Inspired by the largest cities etc threads. National, state, provincial, however you want to define “capital.”
Outside the US:
Bangkok (duh!)
Kuala Lumpur
Kathmandu
Vientiane
Phnom Penh
Hanoi
Tokyo
Beijing
Singapore (if you can consider it even has a capital)
Brussels
Vienna
East Berlin (before unification)
Prague
Mexico City
Managua
Inside the US:
Washington DC
Honolulu
Santa Fe
Austin
Oklahoma City
Denver
Little Rock
Washington, DC
Annapolis
Atlanta
Boston
Harrisburg
Countries: Washington, DC; London, Paris, Edinburgh (sorta), Belfast (sorta), Stockholm, Brussels, Andorra, Copenhagen, Luxembourg, Kosovo, Belgrade, Podgorica, Skopje, Ankara, Amman, Kuwait City, Doha, Manama, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Windhoek, Cape Town (sorta), Beijing, Vientiane, Hong Kong (sorta), Bangkok, Manila, Seoul, Canberra, and Lima.
Plus 34 state capitals.
London
Paris
Washington DC
Tokyo
Beijing
Rome
Madrid
Amsterdam
Edinburgh
Dublin
Mexico City
Austin, TX
Baton Rouge, LA
Montgomery, AL
Jackson, MI
Columbus, OH
Lansing, MI
Indianapolis, IN
Frankfort, KY
Nashville, TN
Phoenix, AR
Santa Fe, NM
Denver, CO
Topeka, KS
Richmond, VA
Tallahassee, FL
Atlanta, GA
Boston, MA
Providence, RI
Concord, NH
Columbia, SC
Raleigh, NC
Madison, WI
St Paul, MN
Springfield, IL
Charleston, WV
Little Rock, AR
Outside the US, only London. I almost added “and Toronto” :smack:
In the US, let’s see…
Phoenix
Hartford
Dover
Atlanta
Boise
Springfield
Indianapolis
Frankfort
Boston
St. Paul
Helena
Lincoln
Concord
Albany
Columbus
Oklahoma City
Salem
Harrisburg
Providence
Nashville
Montpelier
Olympia
Charleston
Madison
That’s 24. I have a trip scheduled to Salt Lake City next year so that will be half of 'em.
Outside the U.S.: London, Cardiff(Wales), Rome, Nassau(Bahamas), Kingston(Jamaica), Georgetown(Cayman Islands)
Inside the U.S.: Montgomery, Juneau, Phoenix, Little Rock, Denver, Dover, Atlanta, Honolulu, Boise, Springfield, Des Moines, Topeka, Frankfort, Baton Rouge, Augusta, Annapolis, Boston, Saint Paul, Jackson, Jefferson City, Helena, Trenton, Santa Fe, Bismark, Columbus, Oklahoma City, Salem, Harrisburg, Pierre, Nashville, Austin, Salt Lake City, Olympia.
Outside the US:
London
Paris
Berlin (Bonn, when it was West Germany)
Bern
Oslo
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Helsinki
Amsterdam
Brussels
Madrid
Lisbon
Rome
Prague
Vienna
Luxembourg City
Warsaw
Sofia
Moscow
Belgrade
Bucharest
Budapest
Tokyo
Cairo
Bamako
Kampala
Pretoria
Tunis
Guatemala City
29 by my count, none of which were just airport stopovers.
US:
Juneau, AK
Salem, OR
Olympia, WA
Helena, MT
Bismarck, ND
Phoenix
Sacramento
Denver
Atlanta
Honolulu
Boise
Des Moines
Boston
St. Paul
Santa Fe
Salt Lake City
Washington, DC
Charlotte Amalie, USVI
Agana, Guam
19, I guess, although I may have driven through some others.
US:
Washington, DC
Richmond, VA
Annapolis, MD
Harrisburg, PA
Dover, DE (which doesn’t really exist)
Hartford, CT
Des Moines, IA
Lincoln, NE
San Juan, PR
Canada:
Ottawa, Ontario (also the national capital)
Charlottetown, PEI
Outside US
Ottawa
Mexico City
Guatemala City
Tegucigalpa
Managua
San Jose
Panama City
Bogota
Caracas
Quito
Lima
Buenos Aires
Port-of-Spain (Trindad and Tobago)
St. John’s (Antigua)
Nassau (Bahamas)
London
Paris
Libreville (Gabon)
Yaounde (Cameroon)
Nairobi (Kenya)
Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Sydney
Wellington
Suva (Fiji)
Papeete (French Polynesia)
New Delhi
Manila
I’m sure I’ve been to dozens of provincial capitals in those countries
In the US (not counting mere drive-throughs or airports):
Washington DC
Juneau
Phoenix
Denver
Honolulu
Annapolis
Boston
St. Paul
Santa Fe
Albany
Columbia
Nashville
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
San Juan
U.S. State capitals
Annapolis, Md.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Boston, Mass.
Lansing, Mich.
Austin, Tex.
Charleston, W.V.
National capitals
Washington, D.C.
Rome
Paris
London
Cairo
Amsterdam
Athens
Bangkok
Basseterre
Beijing
Cairo
(Cardiff) (I think)
Copenhagen
(Edinburgh)
Gaborone
(George Town)
Hanoi
Helsinki
Jerusalem (Israel and Palestine [declared])
Kingston (Jamaica)
London
Mexico City
Monaco
New Delhi
Ottowa
Panama City
Phnom Penh
Port Vila
Rome
(San Juan)
San Marino
Santo Domingo
Seoul
St. George’s (pretty sure–I’d have to look at a map)
Stockholm
Suva
Tallinn
Tunis
Valletta
Vatican City
Washington, DC
Saigon (It’s no longer a capital and South Vietnam is no longer a country, but they were when I was born.)
Washington, DC
Quito
Mexico, DF
For national capitals, just Washington, DC, I’m afraid.
For state capitals, in alphabetical order by state,
Sacramento
Denver
Dover?
Atlanta
Frankfort?
Boston
Albany
Columbus
Harrisburg
Providence
Nashville?
Salt Lake City
Charleston?
For provincial capitals, Toronto and Quebec City.
For county capitals (in the British Isles sense of county), Cork, Limerick, Knock, and Galloway. There might have been a couple of others, but I think we mostly skirted around them.
So in total, one national capital, between 9 and 13 subnational capitals in the US, and 6 subnational capitals in other countries.
US State Capitals:
Sacramento
Phoenix
Little Rock
Frankfort
Boston
St. Paul
Lincoln
Carson City
Santa Fe
Oklahoma City
Salem
Nashville
Salt Lake City
Cheyanne
CA Province Capitals:
Victoria, BC
Country Capitals:
Washington, D.C.
London
Rome
Ooh, let’s see now…
Washington (US)
Olympia (WA, US)
Salem (OR, US)
Sacramento (CA, US)
Honolulu (HI, US)
Phoenix (AZ, US)
Carson City (NV, US)
Salt Lake City (UT, US)
St. Paul (MN, US)
Harrisburg (PA, US)
Boston (MA, US)
Montpelier (VT, US)
Richmond (VA,US)
Albany (NY, US)
Indianapolis (IN, US)
Providence (RI, US)
Hartford (CT, US)
Halifax (NS, Canada)
Montreal (QC, Canada)
Victoria (BC, Canada)
Paris (France)
Vienna (Austria)
Berlin (Germany)
Prague (Czech Republic)
My “not on the usual tourist trail” list:
Ashgabat
Baku
Stanley
Sanaa
Damascus
Abidjan
Libreville
Amman
Luanda
Doha
Australia:
Adelaide
Brisbane
Canberra
Hobart
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Canada:
Edmonton
Quebec
Toronto
Victoria
U.S.:
Albany
Atlanta
Boston
Charleston, WV
Chillicothe (on March 1st, 2003, when it was capital of Ohio for one day)
Columbus, OH
Denver
Frankfort
Indianapolis
Lansing
Nashville
Raleigh
Richmond
San Juan, PR
Springfield
Trenton
Washington, DC
(I’m not counting Honolulu or Phoenix, where I’ve just been to the airport)
Other countries:
Aden (when it was capital of the Colony of Aden)
Athens
Beijing
Colombo
London
Rome
Tokyo
Vatican City
Victoria (when it was capital of the Colony of Hong Kong)
Wellington
Au contraire, Montréal n’est pas la capitale du Québec.
National capitals:
Washington DC
London
Paris
Brussels
Monaco
Rome
Vatical City
Amsterdam
Mexico City
Lima
Quito
Guatemala City
Harare
Luanda
Tunis
Cairo
US State capitals:
Albany, NY
Atlanta, GA
Baton Rouge, LA
Charleston, WV
Cheyenne, WY
Columbus, OH
Denver, CO
Des Moines, IA
Dover, DE
Harrisburg, PA
Indianapolis, IN
Jefferson City, MO
Little Rock, AR
Phoenix, AR
Raleigh, NC
Salt Lake City, UT
Springfield, IL
National capitals:
London
Paris
Moscow
Amsterdam
Washington DC
Dublin
Sub-national:
Edinburgh
Belfast
Victoria, BC
(is Melbourne the capital of Victoria, Australia? I’ve been there)
And US states:
Harrisburg
Richmond
Boston
Dover, DE
Trenton, NJ
Albany