Capitals of Asia

Practice the capitals of 46 Asian countries. Learn the country–city pairs and read the role notes for countries with more than one capital.

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46 UN member states in the Asia set. Capital questions specify the role to answer.

How this set is defined

Country quizzes use the 193 UN member states. The Holy See and the State of Palestine are non-member observer states and are not included. Each member appears in one regional set: Russia and Cyprus are in Europe; Türkiye, the Caucasus states and Kazakhstan are in Asia. North America includes Central America and the Caribbean. These groupings define the quiz, not a position on statehood or disputed borders.

Not included

The Holy See (UN non-member observer State)
The State of Palestine (UN non-member observer State)
Other non-member entities
Dependent territories as separate answers

Last scope review: 2026-10-21

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Work through a smaller group of countries before taking on all 46 capital pairs. Find each country on the map as you learn its city.

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For Indonesia, this version asks for the central-government seat, Jakarta. Follow the dated source note for context.

Places and answers

Use the names and alternatives listed below. Capital questions accept the city for the role named in the prompt. Historical names and unlisted abbreviations are not accepted automatically.

Place	Capital role	Accepted names	Place notes
Afghanistan	Kabul — capital	Kabul	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified. The flag image shows the republic black-red-green tricolor, rather than the white flag used by the de facto authorities. Identify the displayed design; it does not imply government recognition.
Armenia	Yerevan — capital	Yerevan	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified. Included in the Asia quizzes. Regional groupings vary between sources.
Azerbaijan	Baku — capital	Baku	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified. Included in the Asia quizzes. Regional groupings vary between sources.
Bahrain	Manama — capital	Manama	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Bangladesh	Dhaka — capital	Dhaka	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Bhutan	Thimphu — capital	Thimphu	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan — capital	Bandar Seri Begawan	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Cambodia	Phnom Penh — capital	Phnom Penh	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
China	Beijing — capital	Beijing; Peking	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Georgia	Tbilisi — capital	Tbilisi	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified. Included in the Asia quizzes. Regional groupings vary between sources.
India	New Delhi — capital	New Delhi	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Indonesia	Jakarta — current central-government seat: The Nusantara transition remains in progress in the reviewed 2026 authority updates. Nusantara is not accepted for this explicitly worded government-seat question.	Jakarta	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified. For the capital transition, read the role in the question and the dated Nusantara source note.
Iran	Tehran — capital	Tehran	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Iraq	Baghdad — capital	Baghdad	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Israel	Jerusalem — seat of the Israeli government: Jerusalem’s status is disputed. This role-specific question is not a position on sovereignty or international recognition.	Jerusalem	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified. Government-seat naming does not resolve disputed sovereignty over Jerusalem.
Japan	Tokyo — capital	Tokyo	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Jordan	Amman — capital	Amman	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Kazakhstan	Astana — capital	Astana	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified. Included in the Asia quizzes. Regional groupings vary between sources.
Kuwait	Kuwait City — capital	Kuwait City	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek — capital	Bishkek	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Laos	Vientiane — capital	Vientiane	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Lebanon	Beirut — capital	Beirut	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur — national capital Putrajaya — federal administrative centre	Kuala Lumpur / Putrajaya	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Maldives	Male — capital	Male	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar — capital	Ulaanbaatar; Ulan Bator	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Myanmar	Nay Pyi Taw — capital	Nay Pyi Taw; Naypyidaw	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Nepal	Kathmandu — capital	Kathmandu	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
North Korea	Pyongyang — capital	Pyongyang	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Oman	Muscat — capital	Muscat	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Pakistan	Islamabad — capital	Islamabad	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Philippines	Manila — capital	Manila	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Qatar	Doha — capital	Doha	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh — capital	Riyadh	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Singapore	Singapore — capital	Singapore	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
South Korea	Seoul — capital	Seoul	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte — legislative capital	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte; Kotte	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Syria	Damascus — capital	Damascus	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Tajikistan	Dushanbe — capital	Dushanbe	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Thailand	Bangkok — capital	Bangkok	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Timor Leste	Dili — capital	Dili; Díli	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Türkiye	Ankara — capital	Ankara	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified. Included in the Asia quizzes. Regional groupings vary between sources.
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat — capital	Ashgabat	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi — capital	Abu Dhabi	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Uzbekistan	Tashkent — capital	Tashkent	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Vietnam	Hanoi — capital	Hanoi	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.
Yemen	Sanaa — constitutional capital Aden — interim seat of the internationally recognized government: Role-specific answer; the constitutional capital remains Sanaa.	Sanaa; Sana'a; Sana’a / Aden	Included in this site’s 193 UN member-state set. Map outlines are simplified.

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equirectangular; regional standard parallel; US inset transforms when stated. Generalized Natural Earth geography; public domain. Coordinate projection is an equirectangular study view with standard-parallel scaling. Boundaries are not a political-status claim. Small or unrepresented polygons use explicitly marked representative points. Use the text list as an equivalent answer method.

Last scope review: 2026-10-21

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