This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation. Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities, in particular colder temperatures in winter. Low elevation cities are often seaports or are close to the sea.
The first country on the main list, Bolivia, is a country with multiple capitals; La Paz is the seat of the government while Sucre is the constitutional capital. If La Paz is considered the national capital, then it is ranked number one on the list. However, if Sucre is specified, then Ecuador's capital, Quito, is the national capital at the highest elevation while Sucre would be second.
The second list below contains several states with limited recognition.
Country | Capital | Elevation (m) | Elevation (ft) |
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La Paz (Government seat) (Capital: Sucre) |
3,640 | 11,942 |
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Quito | 2,850 | 9,350 |
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Sucre | 2,790 | 9,220 |
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Bogotá | 2,625 | 8,612 |
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Addis Ababa | 2,355 | 7,726 |
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Thimphu | 2,334 | 7,657 |
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Asmara | 2,325 | 7,628 |
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Sanaʽa | 2,250 | 7,382 |
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Mexico City | 2,240 | 7,350 |
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Tehran | 1,830 | 6,003 |
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Kabul | 1,790 | 5,873 |
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Windhoek | 1,721 | 5,646 |
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Nairobi | 1,680 | 5,550 |
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Maseru | 1,673 | 5,489 |
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Kigali | 1,567 | 5,141 |
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Guatemala City | 1,529 | 5,016 |
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Gitega | 1,504 | 4,934 |
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Harare | 1,483 | 4,865 |
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Kathmandu | 1,400 | 4,593 |
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Ulaanbaatar | 1,350 | 4,429 |
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Antananarivo | 1,288 | 4,226 |
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Pretoria | 1,271 | 4,170 |
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Lusaka | 1,270 | 4,167 |
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Mbabane | 1,243 | 4,078 |
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Kampala | 1,190 | 3,904 |
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San José | 1,146 | 3,760 |
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Dodoma | 1,120 | 3,675 |
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Brasília | 1,079 | 3,540 |
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Lilongwe | 1,024 | 3,360 |
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Andorra la Vella | 1,023 | 3,356 |
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Tegucigalpa | 990 | 3,250 |
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Yerevan | 989 | 3,246 |
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Gaborone | 983 | 3,225 |
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Ankara | 938 | 3,077 |
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Caracas | 909 | 2,982 |
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Amman | 900 | 2,953 |
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Dushanbe | 789 | 2,589 |
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East Jerusalem and Ramallah[Note 1] | 779 (and 880) | 2,557 (and 2,890) |
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Abuja | 777 | 2,549 |
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Bishkek | 771 | 2,530 |
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Jerusalem | 754 | 2,474 |
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Yaoundé | 726 | 2,382 |
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Damascus | 691 | 2,267 |
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Madrid | 667 | 2,188 |
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San Salvador | 658 | 2,159 |
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Riyadh | 624 | 2,047 |
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Canberra | 605 | 1,985 |
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Sofia | 580 | 1,900 |
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Islamabad | 560 | 1,830 |
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Sarajevo | 550 | 1,800 |
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Juba | 550 | 1,800 |
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Bern | 542 | 1,778 |
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Santiago | 521 | 1,709 |
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Tashkent | 459 | 1,506 |
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Vaduz | 455 | 1,493 |
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Tbilisi | 451 | 1,480 |
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Khartoum | 377 | 1,237 |
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Bangui | 369 | 1,211 |
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Bamako | 349 | 1,145 |
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Astana | 338 | 1,109 |
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San Marino | 328 | 1,076 |
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Ouagadougou | 305 | 1,001 |
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N'Djamena | 298 | 978 |
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Ljubljana | 281 | 922 |
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Luxembourg | 273 | 896 |
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Prague | 244 | 801 |
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Skopje | 243 | 797 |
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Kinshasa | 240 | 787 |
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Yamoussoukro | 217 | 712 |
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Ashgabat | 215 | 705 |
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New Delhi | 210 | 689 |
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Niamey | 207 | 679 |
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Palikir | 207 | 678 |
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Minsk | 198 | 650 |
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Vienna | 170 | 558 |
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Nicosia | 170 | 557 |
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Kyiv | 168 | 551 |
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Brazzaville | 155 | 509 |
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Lima | 154 | 506 |
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Athens | 153 | 502 |
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Vientiane | 174 | 570 |
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Sao Tomé | 141 | 463 |
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Port Louis | 134 | 440 |
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Bratislava | 131 | 430 |
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Zagreb | 130 | 427 |
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Vilnius | 124 | 407 |
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Moscow | 124 | 407 |
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Belgrade | 116 | 381 |
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Moroni | 110 | 361 |
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Malabo | 107 | 351 |
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Tirana | 104 | 341 |
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Budapest | 102 | 335 |
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Port-au-Prince | 98 | 322 |
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Accra | 98 | 322 |
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Warsaw | 93 | 305 |
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Chișinău | 80 | 263 |
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Naypyidaw | 77 | 253 |
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Belmopan | 76 | 250 |
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Brussels | 76 | 249 |
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Freetown | 76 | 249 |
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Managua | 83 | 272 |
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Ottawa | 74 | 243 |
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Ngerulmud | 72 | 236 |
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Bucharest | 70 | 230 |
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Muscat | 68 | 223 |
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Maputo | 63 | 207 |
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Lome | 63 | 207 |
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Podgorica | 61 | 200 |
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Kuala Lumpur | 60 | 197 |
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Beirut | 55 | 180 |
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Valletta | 54 | 186 |
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Asunción | 54 | 177 |
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Kingston | 53 | 174 |
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Rabat | 53 | 174 |
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Beijing | 44 | 144 |
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Montevideo | 43 | 141 |
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Vatican City | 41 | 135 |
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Baghdad | 40 | 131 |
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Port Moresby | 39 | 128 |
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Porto-Novo | 38 | 125 |
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Tallinn | 37 | 121 |
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Dakar | 37 | 121 |
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Paris | 34 | 112 |
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Berlin | 34 | 112 |
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Seoul | 33 | 108 |
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Honiara | 29 | 95 |
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Mogadishu | 28 | 92 |
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Helsinki | 25 | 82 |
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Hanoi | 25 | 82 |
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Saint George's | 25 | 82 |
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Cairo | 22 | 72 |
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Tokyo | 17 | 56 |
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Reykjavík | 15 | 49 |
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Lisbon | 15 | 49 |
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Stockholm | 15 | 49 |
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Phnom Penh | 15 | 49 |
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Rome | 14 | 46 |
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London | 14 | 46 |
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Doha | 13 | 43 |
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Abu Dhabi | 13 | 43 |
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Oslo | 12 | 40 |
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Dili | 11 | 36 |
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Buenos Aires | 10 | 33 |
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Wellington | 10 | 32 |
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Yaren | 9 | 30 |
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Dublin | 8 | 26 |
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Riga | 8 | 26 |
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Manila | 7 | 23 |
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Manama | 6 | 20 |
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P'yongyang | 6 | 20 |
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Bridgetown | 6 | 20 |
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Luanda | 6 | 20 |
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Tripoli | 6 | 20 |
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Nouakchott | 6 | 20 |
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Copenhagen | 5 | 16 |
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Kuwait | 5 | 16 |
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Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte | 4 | 13 |
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Havana | 4 | 13 |
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Dhaka | 3 | 10 |
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Jakarta | 3 | 10 |
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Majuro | 3 | 10 |
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Nassau | 2 | 7 |
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Castries | 2 | 7 |
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Washington, D.C. | 2 | 7 |
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Algiers | 1 | 3 |
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Bangkok | 1 | 3 |
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Paramaribo | 1 | 3 |
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Monaco | 0 | 0 |
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Bandar Seri Begawan | 0 | 0 |
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Malé | 0 | 0 |
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Singapore | 0 | 0 |
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Saint John's | 0 | 0 |
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Roseau | 0 | 0 |
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Santo Domingo | 0 | 0 |
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Georgetown | 0 | 0 |
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Panama City | 0 | 0 |
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Basseterre | 0 | 0 |
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Kingstown | 0 | 0 |
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Port of Spain | 0 | 0 |
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Praia | 0 | 0 |
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Djibouti | 0 | 0 |
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Libreville | 0 | 0 |
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Banjul | 0 | 0 |
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Conakry | 0 | 0 |
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Bissau | 0 | 0 |
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Monrovia | 0 | 0 |
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Victoria | 0 | 0 |
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Tunis | 0 | 0 |
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Suva | 0 | 0 |
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Bairiki | 0 | 0 |
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Apia | 0 | 0 |
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Nuku'alofa | 0 | 0 |
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Vaiaku | 0 | 0 |
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Port Vila | 0 | 0 |
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Amsterdam | −2 | −7 |
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Baku | −28 | −92 |
Country | Capital | Altitude (m) | Altitude (ft) |
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Lhasa | 3,656 | 11,995 |
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Hargeisa | 1,334 | 4,377 |
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Tskhinvali | 860 | 2,820 |
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Pristina | 603 | 1,977 |
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Tifariti and Laayoune | 490 (and 68) | 1,610 (and 223) |
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North Nicosia | 130 | 428 |
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Tiraspol | 26 | 85 |
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Nuuk | 5 | 16 |
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Sukhumi | 5 | 16 |
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Oranjestad | 4 | 13 |
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Oranjestad | 4 | 13 |
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George Town | 3 | 10 |
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Taipei | 0 | 0 |
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Fort-de-France | 0 | 0 |
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Admiralty | 0 | 0 |
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Jamestown | 0 | 0 |
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Saint-Pierre | 0 | 0 |
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Cayenne | 0 | 0 |
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Brades | 0 | 0 |
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Edinburgh of the Seven Seas | 0 | 0 |
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Hamilton | 0 | 0 |
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Nam Van | 0 | 0 |
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Alofi | 0 | 0 |
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Tórshavn | 0 | 0 |
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Road Town | 0 | 0 |
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The Valley | 0 | 0 |
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Charlotte Amalie | 0 | 0 |
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Cockburn Town | 0 | 0 |
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Basse-Terre | 0 | 0 |
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Willemstad | 0 | 0 |
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Marigot | 0 | 0 |
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Kralendijk | 0 | 0 |
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Philipsburg | 0 | 0 |
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of capital cities by elevation.
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