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Big City vs. Capital Around the World
Countries where the biggest or best-known city is not the capital.
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- AustraliaCountryCanberra, not Sydney or Melbourne
- BrazilCountryBrasília, not Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo
- CanadaCountryOttawa, not Toronto
- Turkey (Türkiye)CountryAnkara, not Istanbul
- New ZealandCountryWellington, not Auckland
- SwitzerlandCountryBern, not Zurich or Geneva
- NigeriaCountryAbuja, not Lagos
- TanzaniaCountryDodoma, not Dar es Salaam
- MoroccoCountryRabat, not Casablanca
- IndiaCountryNew Delhi, not Mumbai
- PakistanCountryIslamabad, not Karachi
- VietnamCountryHanoi, not Ho Chi Minh City
- MyanmarCountryNaypyidaw, not Yangon
- KazakhstanCountryAstana, not Almaty
- Côte d'IvoireCountryYamoussoukro, not Abidjan
- BelizeCountryBelmopan, not Belize City
- BeninCountryPorto-Novo, not Cotonou
- BoliviaCountrySucre is official, La Paz is the government seat; Santa Cruz is the largest city
- EcuadorCountryQuito, not Guayaquil
- Sri LankaCountrySri Jayawardenepura Kotte, not Colombo
- IsraelCountryJerusalem, while Tel Aviv is a famous large city
- NetherlandsCountryAmsterdam, but the government sits in The Hague
- South AfricaCountryPretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein; Johannesburg is the biggest city
- MalaysiaCountryKuala Lumpur, but the government offices are in Putrajaya
- GermanyCountryBerlin, not Bonn (the old West German capital)
- United StatesCountryWashington, D.C., not New York
- ScotlandCountryEdinburgh, not Glasgow
- CameroonCountryYaoundé, not Douala
- MexicoCountryMexico City, which is also the biggest city
- JapanCountryTokyo, also the biggest city
- FranceCountryParis, also the biggest city
- EgyptCountryCairo, also the biggest city
- RussiaCountryMoscow, also the biggest city
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