Australia: Canberra, not Sydney or Melbourne
Brazil: Brasília, not Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo
Canada: Ottawa, not Toronto
Turkey (Türkiye): Ankara, not Istanbul
New Zealand: Wellington, not Auckland
Switzerland: Bern, not Zurich or Geneva
Nigeria: Abuja, not Lagos
Tanzania: Dodoma, not Dar es Salaam
Morocco: Rabat, not Casablanca
India: New Delhi, not Mumbai
Pakistan: Islamabad, not Karachi
Vietnam: Hanoi, not Ho Chi Minh City
Myanmar: Naypyidaw, not Yangon
Kazakhstan: Astana, not Almaty
Côte d'Ivoire: Yamoussoukro, not Abidjan
Belize: Belmopan, not Belize City
Benin: Porto-Novo, not Cotonou
Bolivia: Sucre is official, La Paz is the government seat; Santa Cruz is the largest city
Ecuador: Quito, not Guayaquil
Sri Lanka: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, not Colombo
Israel: Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is a famous large city
Netherlands: Amsterdam, but the government sits in The Hague
South Africa: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein; Johannesburg is the biggest city
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, but the government offices are in Putrajaya
Germany: Berlin, not Bonn (the old West German capital)
United States: Washington, D.C., not New York
Scotland: Edinburgh, not Glasgow
Cameroon: Yaoundé, not Douala
Mexico: Mexico City, which is also the biggest city
Japan: Tokyo, also the biggest city
France: Paris, also the biggest city
Egypt: Cairo, also the biggest city
Russia: Moscow, also the biggest city

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