidwaldenCH-NW
ZugZugCH-ZG
ZurichZurichCH-ZH
ThailandCapitalProvince 
The capital gives the province its name, see Provinces of Thailand
UkraineCapitalAutonomous republic, cities,
voblasts
 
KievKiev City
SevastopolSevastopol City
CrimeaCrimea Autonomous Republic
L'vivL'vivs'ka Oblast
PoltavaPoltavs'ka Oblast
Luts'kVolins'ka Oblast
  
United KingdomCapitalCountry 
BelfastNorthern Ireland
CardiffWales
EdinburghScotland
LondonEngland
CapitalDependent territory 
AdamstownPitcairn Islands
Cockburn TownTurks and Caicos Islands
George TownCayman Islands
GibraltarGibraltar
HamiltonBermuda
JamestownSaint Helena
MontserratMontserrat
Port StanleyFalkland Islands
Road TownBritish Virgin Islands
The ValleyAnguilla
CapitalCrown dependency 
DouglasIsle of Man
St. HelierJersey
St. Peter PortGuernsey
United StatesCapitalState, federal districtISO 3166-2
AlbanyNew YorkUS-NY
AnnapolisMarylandUS-MD
AtlantaGeorgiaUS-GA
AugustaMaineUS-ME
AustinTexasUS-TX
Baton RougeLouisianaUS-LA
BismarckNorth DakotaUS-ND
BoiseIdahoUS-ID
BostonMassachusettsUS-MA
Carson CityNevadaUS-NV
CharlestonWest VirginiaUS-WV
CheyenneWyomingUS-WY
ColumbiaSouth CarolinaUS-SC
ColumbusOhioUS-OH
ConcordNew HampshireUS-NH
DenverColoradoUS-CO
Des MoinesIowaUS-IA
DoverDelawareUS-DE
FrankfortKentuckyUS-KY
HarrisburgPennsylvaniaUS-PA
HartfordConnecticutUS-CT
HelenaMontanaUS-MT
HonoluluHawaiiUS-HI
IndianapolisIndianaUS-IN
JacksonMississippiUS-MS
Jefferson CityMissouriUS-MO
JuneauAlaskaUS-AK
LansingMichiganUS-MI
LincolnNebraskaUS-NE
Little RockArkansasUS-AR
MadisonWisconsinUS-WI
MontgomeryAlabamaUS-AL
MontpelierVermontUS-VT
NashvilleTennesseeUS-TN
Oklahoma CityOklahomaUS-OK
OlympiaWashingtonUS-WA
PhoenixArizonaUS-AZ
PierreSouth DakotaUS-SD
ProvidenceRhode IslandUS-RI
RaleighNorth CarolinaUS-NC
RichmondVirginiaUS-VA
SacramentoCaliforniaUS-CA
Saint PaulMinnesotaUS-MN
SalemOregonUS-OR
Salt Lake CityUtahUS-UT
Santa FeNew MexicoUS-NM
SpringfieldIllinoisUS-IL
TallahasseeFloridaUS-FL
TopekaKansasUS-KS
TrentonNew JerseyUS-NJ
n/a (Washington)District of ColumbiaUS-DC
CapitalTerritoryISO 3166-2
Charlotte AmalieU.S. Virgin IslandsUS-VI
HagåtñaGuamUS-GU
American Samoa">Pago PagoAmerican SamoaUS-AS
SaipanNorthern Mariana IslandsUS-NM
San JuanPuerto RicoUS-PR

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