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expenditures: $31 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

France:revenues: $210 billion

expenditures: $240 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

French Guiana:revenues: $225 million

expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105million (1996)

French Polynesia:revenues: $1 billion

expenditures: $900 million, including capital expenditures of $185million (1996)

Gabon:revenues: $1.5 billion

expenditures: $1.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $302million (1996 est.)

Gambia, The:revenues: $90.5 million

expenditures: $80.9 million, including capital expenditures of $4.1million (2001 est.)

Gaza Strip:revenues: $1.6 billion

expenditures: $1.73 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA

note: includes West Bank (1999 est.)

Georgia:revenues: $437 million

expenditures: $626 million, including capital expenditures of $60million (1999)

Germany:revenues: $996 billion

expenditures: $1.036 trillion, including capital expenditures of$NA (1999 est.)

Ghana:revenues: $1.39 billion

expenditures: $1.47 billion, including capital expenditures of $370million (1996 est.)

Gibraltar:revenues: $307 million

expenditures: $284 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY00/01 est.)

Greece:revenues: $45 billion

expenditures: $47.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Greenland:revenues: $646 million

expenditures: $629 million, including capital expenditures of $85million (1999)

Grenada:revenues: $85.8 million

expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28million (1997)

Guadeloupe:revenues: $225 million

expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105million (1996)

Guam:revenues: $605.3 million

expenditures: $654.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000)

Guatemala:revenues: $2.2 billion

expenditures: $1.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2001 est.)

Guernsey:revenues: $381.3 million

expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Guinea:revenues: $NA

expenditures: $417.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NAmillion (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau:revenues: $NA

expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Guyana:revenues: $220.1 million

expenditures: $286.4 million, including capital expenditures of$86.6 million (1998)

Haiti:revenues: $317 million

expenditures: $362 million, including capital expenditures of $84million (FY99/00 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City):revenues: $209.6 million

expenditures: $198.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1997)

Honduras:revenues: $607 million

expenditures: $411.9 million, including capital expenditures of$106 million (1999 est.)

Hong Kong:revenues: $20.8 billion

expenditures: $24.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY99/00)

Hungary:revenues: $13 billion

expenditures: $14.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Iceland:revenues: $3.5 billion

expenditures: $3.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $467million (1999)

India:revenues: $44.3 billion

expenditures: $73.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY00/01 est.)

Indonesia:revenues: $26 billion

expenditures: $30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Iran:revenues: $27 billion

expenditures: $27 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999)

Iraq:revenues: $NA

expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Ireland:revenues: $25.7 billion

expenditures: $19.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $2billion (2000)

Israel:revenues: $40 billion

expenditures: $42.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Italy:revenues: $488 billion

expenditures: $501 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Jamaica:revenues: $2.23 billion

expenditures: $2.56 billion, including capital expenditures of$232.5 million (FY99/00 est.)

Japan:revenues: $441 billion

expenditures: $718 billion, including capital expenditures (publicworks only) of about $84 billion (FY01/02 est.)

Jersey:revenues: $601 million

expenditures: $588 million, including capital expenditures of $98million (2000 est.)

Jordan:revenues: $2.8 billion

expenditures: $3.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Kazakhstan:revenues: $3.1 billion

expenditures: $3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Kenya:revenues: $2.91 billion

expenditures: $2.97 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Kiribati:revenues: $33.3 million

expenditures: $47.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NAmillion (1996 est.)

Korea, North:revenues: $NA

expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Korea, South:revenues: $81.8 billion

expenditures: $94.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $6.1billion (1999)

Kuwait:revenues: $11.5 billion

expenditures: $17.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY01/02)

Kyrgyzstan:revenues: $207.4 million

expenditures: $238.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Laos:revenues: $211 million

expenditures: $462 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY98/99 est.)

Latvia:revenues: $1.33 billion

expenditures: $1.27 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Lebanon:revenues: $3.31 billion

expenditures: $5.55 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Lesotho:revenues: $76 million

expenditures: $80 million, including capital expenditures of $15million (FY99/00 est.)

Liberia:revenues: $NA

expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Libya:revenues: $6.85 billion

expenditures: $4.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Liechtenstein:revenues: $424.2 million

expenditures: $414.1 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Lithuania:revenues: $1.5 billion

expenditures: $1.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1997 est.)

Luxembourg:revenues: $5.6 billion

expenditures: $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Macau:revenues: $1.26 billion

expenditures: $1.22 billion, including capital expenditures of $175million (1999 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:revenues: $1.06 billion

expenditures: $1 billion, including capital expenditures of $107million (1996 est.)

Madagascar:revenues: $553 million

expenditures: $735 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Malawi:revenues: $490 million

expenditures: $523 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY99/00 est.)

Malaysia:revenues: $16.4 billion

expenditures: $17.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $43billion (2000 est.)

Maldives:revenues: $166 million (excluding foreign grants)

expenditures: $192 million, including capital expenditures of $80million (1999 est.)

Mali:revenues: $730 million

expenditures: $770 million, including capital expenditures of $320million (1997 est.)

Malta:revenues: $1.6 billion

expenditures: $1.73 billion, including capital expenditures of$265.4 million (1999)

Man, Isle of:revenues: $485 million

expenditures: $463 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY00/01 est.)

Marshall Islands:revenues: $80.1 million

expenditures: $77.4 million, including capital expenditures of$19.5 million (FY95/96 est.)

Martinique:revenues: $900 million

expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $140million (1996)

Mauritania:revenues: $329 million

expenditures: $265 million, including capital expenditures of $75million (1996 est.)

Mauritius:revenues: $1.1 billion

expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Mayotte:revenues: $NA

expenditures: $73 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1991 est.)

Mexico:revenues: $125 billion

expenditures: $130 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of: revenues: $161 million ($69 million less grants)

expenditures: $160 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

Moldova:revenues: $536 million

expenditures: $594 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Monaco:revenues: $518 million

expenditures: $531 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1995)

Mongolia:revenues: $262 million

expenditures: $328 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Montserrat:revenues: $31.4 million

expenditures: $31.6 million, including capital expenditures of $8.4million (1997 est.)

Morocco:revenues: $9.6 billion

expenditures: $8.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.1billion (2001 est.)

Mozambique:revenues: $466.9 million

expenditures: $1.004 billion, including capital expenditures of$502.5 million (2000 est.)

Namibia:revenues: $883 million

expenditures: $950 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998)

Nauru:revenues: $23.4 million

expenditures: $64.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY95/96)

Nepal:revenues: $536 million

expenditures: $818 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY96/97 est.)

Netherlands:revenues: $134 billion

expenditures: $134 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2001 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:revenues: $710.8 million

expenditures: $741.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1997 est.)

New Caledonia:revenues: $861.3 million

expenditures: $735.3 million, including capital expenditures of $52million (1996 est.)

New Zealand:revenues: $19.2 billion

expenditures: $19.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Nicaragua:revenues: $734 million

expenditures: $836 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Niger:revenues: $377 million, including $146 million from foreignsources

expenditures: $377 million, including capital expenditures of $105million (1999 est.)

Nigeria:revenues: $3.4 billion

expenditures: $3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Niue:revenues: $NA

expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Norfolk Island:revenues: $4.6 million

expenditures: $4.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY92/93)

Northern Mariana Islands:revenues: $221 million

expenditures: $213 million, including capital expenditures of $17.7million (1996)

Norway:revenues: $71.7 billion

expenditures: $57.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Oman:revenues: $4.7 billion

expenditures: $5.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $490million (1999)

Pakistan:revenues: $8.9 billion

expenditures: $11.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY00/01 est.)

Palau:revenues: $57.7 million

expenditures: $80.8 million, including capital expenditures of$17.1 million (FY98/99 est.)

Panama:revenues: $2.8 billion

expenditures: $2.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $471million (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea:revenues: $1.6 billion

expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Paraguay:revenues: $1.3 billion

expenditures: $2 billion, including capital expenditures of $700million (1999 est.)

Peru:revenues: $8.5 billion

expenditures: $9.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $2billion (1996 est.)

Philippines:revenues: $14.5 billion

expenditures: $12.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Pitcairn Islands:revenues: $729,884

expenditures: $878,119, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY94/95 est.)

Poland:revenues: $49.6 billion

expenditures: $52.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999)

Portugal:revenues: $48.6 billion

expenditures: $50.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $7.7billion (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico:revenues: $6.7 billion

expenditures: $9.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY99/00)

Qatar:revenues: $3.9 billion

expenditures: $4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Reunion:revenues: NA

expenditures: NA

Romania:revenues: $11.7 billion

expenditures: $12.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Russia:revenues: $40 billion

expenditures: $33.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Rwanda:revenues: $198 million

expenditures: $411 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Saint Helena:revenues: $11.2 million

expenditures: $11 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY92)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:revenues: $64.1 million

expenditures: $73.3 million, including capital expenditures of$10.4 million (1997 est.)

Saint Lucia:revenues: $141.2 million

expenditures: $146.7 million, including capital expenditures of$25.1 million (FY97/98 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:revenues: $70 million

expenditures: $60 million, including capital expenditures of $24million (1996 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:revenues: $85.7 million

expenditures: $98.6 million, including capital expenditures of$25.7 million (1997 est.)

Samoa:revenues: $74.8 million

expenditures: $81.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

San Marino:revenues: $400 million

expenditures: $400 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe:revenues: $58 million

expenditures: $114 million, including capital expenditures of $54million (1993 est.)

Saudi Arabia:revenues: $66 billion

expenditures: $66 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Senegal:revenues: $885 million

expenditures: $885 million, including capital expenditures of $125million (1996 est.)

Seychelles:revenues: $249 million

expenditures: $262 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Sierra Leone:revenues: $96 million

expenditures: $351 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Singapore:revenues: $18.1 billion

expenditures: $17.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $9.5billion (FY99/00 est.)

Slovakia:revenues: $5.2 billion

expenditures: $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999)

Slovenia:revenues: $8.11 billion

expenditures: $8.32 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1997 est.)

Solomon Islands:revenues: $147 million

expenditures: $168 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1997 est.)

Somalia:revenues: $NA

expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

South Africa:revenues: $31.1 billion

expenditures: $34.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NAbillion (FY01/02)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:revenues: $291,777

expenditures: $451,000, including capital expenditures of $NA (1988est.)

Spain:revenues: $105 billion

expenditures: $109 billion, including capital expenditures of $12.8billion (2000 est.)

Sri Lanka:revenues: $3 billion

expenditures: $3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Sudan:revenues: $1.2 billion

expenditures: $1.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Suriname:revenues: $393 million

expenditures: $403 million, including capital expenditures of $34million (1997 est.)

Svalbard:revenues: $11.5 million

expenditures: $11.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Swaziland:revenues: $400 million

expenditures: $450 million, including capital expenditures of $115million (FY96/97)

Sweden:revenues: $133 billion

expenditures: $125.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Switzerland:revenues: $32.66 billion

expenditures: $34.89 billion, including capital expenditures of$2.3 billion (1998 est.)

Syria:revenues: $2.25 billion

expenditures: $5.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Tajikistan:revenues: $146 million

expenditures: $196 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Tanzania:revenues: $1.21 billion

expenditures: $1.36 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Thailand:revenues: $19 billion

expenditures: $21 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Togo:revenues: $232 million

expenditures: $252 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1997 est.)

Tokelau:revenues: $430,830

expenditures: $2.8 million, including capital expenditures of$37,300 (1987 est.)

Tonga:revenues: $49 million

expenditures: $120 million, including capital expenditures of $75million (FY96/97 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago:revenues: $1.54 billion

expenditures: $1.6 billion, including capital expenditures of$117.3 million (1998)

Tunisia:revenues: $7.5 billion

expenditures: $8.1 billion, including capital expenditures to $1.6billion (2000 est.)

Turkey:revenues: $54.5 billion

expenditures: $75.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.3billion (2000)

Turkmenistan:revenues: $588.6 million

expenditures: $658.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands:revenues: $47 million

expenditures: $33.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1997-1998 est.)

Tuvalu:revenues: $6.2 million

expenditures: $6.1 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

Uganda:revenues: $959 million

expenditures: $1.04 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(FY98/99 est.)

Ukraine:revenues: $8.3 billion

expenditures: $8.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

United Arab Emirates:revenues: $6.5 billion

expenditures: $7.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

United Kingdom:revenues: $555.2 billion

expenditures: $510.8 billion, including capital expenditures of$37.7 billion (FY00)

United States:revenues: $1.828 trillion

expenditures: $1.703 trillion, including capital expenditures of$NA (1999)

Uruguay:revenues: $4 billion

expenditures: $4.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $500million (2000 est.)

Uzbekistan:revenues: $4 billion

expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(1999 est.)

Vanuatu:revenues: $94.4 million

expenditures: $99.8 million, including capital expenditures of$30.4 million (1996 est.)

Venezuela:revenues: $26.4 billion

expenditures: $27 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000 est.)

Vietnam:revenues: $5.3 billion

expenditures: $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.8billion (1999 est.)

Virgin Islands:revenues: $364.4 million

expenditures: $364.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1990 est.)

Wallis and Futuna:revenues: $20 million

expenditures: $17 million, including capital expenditures of $NA(1998 est.)

West Bank:revenues: $1.6 billion

expenditures: $1.73 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA

note: includes Gaza Strip (1999 est.)

Western Sahara: revenues: $NA

expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Yemen:revenues: $3 billion

expenditures: $3.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2001 est.)

Yugoslavia:revenues: $NA

expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Zambia:revenues: $900 million

expenditures: $1 billion, including capital expenditures of NAmillion (1999 est.)

Zimbabwe:revenues: $2.5 billion

expenditures: $2.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $279million (FY96/97 est.)

Taiwan:revenues: $42.74 billion

expenditures: $48.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2001 est.)

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@Capital

Afghanistan:Kabul

Albania:Tirana

Algeria:Algiers

American Samoa:Pago Pago

Andorra:Andorra la Vella

Angola:Luanda

Anguilla:The Valley

Antigua and Barbuda:Saint John's

Argentina:Buenos Aires

Armenia:Yerevan

Aruba:Oranjestad

Australia:Canberra

Austria:Vienna

Azerbaijan:Baku (Baki)

Bahamas, The:Nassau

Bahrain:Manama

Bangladesh:Dhaka

Barbados:Bridgetown

Belarus:Minsk

Belgium:Brussels

Belize:Belmopan

Benin:Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat ofgovernment

Bermuda:Hamilton

Bhutan:Thimphu

Bolivia:La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seatof judiciary)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:Sarajevo

Botswana:Gaborone

Brazil:Brasilia

British Virgin Islands:Road Town

Brunei:Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria:Sofia

Burkina Faso:Ouagadougou

Burma:Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)

Burundi:Bujumbura

Cambodia:Phnom Penh

Cameroon:Yaounde

Canada:Ottawa

Cape Verde:Praia

Cayman Islands:George Town

Central African Republic:Bangui

Chad:N'Djamena

Chile:Santiago

China:Beijing

Christmas Island:The Settlement

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:West Island

Colombia:Bogota

Comoros:Moroni

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:Kinshasa

Congo, Republic of the:Brazzaville

Cook Islands:Avarua

Costa Rica:San Jose

Cote d'Ivoire:Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has beenthe official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrativecenter; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy inAbidjan

Croatia:Zagreb

Cuba:Havana

Cyprus:Nicosia

Czech Republic:Prague

Denmark:Copenhagen

Djibouti:Djibouti

Dominica:Roseau

Dominican Republic:Santo Domingo

Ecuador:Quito

Egypt:Cairo

El Salvador:San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea:Malabo

Eritrea:Asmara (formerly Asmera)

Estonia:Tallinn

Ethiopia:Addis Ababa

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):Stanley

Faroe Islands:Torshavn

Fiji:Suva

Finland:Helsinki

France:Paris

French Guiana:Cayenne

French Polynesia:Papeete

Gabon:Libreville

Gambia, The:Banjul

Georgia:T'bilisi

Germany:Berlin

Ghana:Accra

Gibraltar:Gibraltar

Greece:Athens

Greenland:Nuuk (Godthab)

Grenada:Saint George's

Guadeloupe:Basse-Terre

Guam:Hagatna (Agana)

Guatemala:Guatemala

Guernsey:Saint Peter Port

Guinea:Conakry

Guinea-Bissau:Bissau

Guyana:Georgetown

Haiti:Port-au-Prince

Holy See (Vatican City):Vatican City

Honduras:Tegucigalpa

Hungary:Budapest

Iceland:Reykjavik

India:New Delhi

Indonesia:Jakarta

Iran:Tehran

Iraq:Baghdad

Ireland:Dublin

Israel:Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capitalin 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains itsEmbassy in Tel Aviv

Italy:Rome

Jamaica:Kingston

Japan:Tokyo

Jersey:Saint Helier

Jordan:Amman

Kazakhstan:Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty toAstana in December 1998

Kenya:Nairobi

Kiribati:Tarawa

Korea, North:P'yongyang

Korea, South:Seoul

Kuwait:Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan:Bishkek

Laos:Vientiane

Latvia:Riga

Lebanon:Beirut

Lesotho:Maseru

Liberia:Monrovia

Libya:Tripoli

Liechtenstein:Vaduz

Lithuania:Vilnius

Luxembourg:Luxembourg

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:Skopje

Madagascar:Antananarivo

Malawi:Lilongwe

Malaysia:Kuala Lumpur

Maldives:Male

Mali:Bamako

Malta:Valletta

Man, Isle of:Douglas

Marshall Islands:Majuro

Martinique:Fort-de-France

Mauritania:Nouakchott

Mauritius:Port Louis

Mayotte:Mamoutzou

Mexico:Mexico

Micronesia, Federated States of:Palikir

Moldova:Chisinau

Monaco:Monaco

Mongolia:Ulaanbaatar

Montserrat:Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity;interim government buildings have been built at Brades, in theCarr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat)

Morocco:Rabat

Mozambique:Maputo

Namibia:Windhoek

Nauru:no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Nepal:Kathmandu

Netherlands:Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government

Netherlands Antilles:Willemstad

New Caledonia:Noumea

New Zealand:Wellington

Nicaragua:Managua

Niger:Niamey

Nigeria:Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital wasofficially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal governmentoffices have now made the move to Abuja

Niue:Alofi

Norfolk Island:Kingston

Northern Mariana Islands:Saipan

Norway:Oslo

Oman:Muscat

Pakistan:Islamabad

Palau:Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 kmnortheast of Koror

Panama:Panama

Papua New Guinea:Port Moresby

Paraguay:Asuncion

Peru:Lima

Philippines:Manila

Pitcairn Islands:Adamstown

Poland:Warsaw

Portugal:Lisbon

Puerto Rico:San Juan

Qatar:Doha

Reunion:Saint-Denis

Romania:Bucharest

Russia:Moscow

Rwanda:Kigali

Saint Helena:Jamestown

Saint Kitts and Nevis:Basseterre

Saint Lucia:Castries

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:Saint-Pierre

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:Kingstown

Samoa:Apia

San Marino:San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe:Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia:Riyadh

Senegal:Dakar

Seychelles:Victoria

Sierra Leone:Freetown

Singapore:Singapore

Slovakia:Bratislava

Slovenia:Ljubljana

Solomon Islands:Honiara

Somalia:Mogadishu

South Africa:Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative centerand Bloemfontein the judicial center

Spain:Madrid

Sri Lanka:Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is thelegislative capital

Sudan:Khartoum

Suriname:Paramaribo

Svalbard:Longyearbyen

Swaziland:Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislativecapital

Sweden:Stockholm

Switzerland:Bern

Syria:Damascus

Tajikistan:Dushanbe

Tanzania:Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have beentransferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital;the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis

Thailand:Bangkok

Togo:Lome

Tokelau:none; each atoll has its own administrative center

Tonga:Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago:Port-of-Spain

Tunisia:Tunis

Turkey:Ankara

Turkmenistan:Ashgabat

Turks and Caicos Islands:Cockburn Town (on Grand Turk)

Tuvalu:Funafuti

Uganda:Kampala

Ukraine:Kiev (Kyyiv)

United Arab Emirates:Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom:London

United States:Washington, DC

Uruguay:Montevideo

Uzbekistan:Tashkent (Toshkent)

Vanuatu:Port-Vila

Venezuela:Caracas

Vietnam:Hanoi

Virgin Islands:Charlotte Amalie

Wallis and Futuna:Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)

Western Sahara:none

Yemen:Sanaa

Yugoslavia:Belgrade

Zambia:Lusaka

Zimbabwe:Harare

Taiwan:Taipei

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@Climate

Afghanistan:arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

Albania:mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, drysummers; interior is cooler and wetter

Algeria:arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summersalong coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on highplateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common insummer

American Samoa:tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds;annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season from November toApril, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperaturevariation

Andorra:temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

Angola:semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool,dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)

Anguilla:tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds

Antarctica:severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation,and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than WestAntarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula hasthe most moderate climate; higher temperatures occur in Januaryalong the coast and average slightly below freezing

Antigua and Barbuda:tropical marine; little seasonal temperaturevariation

Arctic Ocean:polar climate characterized by persistent cold andrelatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterizedby continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, andclear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp andfoggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow

Argentina:mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic insouthwest

Armenia:highland continental, hot summers, cold winters

Aruba:tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:tropical

Atlantic Ocean:tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coastof Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea;hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequentfrom August to November

Australia:generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east;tropical in north

Austria:temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequentrain in lowlands and snow in mountains; cool summers with occasionalshowers

Azerbaijan:dry, semiarid steppe

Bahamas, The:tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of GulfStream

Bahrain:arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers

Baker Island:equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

Bangladesh:tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humidsummer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)

Barbados:tropical; rainy season (June to October)

Bassas da India:tropical

Belarus:cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional betweencontinental and maritime

Belgium:temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy

Belize:tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May toNovember); dry season (February to May)

Benin:tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Bermuda:subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common inwinter

Bhutan:varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hotsummers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers inHimalayas

Bolivia:varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold andsemiarid

Bosnia and Herzegovina: hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast

Botswana:semiarid; warm winters and hot summers

Bouvet Island:antarctic

Brazil:mostly tropical, but temperate in south

British Indian Ocean Territory:tropical marine; hot, humid,moderated by trade winds

British Virgin Islands:subtropical; humid; temperatures moderatedby trade winds

Brunei:tropical; hot, humid, rainy

Bulgaria:temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers

Burkina Faso:tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers

Burma:tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers(southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall,mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon,December to April)

Burundi:equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitudevariation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annualtemperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigradebut is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m;average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; wet seasons from Februaryto May and September to November, and dry seasons from June toAugust and December to January

Cambodia:tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dryseason (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation

Cameroon:varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiaridand hot in north

Canada:varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic innorth

Cape Verde:temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager andvery erratic

Cayman Islands:tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May toOctober) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April)

Central African Republic:tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot,wet summers

Chad:tropical in south, desert in north

Chile:temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region;cool and damp in south

China:extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north

Christmas Island:tropical; heat and humidity moderated by tradewinds

Clipperton Island:tropical, humid, average temperature 20-32degrees C, rains May-October

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:pleasant, modified by the southeast tradewinds for about nine months of the year; moderate rainfall

Colombia:tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler inhighlands

Comoros:tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season April to October, dry season December to February; south of Equator - wet season November to March, dry season April to October

Congo, Republic of the: tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); constantly high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator

Cook Islands:tropical; moderated by trade winds

Coral Sea Islands:tropical

Costa Rica:tropical and subtropical; dry season (December toApril); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands

Cote d'Ivoire:tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; threeseasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March toMay), hot and wet (June to October)

Croatia:Mediterranean and continental; continental climatepredominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, drysummers along coast

Cuba:tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November toApril); rainy season (May to October)

Cyprus:temperate, Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool,winters

Czech Republic:temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

Denmark:temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and coolsummers

Djibouti:desert; torrid, dry

Dominica:tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavyrainfall

Dominican Republic:tropical maritime; little seasonal temperaturevariation; seasonal variation in rainfall

Ecuador:tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higherelevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands


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