List of capital cities by elevation

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La Paz, Bolivia Quito, Ecuador Bogotá, Colombia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thimphu, Bhutan Asmara, Eritrea Sana'a, Yemen Mexico City, Mexico Tehran, Iran Kabul, Afghanistan Nairobi, Kenya Kathmandu, Nepal

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.

The second list below contains several states with limited recognition.

The values can vary slightly between sources due to selection of reference points. For cities indicated as zero above sea, the shore was selected as references, even if main squares or streets rarely are below two meters since that would make them sensitive to flooding at high tide or certain weather types.

## List

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### Member and observer states of the United Nations

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Country  | Capital  | Elevation (m)  | Elevation (ft)

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Bolivia | La Paz (government seat)  | 3,640  | 11,942
Ecuador | Quito | 2,850  | 9,350
Bolivia | Sucre (de jure capital)  | 2,790  | 9,220
Colombia | Bogotá | 2,625  | 8,612
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 2,355  | 7,726
Bhutan | Thimphu | 2,334  | 7,657
Eritrea | Asmara | 2,325  | 7,628
Yemen | Sanaʽa | 2,250  | 7,382
Mexico | Mexico City | 2,240  | 7,350
Iran | Tehran | 2,040  | 6,692
Kenya | Nairobi | 1,795  | 5,889
Afghanistan | Kabul | 1,790  | 5,873
Namibia | Windhoek | 1,721  | 5,646
Lesotho | Maseru | 1,673  | 5,489
Rwanda | Kigali | 1,567  | 5,141
Guatemala | Guatemala City | 1,529  | 5,016
Burundi | Gitega | 1,504  | 4,934
Zimbabwe | Harare | 1,483  | 4,865
Nepal | Kathmandu | 1,400  | 4,593
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 1,350  | 4,429
Madagascar | Antananarivo | 1,288  | 4,226
South Africa | Pretoria | 1,271  | 4,170
Zambia | Lusaka | 1,270  | 4,167
Eswatini | Mbabane | 1,243  | 4,078
Uganda | Kampala | 1,190  | 3,904
Costa Rica | San José | 1,146  | 3,760
Tanzania | Dodoma | 1,120  | 3,675
Brazil | Brasília | 1,079  | 3,540
Malawi | Lilongwe | 1,024  | 3,360
Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 1,023  | 3,356
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 990  | 3,250
Armenia | Yerevan | 989  | 3,246
Botswana | Gaborone | 983  | 3,225
Turkey | Ankara | 938  | 3,077
Venezuela | Caracas | 909  | 2,982
Jordan | Amman | 900  | 2,953
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 789  | 2,589
Palestine | East Jerusalem and Ramallah[Note 1] | 779 (and 880)  | 2,557 (and 2,890)
Nigeria | Abuja | 777  | 2,549
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 771  | 2,530
Israel | Jerusalem | 754  | 2,474
Cameroon | Yaoundé | 726  | 2,382
Syria | Damascus | 691  | 2,267
Spain | Madrid | 667  | 2,188
El Salvador | San Salvador | 658  | 2,159
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 624  | 2,047
Australia | Canberra | 605  | 1,985
Bulgaria | Sofia | 560  | 1,840
Pakistan | Islamabad | 560  | 1,830
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 550  | 1,800
South Sudan | Juba | 550  | 1,800
Switzerland | Bern | 542  | 1,778
Chile | Santiago | 521  | 1,709
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 459  | 1,506
Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 455  | 1,493
Georgia | Tbilisi | 451  | 1,480
Sudan | Khartoum | 377  | 1,237
Central African Republic | Bangui | 369  | 1,211
Mali | Bamako | 349  | 1,145
Kazakhstan | Astana | 338  | 1,109
San Marino | San Marino | 328  | 1,076
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 305  | 1,001
Chad | N'Djamena | 298  | 978
Slovenia | Ljubljana | 281  | 922
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 273  | 896
Czech Republic | Prague | 244  | 801
North Macedonia | Skopje | 243  | 797
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 240  | 787
Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 217  | 712
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 215  | 705
India | New Delhi | 210  | 689
Niger | Niamey | 207  | 679
Belarus | Minsk | 198  | 650
Austria | Vienna | 170  | 558
Cyprus | Nicosia | 170  | 557
Ukraine | Kyiv | 168  | 551
Congo | Brazzaville | 155  | 509
Peru | Lima | 154  | 506
Greece | Athens | 153  | 502
Laos | Vientiane | 174  | 570
São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 141  | 463
Slovakia | Bratislava | 131  | 430
Croatia | Zagreb | 130  | 427
Lithuania | Vilnius | 124  | 407
Russia | Moscow | 124  | 407
Serbia | Belgrade | 116  | 381
Comoros | Moroni | 110  | 361
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 107  | 351
Albania | Tirana | 104  | 341
Hungary | Budapest | 102  | 335
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 98  | 322
Ghana | Accra | 98  | 322
Poland | Warsaw | 93  | 305
Micronesia, Federated States of | Palikir | 90  | 300
Moldova | Chișinău | 80  | 263
Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 77  | 253
Belize | Belmopan | 76  | 250
Belgium | Brussels | 76  | 249
Sierra Leone | Freetown | 76  | 249
Nicaragua | Managua | 83  | 272
Canada | Ottawa | 74  | 243
Palau | Ngerulmud | 72  | 236
Romania | Bucharest | 70  | 230
Oman | Muscat | 68  | 223
Mozambique | Maputo | 63  | 207
Togo | Lomé | 63  | 207
Montenegro | Podgorica | 61  | 200
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 60  | 197
Lebanon | Beirut | 55  | 180
Malta | Valletta | 54  | 186
Paraguay | Asunción | 54  | 177
Jamaica | Kingston | 53  | 174
Morocco | Rabat | 53  | 174
Mauritius | Port Louis | 50  | 170
China | Beijing | 44  | 144
Uruguay | Montevideo | 43  | 141
Vatican City | Vatican City | 41  | 135
Iraq | Baghdad | 40  | 131
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 39  | 128
Benin | Porto-Novo | 38  | 125
Estonia | Tallinn | 37  | 121
Senegal | Dakar | 37  | 121
France | Paris | 34  | 112
Germany | Berlin | 34  | 112
South Korea | Seoul | 33  | 108
Solomon Islands | Honiara | 29  | 95
Somalia | Mogadishu | 28  | 92
Finland | Helsinki | 25  | 82
Vietnam | Hanoi | 25  | 82
Grenada | Saint George's | 25  | 82
Egypt | Cairo | 22  | 72
Japan | Tokyo | 17  | 56
Iceland | Reykjavík | 15  | 49
Portugal | Lisbon | 15  | 49
Sweden | Stockholm | 15  | 49
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 15  | 49
Italy | Rome | 14  | 46
United Kingdom | London | 14  | 46
Qatar | Doha | 13  | 43
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 13  | 43
Norway | Oslo | 12  | 40
East Timor | Dili | 11  | 36
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 10  | 33
New Zealand | Wellington | 10  | 32
Nauru | Yaren | 9  | 30
Indonesia | Jakarta | 8  | 26
Republic of Ireland | Dublin | 8  | 26
Latvia | Riga | 8  | 26
Philippines | Manila | 7  | 23
Bahrain | Manama | 6  | 20
North Korea | Pyongyang | 6  | 20
Barbados | Bridgetown | 6  | 20
Angola | Luanda | 6  | 20
Libya | Tripoli | 6  | 20
Mauritania | Nouakchott | 6  | 20
Denmark | Copenhagen | 5  | 16
Kuwait | Kuwait | 5  | 16
Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte | 4  | 13
Cuba | Havana | 4  | 13
Bangladesh | Dhaka | 3  | 10
Marshall Islands | Majuro | 3  | 10
Bahamas | Nassau | 2  | 7
St. Lucia | Castries | 2  | 7
United States | Washington, D.C. | 2  | 7
Algeria | Algiers | 1  | 3
Thailand | Bangkok | 1  | 3
Suriname | Paramaribo | 1  | 3
Monaco | Monaco City | 0  | 0
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 0  | 0
Maldives | Malé | 0  | 0
Singapore | Singapore | 0  | 0
Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's | 0  | 0
Dominica | Roseau | 0  | 0
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 0  | 0
Guyana | Georgetown | 0  | 0
Panama | Panama City | 0  | 0
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 0  | 0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 0  | 0
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 0  | 0
Cape Verde | Praia | 0  | 0
Djibouti | Djibouti | 0  | 0
Gabon | Libreville | 0  | 0
Gambia | Banjul | 0  | 0
Guinea | Conakry | 0  | 0
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 0  | 0
Liberia | Monrovia | 0  | 0
Seychelles | Victoria | 0  | 0
Tunisia | Tunis | 0  | 0
Fiji | Suva | 0  | 0
Kiribati | South Tarawa | 0  | 0
Samoa | Apia | 0  | 0
Tonga | Nuku'alofa | 0  | 0
Tuvalu | Vaiaku | 0  | 0
Vanuatu | Port Vila | 0  | 0
Netherlands | Amsterdam | −2  | −7
Azerbaijan | Baku | −28  | −92

### Other states (including de facto independent states, autonomous region and dependencies)

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Country  | Capital  | Altitude (m)  | Altitude (ft)

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Tibet Autonomous Region | Lhasa | 3,656  | 11,995
Somaliland[Note 2] | Hargeisa | 1,334  | 4,377
South Ossetia[Note 2] | Tskhinvali | 860  | 2,820
Kosovo[Note 2] | Pristina | 603  | 1,977
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[Note 2] | Tifariti and Laayoune | 490 (and 68)  | 1,610 (and 223)
Northern Cyprus[Note 2] | North Nicosia | 130  | 428
Transnistria[Note 2] | Tiraspol | 26  | 85
Greenland | Nuuk | 5  | 16
Abkhazia[Note 2] | Sukhumi | 5  | 16
Sint Eustatius | Oranjestad | 4  | 13
Aruba | Oranjestad | 4  | 13
Cayman Islands | George Town | 3  | 10
Taiwan[Note 3][Note 2] | Taipei | 0  | 0
Martinique | Fort-de-France | 0  | 0
Hong Kong | Admiralty | 0  | 0
Saint Helena | Jamestown | 0  | 0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | 0  | 0
French Guiana | Cayenne | 0  | 0
Montserrat | Brades | 0  | 0
Tristan da Cunha | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas | 0  | 0
Bermuda | Hamilton | 0  | 0
Macau | Nam Van | 0  | 0
Niue | Alofi | 0  | 0
Faroe Islands | Tórshavn | 0  | 0
British Virgin Islands | Road Town | 0  | 0
Anguilla | The Valley | 0  | 0
United States Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | 0  | 0
Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | 0  | 0
Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | 0  | 0
Curaçao | Willemstad | 0  | 0
Saint Martin | Marigot | 0  | 0
Bonaire | Kralendijk | 0  | 0
Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 0  | 0
Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | 0  | 0

## See also

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* List of cities by elevation

## Notes

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1. ^ The State of Palestine (according to the Basic Law of Palestine, Title One: Article 3) regards Jerusalem as its capital. But the documents of the PLO's Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) often refer to East Jerusalem (rather than the whole of Jerusalem) as a future capital, and sometimes as the current capital. One of its 2010 documents, described as "for discussion purposes only", says that Palestine has a '"vision"' for a future in which "East Jerusalem ... shall be the capital of Palestine, and West Jerusalem shall be the capital of Israel",[1] and one of its 2013 documents refers to "Palestine's capital, East Jerusalem", and states that "Occupied East Jerusalem is the natural socio-economic and political center for the future Palestinian state", while also stating that "Jerusalem has always been and remains the political, administrative and spiritual heart of Palestine" and that "The Palestinian acceptance of the 1967 border, which includes East Jerusalem, is a painful compromise".[2]
2. ^ a b c d e f g h See: List of states with limited recognition.
3. ^ In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and set up a provisional capital in Taipei, which serves as the seat of government to this day. The CCP established the People's Republic. As such, the political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan (alongside the territories under ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the China seat to the PRC instead of the ROC: most states recognize the PRC to be the sole legitimate representative of all China, and the UN classifies Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates Taiwan independence.

## References

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1. ^ PLO-NAD, June 2010, Jerusalem Non-Paper Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine on Statements and Speeches Archived 24 June 2013 at archive.today, nad-plo.org; accessed 25 November 2014. Extracts from page 2:"This paper is for discussion purposes only. Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.

Palestinian vision for Jerusalem
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Pursuant to our vision, East Jerusalem, as defined by its pre-1967 occupation municipal borders, shall be the capital of Palestine, and West Jerusalem shall be the capital of Israel, with each state enjoying full sovereignty over its respective part of the city."
2. ^ PLO-Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD), August 2013, East Jerusalem today – Palestine's Capital: The 1967 border in Jerusalem and Israel's illegal policies on the ground Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, nad-plo.org; accessed 25 November 2014, Quotes:" ... Palestine's capital, East Jerusalem ... The Palestinian acceptance of the 1967 border, which includes East Jerusalem, is a painful compromise: ... Jerusalem has always been and remains the political, administrative and spiritual heart of Palestine. Occupied East Jerusalem is the natural socio-economic and political center for the future Palestinian state."

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