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232 Cards in this Set
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Zimbabwe
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Harare
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Zambia
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Lusaka
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Yemen
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Sanaa
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Western Sahara
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none
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Wallis and Futuna
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Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
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Virgin Islands
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Charlotte Amalie
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Vietnam
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Hanoi
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Venezuela
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Caracas
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Vanuatu
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Port-Vila
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Uzbekistan
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Tashkent (Toshkent)
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Uruguay
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Montevideo
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United States
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Washington, DC
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United Kingdom
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London
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United Arab Emirates
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Abu Dhabi
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Ukraine
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Kiev (Kyyiv)
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Uganda
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Kampala
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Tuvalu
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Funafuti
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)
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Turkmenistan
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Ashgabat
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Turkey
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Ankara
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Tunisia
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Tunis
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Port-of-Spain
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Tonga
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Nuku'alofa
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Tokelau
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none; each atoll has its own administrative center
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Togo
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Lome
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Thailand
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Bangkok
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Tanzania
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Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis
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Tajikistan
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Dushanbe
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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Syria
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Damascus
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Switzerland
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Bern
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Sweden
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Stockholm
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Swaziland
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Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital
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Svalbard
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Longyearbyen
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Suriname
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Paramaribo
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Sudan
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Khartoum
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Sri Lanka
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Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital
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Spain
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Madrid
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South Africa
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Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center
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Somalia
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Mogadishu
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Solomon Islands
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Honiara
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Slovenia
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Ljubljana
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Slovakia
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Bratislava
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Singapore
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Singapore
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Sierra Leone
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Freetown
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Seychelles
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Victoria
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Serbia and Montenegro
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Belgrade; note - Podgorica is the judicial capital
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Senegal
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Dakar
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Saudi Arabia
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Riyadh
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Sao Tome
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San Marino
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San Marino
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Samoa
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Apia
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Kingstown
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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Saint-Pierre
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Saint Lucia
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Castries
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Basseterre
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Saint Helena
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Jamestown
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Rwanda
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Kigali
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Russia
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Moscow
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Romania
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Bucharest
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Reunion
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Saint-Denis
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Qatar
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Doha
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Puerto Rico
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San Juan
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Portugal
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Lisbon
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Poland
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Warsaw
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Pitcairn Islands
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Adamstown
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Philippines
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Manila
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Peru
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Lima
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Paraguay
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Asuncion
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Papua New Guinea
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Port Moresby
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Panama
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Panama
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Palau
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Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror
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Pakistan
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Islamabad
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Oman
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Muscat
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Norway
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Oslo
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Northern Mariana Islands
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Saipan
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Norfolk Island
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Kingston
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Niue
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Alofi
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Nigeria
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Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja
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Niger
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Niamey
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Nicaragua
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Managua
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New Zealand
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Wellington
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New Caledonia
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Noumea
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Netherlands Antilles
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Willemstad
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Netherlands
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Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government
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Nepal
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Kathmandu
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Nauru
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no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
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Namibia
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Windhoek
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Mozambique
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Maputo
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Morocco
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Rabat
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Montserrat
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Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat)
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Mongolia
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Ulaanbaatar
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Monaco
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Monaco
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Moldova
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Chisinau
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Micronesia, Federated States of
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Palikir
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Mexico
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Mexico (Distrito Federal)
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Mayotte
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Mamoutzou
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Mauritius
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Port Louis
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Mauritania
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Nouakchott
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Martinique
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Fort-de-France
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Marshall Islands
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Majuro
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Man, Isle of
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Douglas
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Malta
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Valletta
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Mali
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Bamako
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Maldives
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Male
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Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur
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Malawi
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Lilongwe
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Madagascar
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Antananarivo
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
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Skopje
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Luxembourg
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Luxembourg
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Lithuania
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Vilnius
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Liechtenstein
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Vaduz
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Libya
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Tripoli
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Liberia
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Monrovia
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Lesotho
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Maseru
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Lebanon
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Beirut
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Latvia
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Riga
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Laos
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Vientiane
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Kyrgyzstan
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Bishkek
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Kuwait
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Kuwait
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Korea, South
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Seoul
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Korea, North
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Pyongyang
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Kiribati
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Tarawa
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Kenya
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Nairobi
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Kazakhstan
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Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
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Jordan
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'Amman
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Jersey
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Saint Helier
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Japan
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Tokyo
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Jamaica
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Kingston
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Italy
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Rome
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Israel
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Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
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Ireland
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Dublin
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Iraq
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Baghdad
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Iran
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Tehran
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Indonesia
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Jakarta
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India
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New Delhi
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Iceland
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Reykjavik
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Hungary
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Budapest
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Honduras
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Tegucigalpa
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Holy See (Vatican City)
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Vatican City
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Haiti
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Port-au-Prince
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Guyana
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Georgetown
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Guinea-Bissau
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Bissau
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Guinea
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Conakry
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Guernsey
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Saint Peter Port
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Guatemala
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Guatemala
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Guam
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Hagatna (Agana)
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Guadeloupe
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Basse-Terre
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Grenada
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Saint George's
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Greenland
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Nuuk (Godthab)
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Greece
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Athens
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Gibraltar
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Gibraltar
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Ghana
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Accra
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Germany
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Berlin
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Georgia
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T'bilisi
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Gambia, The
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Banjul
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Gabon
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Libreville
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French Polynesia
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Papeete
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French Guiana
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Cayenne
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France
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Paris
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Finland
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Helsinki
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Fiji
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Suva
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Faroe Islands
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Torshavn
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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Stanley
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Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa
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Estonia
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Tallinn
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Eritrea
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Asmara (formerly Asmera)
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Equatorial Guinea
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Malabo
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El Salvador
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San Salvador
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Egypt
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Cairo
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Ecuador
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Quito
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East Timor
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Dili
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Dominican Republic
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Santo Domingo
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Dominica
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Roseau
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Djibouti
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Djibouti
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Denmark
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Copenhagen
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Czech Republic
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Prague
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Cyprus
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Nicosia
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Cuba
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Havana
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Croatia
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Zagreb
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
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Costa Rica
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San Jose
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Cook Islands
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Avarua
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Congo, Republic of the
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Brazzaville
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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Kinshasa
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Comoros
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Moroni
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Colombia
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Bogota
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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West Island
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Christmas Island
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The Settlement
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China
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Beijing
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Chile
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Santiago
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Chad
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N'Djamena
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Central African Republic
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Bangui
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Cayman Islands
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George Town
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Cape Verde
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Praia
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Canada
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Ottawa
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Cameroon
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Yaounde
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Cambodia
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Phnom Penh
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Burundi
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Bujumbura
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Burma
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Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)
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Burkina Faso
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Ouagadougou
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Bulgaria
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Sofia
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Brunei
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Bandar Seri Begawan
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British Virgin Islands
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Road Town
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Brazil
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Brasilia
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Botswana
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Gaborone
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sarajevo
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Bolivia
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La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
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Bhutan
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Thimphu
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Bermuda
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Hamilton
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Benin
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Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government
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Belize
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Belmopan
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Belgium
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Brussels
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Belarus
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Minsk
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Barbados
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Bridgetown
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Bangladesh
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Dhaka
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Bahrain
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Manama
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Bahamas, The
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Nassau
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Azerbaijan
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Baku (Baki)
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Austria
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Vienna
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Australia
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Canberra
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Aruba
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Oranjestad
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Armenia
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Yerevan
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Saint John's
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Anguilla
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The Valley
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Angola
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Luanda
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Andorra
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Andorra la Vella
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American Samoa
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Pago Pago
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Algeria
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Algiers
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Albania
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Tirana
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Afghanistan
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Kabul
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