A-Z Capitals of Sovereign States, Dependencies, Constituent Countries, Supranational Unions / Capitales de Estados Independientes, Dependencias, Países Constituyentes, Uniones Supranacionales
Aprender de la A a la Z
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The idea of this A-Z game is to write the Spanish names of the current de jure and de facto capitals of the following entire territories in the world
(de jure : in principle, recognized by law; de facto : in fact, without official recognition)
?194 internationally recognized sovereign states (Note 1)
?35 inhabited dependent territories having native settled populations (Note 2)
?1 supranational union - the European Union (Note 3)
?10 unrecognized or partially recognized sovereign states (Note 4)
?Constituent countries within sovereign states (Note 5)
?Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena (Note 6)
(Note 1) : including South Sudan, an independent state since July 2011. Out of which 6 are partially unrecognized states
(Note 2) : excluding Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Out of which 2 are British overseas territories claimed by Argentina, Spain
Recent events: the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved in October 2010, Mayotte became an integral part of France in March 2011
(Note 3) : its locations of institutions can be considered de facto capitals
(Note 4) : The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) has claimed sovereignty over China instead of declaring Taiwanese independence
(Note 5) : e.g., England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Many dependencies are constituent countries
(Note 6) : Ascension Island isn't listed because it has no permanent population
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?Follow in Spanish alphabetical order
?Please include the name of the entire territory to which the capital belongs
?Please include the English translation for each capital and each entire territory
?It would be nice if you posted a PICTURE, a FLAG or a MAP
?Answers with much information are highly encouraged
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?Different Spanish versions of the same name can be answered by different participants
?Please include the function of capital in cases of countries with multiple capitals
?In cases of city-states, just indicate they're city-states instead of pointing out a capital
The following entities do not meet the criteria to be answered
?4 entities with special status recognized by international treaty that are integral parts of sovereign states (Svalbard, Åland, HongKong, Macau)
?5 French overseas regions (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane/French Guiana, Réunion, Mayotte), 3 Dutch public bodies (Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, Saba) and Jan Mayen. Such entities are integral parts of sovereign states instead of being dependencies
?Integral autonomous areas, federated states of sovereign states, e.g., Mount Athos, Zanzibar, the Juan Fernández Islands, Easter Island, Catalonia, Madeira, Quebec, Tibet
?Akrotiri and Dhekelia, an inhabited dependency required as military bases instead of being an ordinary dependency
?Inhabited dependent territories having no native settled populations (their populations are scientists, military personnel, workers, etc), e.g., South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Indian Ocean Territory
?Uninhabited dependencies, e.g., Baker Island, Clipperton Island, Bouvet Island
?The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (not to be confused with Malta), a non-state sovereign entity
?Others: 1) Active separatist movements (excluding unrecognized states and partially recognized states); 2) Governments in exile; 3) Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, a part of Cuba under control of the US; 4) Uncontacted peoples; 5) No man's land/Terra nullius (Bir Tawil, Marie Byrd Land); 6) Micronations, e.g., Sealand, Serboga, Molossia
Don't forget to click on the NEWEST tab to see the last letter
Please look at the Update Table to see the words that have been answered
We'll start with
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?Asunción (full name in Spanish: La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción) - the capital of Paraguay
?Asunción (nombre completo: La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción) - la capital de Paraguay
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Update Table
The following words have been already in this game
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?From A to M
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | |
| 1 | Asunción | Bogotá | Caracas | Distrito federal (México) | Estocolmo | Freetown | Ciudad de Guatemala | La Habana | Islamabad | Jerusalén | Kinshasa | Londres | Manila |
| 2 | Adís Abeba | Buenos Aires | Cardiff | Daca | Ereván | Funafuti | Gaborone | Helsinki |  | Jartum | Kingston (Jamaica) | Lima | Madrid |
| 3 | Ankara | Bruselas | Ciudad de Guatemala | Dublín | El Cairo | Flying Fish Cove | Georgetown | La Haya(*) | |
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?From N to Z
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| N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
| 1 | Nueva Delhi | Ottawa | Praga | Quito | Roma | Santiago | Tegucigalpa | Ulán Bator | Viena | Washington, D.C. | | Yakarta | Zagreb |
| 2 | Nairobi | Oslo | Puerto España | | Reikiavik | San Salvador | Tirana | Uagadugú | Vientián | Windhoek | | Yaundé | |
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(*): functioning as a de facto capital despite not being an official capital
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There are not any other words starting with I, Q, U, X, Z
Some capital names starting with "Ciudad', "El", "La" may appear twice in 2 different columns
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67 Answers
L=Londres, Inglaterra, El Reino Unido
M Manila - República de Filipinas
I = Islamabad, Pakistan
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.
From wiki: "Guatemala City is the economic, governmental and cultural capital of the Republic."
"In addition to a wide variety of restaurants, hotels and shops, the city has a wide variety of art galleries, theaters, sports venues and museums (including some fine collections of Pre-Columbian art) and continually offers an increasing amount of cultural activities."
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J. Jerusalén. Forma española del nombre de la ciudad que se disputan palestinos e israelíes como capital de sus respectivos territorios nacionales.
Diccionario panhispánico de dudas ©2005 Real Academia Española © Todos los derechos reservados
Jerusalén[2] (en hebreo ????????????? Yerushaláyim ??/i; en árabe ?????? al-Quds ??/i) es la capital de Estado de Palestina según las resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas, pero Israel la considera su capital y su ciudad más grande y poblada, con 763.800 residentes en un área de 125,1 kilómetros cuadrados si se incluye Jerusalén Este. Situada en los montes de Judea, entre el mar Mediterráneo y la ribera norte del mar Muerto, se ha extendido bastante más allá de los límites de la Ciudad Vieja.
Wikipedia
K =Kinshasa, República Democrática del Congo
P Praga - República Checa
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Bogotá, Colombia
Distrito Capital (Spanish pronunciation: [bo?o?ta], from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital city of Colombia
Havana, Cuba
The year 1538 saw Havana burnt by the buccaneers. This city also suffered from widespread looting in the years 1553 and 1555.
When Great Britain took over the city in 1762 it opened the port to free trade. Later it exhanged Havana for Florida the very next year. When the Spanish rule took over again they made it well protected, the most so of all the cities in the Americas.
When Prohibition in the Untied States was happening during the 1920’s Havana was becoming a very popular Vacation Spot for the Americans. The nightclubs and gambling was rampant during those times but in the year 1959 they were closed down. .
Old Havana preserves a wealth of Spanish Colonial architecture, and is a Havana is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with much in the way of Spanish Colonial Architecture.
With the Jose Mari International Airport, Havana's International airport making air travel as simple as it has, the city of Havana has once again become a popular tourist destination to people from all over the world. They visit sometimes on a regular basis. There are many things to see and do and a lot of cultural heritage and history in Havana Cuba. People from all over the world visit Havana again and again and 2.2 million people call it their wonderful home.
Dublín, Irlanda
Jartum, Sudán
Khartoum, Sudan
Zagreb, Croacia
N - Nueva Delhi - capital of the republic of India.
Roma, Italia
Rome, Italy
E. Estocolmo, Suecia.
Sweden, Stockholm.
