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List of capitals of subnational entities

List of capitals of subnational entities covers currently the following states: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines (start), Poland, Russia (incomplete), Somalia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine (partial), United Kingdom, United States.

The table includes some of the ISO 3166-2 codes for subdivisions of countries and dependent areas, if applicable.

See also: List of national capitals, national capitals by country, list of subnational entities, list of cities

National entity Capital Subnational entity Abbr.
AustraliaCapitalState or territoryISO 3166-2
AdelaideSouth AustraliaAU-SA
BrisbaneQueenslandAU-QL
CanberraAustralian Capital TerritoryAU-CT
DarwinNorthern TerritoryAU-NT
HobartTasmaniaAU-TS
MelbourneVictoriaAU-VI
PerthWestern AustraliaAU-WA
SydneyNew South WalesAU-NS
AustriaCapitalStates 
BregenzVorarlbergV
Eisenstadt[?]BurgenlandB
GrazStyriaSt
InnsbruckTyrolT
KlagenfurtCarinthiaK
LinzUpper AustriaO
SalzburgSalzburgS
St. PöltenLower AustriaN
n/a (Vienna)ViennaW
BelgiumCapitalRegion ISO 3166-2
BrusselsBrussels (region)BE-BRU
BrusselsFlandersBE-VLG
NamurWalloniaBE-WAL
CapitalProvinceISO 3166-2
AntwerpAntwerpBE-VAN
ArlonLuxembourgBE-WLX
BrugesWest FlandersBE-VWV
GhentEast FlandersBE-VOV
HasseltLimburgBE-VLI
LeuvenFlemish BrabantBE-VBR
LiègeLiègeBE-WLG
MonsHainautBE-WHT
NamurNamurBE-WNA
WavreWalloon BrabantBE-WBR
BelizeCapitalDistrict 
Belize CityBelize District
Corozal TownCorozal District
DangrigaStann Creek District
Orange Walk TownOrange Walk District
Punta GordaToledo District
San Ignacio CayoCayo District
BoliviaCapitalDepartment[?] 
TrinidadBeni[?]
Cochabamba[?]Cochabamba[?]
SucreChuquisaca[?]
Oruro[?]Oruro[?]
Cobija[?]Pando[?]
La PazLa Paz
PotosiPotosi
Santa CruzSanta Cruz
Tarija[?]Tarija[?]
BrazilCapitalState or federal districtISO 3166-2
AracajuSergipeBR-SE
Belem[?]ParáBR-PA
Belo HorizonteMinas GeraisBR-MG
Boa Vista[?]Roraima[?]BR-RR
n/a (Brasília)Federal DistrictBR-DF
Campo Grande[?]Mato Grosso do SulBR-MS
Cuiaba[?]Mato GrossoBR-MT
Curitiba[?]Parana[?]BR-PR
Florianopolis[?]Santa CatarinaBR-SC
FortalezaCearáBR-CE
Goiania[?]GoiásBR-GO
Joao Pessoa[?]ParaíbaBR-PB
Macapa[?]AmapáBR-AP
Maceio[?]AlagoasBR-AL
Manaus[?]AmazonasBR-AM
NatalRio Grande do NorteBR-RN
Palmas[?]TocantinsBR-TO
Porto AlegreRio Grande do SulBR-RS
Porto Velho[?]RondôniaBR-RO
RecifePernambucoBR-PE
Rio Branco[?]AcreBR-AC
Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBR-RJ
SalvadorBahiaBR-BA
Sao Luis[?]MaranhãoBR-MA
Sao PauloSao PauloBR-SP
Teresina[?]PiauíBR-PI
VitoriaEspirito SantoBR-ES
CanadaCapitalProvince or territoryISO 3166-2
CharlottetownPrince Edward IslandCA-PE
EdmontonAlbertaCA-AB
FrederictonNew BrunswickCA-NB
HalifaxNova ScotiaCA-NS
IqaluitNunavutCA-NU
QuebecQuebecCA-QC
ReginaSaskatchewanCA-SK
St. John'sNewfoundland and LabradorCA-NL
TorontoOntarioCA-ON
VictoriaBritish ColumbiaCA-BC
WhitehorseYukonCA-YT
WinnipegManitobaCA-MB
YellowknifeNorthwest TerritoriesCA-NT
China, People's Republic ofCapitalProvince, autonomous region, municipality, SAR 
Beijing CityBeijing Municipality
ChangchunJilin
ChangshaHunan
ChengduSichuan
Chongqing CityChongqing Municipality
FuzhouFujian
GuangzhouGuangdong
Guiyang[?]Guizhou
Haikou[?]Hainan
HangzhouZhejiang
HarbinHeilongjiang
HefeiAnhui
HohhotInner Mongolia
n/a (Hong Kong)Hong Kong
JinanShandong
KunmingYunnan
LanzhouGansu
LhasaTibet
n/a (Macau)Macau
Nanchang[?]Jiangxi
NanjingJiangsu
Nanning[?]Guangxi
Shanghai CityShanghai Municipality
ShenyangLiaoning
Shijiazhuang[?]Hebei
Taiyuan[?]Shanxi
Tianjin CityTianjin Municipality
UrumqiXinjiang
WuhanHubei
Xi'anShaanxi
Xining[?]Qinghai
Yinchuang[?]Nangxia[?]
Zhengzhou[?]Henan
Czech RepublicCapitalRegion or capital city[?] 
BrnoSouth Moravian Region[?]
Ceske BudejoviceSouth Bohemian Region
Hradec KraloveHradec Kralove Region[?]
JihlavaVysocina Region[?]
Karlovy VaryKarlovy Vary Region[?]
LiberecLiberec Region[?]
OlomoucOlomouc Region[?]
Ostrava[?]Moravian-Silesian Region[?]
PardubicePardubice Region[?]
PlzenPlzen Region[?]
PragueCentral Bohemian Region[?]
n/a (Prague)Prague (capital city)
Usti nad LabemUsti nad Labem Region[?]
Zlin[?]Zlin Region[?]
DenmarkCapitalCounty 
AarhusAarhus
Alborg[?]North Jutland
n/a (Copenhagen)Copenhagen
 Copenhagen (county)
n/a (Frederiksberg[?])Frederiksberg[?]
HillerødFrederiksborg
Nykøbing[?]Storstrøm
OdenseFunen
RibeRibe
RingkøbingRingkøbing
RønneBornholm
RoskildeRoskilde
Slagelse[?]West Zealand[?]
SønderborgSouth Jutland
Vejle[?]Vejle[?]
ViborgViborg[?]
FinlandCapitalProvincesISO 3166-2
Mariehamn[?]Åland IslandsFI-AL
Mikkeli[?]Eastern FinlandFI-IS
OuluOuluFI-OL
RovaniemiLaplandFI-LL
Hämeenlinna[?]Southern FinlandFI-ES
TurkuWestern FinlandFI-LS
FranceCapitalRegion 
AjaccioCorsica
AmiensPicardie
BesançonFranche-Comté
BordeauxAquitaine
CaenLower Normandy
Châlons-en-ChampagneChampagne-Ardenne
Clermont-FerrandAuvergne
DijonBurgundy
LilleNord-Pas-de-Calais
LimogesLimousin
LyonRhône-Alpes
MarseilleProvence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
MetzLorraine
MontpellierLanguedoc-Roussillon
NantesPays de la Loire
OrleansCentre
ParisIle-de-France
PoitiersPoitou-Charentes
RennesBrittany
RouenUpper Normandy
StrasbourgAlsace
ToulouseMidi-Pyrénées
CapitalDepartementAbbr.
see: Departement
GermanyCapitalStatesISO 3166-2
n/a (Berlin)Berlin[?] (city-state)DE-BE
BremenBremenDE-HB
DresdenSaxonyDE-SN
DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-WestphaliaDE-NW
ErfurtThuringiaDE-TH
n/a (Hamburg)Hamburg[?] (city-state)DE-HH
HanoverLower SaxonyDE-NI
KielSchleswig-HolsteinDE-SH
MagdeburgSaxony-AnhaltDE-ST
MainzRhineland-PalatinateDE-RP
MunichBavariaDE-BY
PotsdamBrandenburgDE-BR
SaarbrückenSaarlandDE-SL
SchwerinMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaDE-MV
StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDE-BW
WiesbadenHessenDE-HE
CapitalDistrictAbbr.
see: List of German districts
IndiaCapitalState or territoryISO 3166-2
Agartala[?]Tripura[?]IN-TR
Aizawl[?]Mizoram[?]IN-MZ
BangaloreKarnataka
BhopalMadhya Pradesh
Bhubaneshwar[?]Orissa
ChandigarhChandigarh
ChandigarhHaryana
ChandigarhPunjab
ChennaiTamil Nadu
Daman[?]Daman and Diu[?]
Dehradun[?]Uttaranchal
Dispur[?]Assam
GandhinagarGujarat
Gangtok[?]Sikkim
HyderabadAndhra Pradesh
Imphal[?]Manipur[?]
Itanagar[?]Arunachal Pradesh
JaipurRajasthan
Jammu[?]Jammu and Kashmir (in winter)
Kavaratti[?]Lakshadweep
Kohima[?]Nagaland[?]
KolkataWest Bengal
Lucknow[?]Uttar Pradesh
MumbaiMaharashtra
New DelhiDelhi
Panaji[?]Goa
PatnaBihar
PondicherryPondicherry
Port Blair[?]Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Raipur[?]Chattisgarh
Ranchi[?]Jharkhand
Shillong[?]Meghalaya[?]
Shimla[?]Himachal Pradesh
Silvassa[?]Dadra and Nagar Haveli[?]
Srinagar[?]Jammu and Kashmir (in summer)
ThiruvananthapuramKerala
IndonesiaCapitalProvince, special region, capital districtISO 3166-2
Ambon[?]Maluku
Banda Aceh[?]Aceh (special region)ID-AC
Bandung[?]Jawa Barat[?]
Banjarmasin[?]Kalimantan Tengah[?]
Bengkulu[?]Bengkulu[?]
Denpasar[?]BaliID-BA
Gorontalo[?]Gorontalo[?]
JakartaJakarta (capital district)ID-JK
Jambi[?]Jambi[?]
Jayapura[?]Papua[?] (special region)
Kendari[?]Sulawesi Tenggara[?]
Kupang[?]Nusa Tenggara Timur[?]
Makassar[?]Sulawesi Setalan[?]
Manado[?]Sulawesi Utara[?]
Matararn[?]Nusa Tenggara Barat[?]
Medan[?]Sumatera Utara[?]
Padang[?]Sumatera Barat[?]
Palangkaraya[?]Kalimantan Selatan[?]
PalembangSumatera Setalan[?]
Palu[?]Sulawesi Tengah[?]
Pangkalpinang[?]Kepulauan Belitung Bangka[?]
Pekanbaru[?]Riau[?]
Pontianak[?]Kalimantan Barat[?]
Samarinda[?]Kalimantan Timur[?]
Semarang[?]Jawa Tengah[?]
Serang[?]BantenID-BT
Sofifi[?]Maluku Utara[?]
SurabayaJawa Timur[?]
Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung[?]Lampung[?]
YogyakartaYogyakarta (special region)
ItalyCapitalRegion 
AnconaMarches[?]
Aosta[?]Aosta Valley[?]
L'Aquila[?]Abruzzo
BariApulia
BolognaEmilia-Romagna
CagliariSardinia
CampobassoMolise
Catanzaro[?]Calabria
FlorenceTuscany
GenoaLiguria
MilanLombardy
NaplesCampania
PalermoSicily
PerugiaUmbria
Potenza[?]Basilicata
RomeLatium
TrentoTrentino-South Tyrol
TriesteFriuli-Venezia Giulia[?]
TurinPiedmont
VeniceVeneto
JapanCapitalPrefectureISO 3166-2
AkitaAkitaJP-05
Aomori[?]Aomori
ChibaChiba
FukuiFukui
FukuokaFukuoka
FukushimaFukushima
GifuGifu
HiroshimaHiroshima
KagoshimaKagoshima
KanazawaIshikawa
KobeHyogo
KochiKochi
Kofu[?]Yamanashi
KumamotoKumamoto
KyotoKyoto
Maebashi[?]Gunma
Matsue[?]Shimane
Matsuyama[?]Ehime
Mito[?]Ibaraki
MiyazakiMiyazaki
Morioka[?]Iwate
NaganoNagano
NagasakiNagasaki
NagoyaAichi
Naha[?]Okinawa
NaraNara
Niigata[?]Niigata
OitaOita
Okayama[?]Okayama
OsakaOsaka
Otsu[?]Shiga
SagaSaga
SaitamaSaitama
SapporoHokkaido
SendaiMiyagi
Shizuoka[?]Shizuoka
Takamatsu[?]Kagawa
Tokushima[?]Tokushima
TokyoTokyo
Tottori[?]Tottori
ToyamaToyama
Tsu[?]Mie
Utsunomiya[?]Tochigi
Wakayama[?]Wakayama
Yamagata[?]Yamagata
Yamaguchi[?]Yamaguchi
YokohamaKanagawa
MexicoCapitalState, federal districtISO 3166-2
AguascalientesAguascalientesMX-AGU
CampecheCampecheMX-CAM
ChetumalQuintana RooMX-ROO
ChihuahuaChihuahuaMX-CHH
ChilpancingoGuerreroMX-GRO
Ciudad VictoriaTamaulipasMX-TAM
ColimaColimaMX-COL
Cuernavaca[?]MorelosMX-MOR
CuliacanSinaloaMX-SIN
Durango CityDurangoMX-DUR
GuadalajaraJaliscoMX-JAL
GuanajuatoGuanajuatoMX-GUA
HermosilloSonoraMX-SON
MeridaYucatánMX-YUC
Mexicali[?]Baja California NorteMX-BCN
n/a (Mexico City)Federal DistrictMX-DIF
MonterreyNuevo LeonMX-NLE
MoreliaMichoacánMX-MIC
OaxacaOaxacaMX-OAX
Pachuca[?]Hidalgo StateMX-HID
La Paz[?]Baja California SurMX-BCS
PueblaPueblaMX-PUE
QuerétaroQuerétaroMX-QUE
SaltilloCoahuilaMX-COA
San Luis PotosíSan Luis PotosíMX-SLP
Tepic[?]NayaritMX-NAY
TlaxcalaTlaxcalaMX-TLA
TolucaMexicoMX-MEX
Tuxtla GutiérrezChiapasMX-CHP
Veracruz[?]VeracruzMX-VER
VillahermosaTabascoMX-TAB
ZacatecasZacatecasMX-ZAC
NetherlandsCapitalProvince 
ArnhemGelderland
AssenDrenthe
GroningenGroningen
HaarlemNorth Holland
The HagueSouth Holland
's-HertogenboschNorth Brabant
LeeuwardenFriesland
LelystadFlevoland
MaastrichtLimburg
MiddelburgZeeland
UtrechtUtrecht
ZwolleOverijssel
NorwayCapitalCountyISO 3166-2
ArendalAust-AgderNO-09
BergenHordaland
BodøNordland
DrammenBuskerud
HamarHedmark
KristiansandVest-Agder
LeikangerSogn og Fjordane
LillehammerOppland
MoldeMøre og Romsdal
OsloAkershus
n/a (Oslo)Oslo
SarpsborgØstfold
SkienTelemark
StavangerRogaland
SteinkjerNord-Trøndelag
TønsbergVestfold
TromsøTroms
TrondheimSør-Trøndelag
VadsøFinnmark
PakistanCapitalProvince, territory, area 
IslamabadIslamabad Capital Territory
KarachiSindh (province)
LahorePujab (province)
Muzaffarabad[?]Azad Kashmir (territory)
PeshawarNorth-West Frontier (province)
QuettaBalochistan (province)
n/aNorthern Areas (territory)
n/aTribal Areas (territory)
PhilippinesCapitalProvince 
see: Provinces of the Philippines
PolandCapitalVoivodship 
BialystokPodlasie Voivodship[?]
BydgoszczKujavian-Pomeranian Voivodship
GdanskPomeranian Voivodship
KatowiceSilesian Voivodship
KielceSwietokrzyskie Voivodship
KrakowLesser Poland Voivodship
LodzLodz Voivodship[?]
LublinLublin Voivodship[?]
OlsztynWarmian-Masurian Voivodship[?]
OpoleOpole Voivodship
PoznanGreater Poland Voivodship
RzeszowSubcarpathian Voivodship[?]
SzczecinWest Pomeranian Voivodship
WarsawMasovian Voivodship
WroclawLower Silesian Voivodship
Zielona GoraLubusz Voivodship
RussiaCapitalAutonomous republic, oblast,
district, region, city
 
Blagoveshchensk[?]Amur Oblast
Chita[?]Chita Oblast
Gorno-Altaisk[?]Altai Republic
IrkutskIrkutsk Oblast
KaliningradKaliningrad Oblast
KazanTatarstan
KemerovoKemerovo Oblast
KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk Krai
Kyzyl[?]Tuva
Nazran[?]Ingushetia
NovosibirskNovosibirsk Oblast
OmskOmsk Oblast
TomskTomsk Oblast
Ulan UdeBuryatia
YakutskSakha Republic
  
SomaliaCapitalRegion[?] 
Baidoa[?]Bay
Baki[?]Awdal
Beledweyne[?]Hiraan
Bender Cassim[?]Bari
Bu'aale[?]Jubbada Dhexe
Burao[?]Togdheer
Chisimayu[?]Jubbada Hoose
Dusa Marreb[?]Galguduud
Erigavo[?]Sanaag
Galcaio[?]Mudug
Garbahaarrey[?]Gedo
Garoowe[?]Nugaal
Giohar[?]Shabeellaha Dhexe
Hargeysa[?]Woqooyi Galbeed
Laascaanood[?]Sool
Merca[?]Shabeellaha Hoose
MogadishuBanaadir
Oddur[?]Bakool
SpainCapitalAutonomous communityISO 3166-2
BarcelonaCataloniaES-CT
VitoriaBasque Country
Logroño[?]La Rioja
MadridMadrid
MéridaExtremadura
MurciaMurcia
OviedoAsturias
Palma de MallorcaBalearic Islands
PamplonaNavarre
Santa Cruz de Tenerife[?]Canary Islands
SantanderCantabria
Santiago de CompostelaGalicia
SevilleAndalusia
ToledoCastile-La Mancha
ValenciaValencia
ValladolidCastile-Leon
ZaragozaAragon
SwedenResidence cityCountyISO 3166-2
FalunDalarnaSE-W
GävleGävleborgSE-X
GothenburgVästra Götaland
HalmstadHalland
HärnösandVästernorrland
JönköpingJönköping
KalmarKalmar
KarlskronaBlekinge
KarlstadVärmland
LinköpingÖstergötland
LuleåNorrbotten
MalmöScania
NyköpingSödermanland
ÖrebroÖrebro
ÖstersundJämtland
StockholmStockholm
UmeåVästerbotten
UppsalaUppsala
VästeråsVästmanland
VisbyGotland
VäxjöKronoberg
SwitzerlandCapitalCantonISO 3166-2
AarauAargauCH-AG
Altdorf[?]UriCH-UR
Appenzell[?]Appenzell Inner-Rhodes[?]CH-AI
BaselBasel-CityCH-BS
Bellinzona[?]TicinoCH-TI
BerneBerne[?]CH-BE
ChurGrisonsCH-GR
Delémont[?]JuraCH-JU
Frauenfeld[?]Thurgau[?]CH-TG
FribourgFribourg[?]CH-FR
GenevaGeneva[?]CH-GE
Glarus[?]Glarus[?]CH-GL
Herisau[?]Appenzell Outer-Rhodes[?]CH-AR
LausanneVaud[?]CH-VD
LiestalBasel-CountryCH-BL
LucerneLucerne[?]CH-LU
Neuchâtel[?]Neuchâtel[?]CH-NE
Sarnen[?]Obwalden[?]CH-OW
SchaffhausenSchaffhausen[?]CH-SH
SchwyzSchwyz[?]CH-SZ
Sion[?]ValaisCH-VS
SolothurnSolothurn[?]CH-SO
St. Gallen[?]St. Gallen[?]CH-SG
Stans[?]Nidwalden[?]CH-NW
ZugZugCH-ZG
ZurichZurichCH-ZH
ThailandCapitalProvince 
The capital gives the province its name, see Provinces of Thailand
UkraineCapitalAutonomous republic, cities,
voblasts
 
KievKiev City
SevastopolSevastopol City
CrimeaCrimea Autonomous Republic
L'vivL'vivs'ka Oblast[?]
PoltavaPoltavs'ka Oblast[?]
Luts'k[?]Volins'ka Oblast
  
United KingdomCapitalCountry 
BelfastNorthern Ireland
CardiffWales
EdinburghScotland
LondonEngland
CapitalDependent territory 
AdamstownPitcairn Islands
Cockburn Town[?]Turks and Caicos Islands
George Town[?]Cayman Islands
GibraltarGibraltar
Hamilton[?]Bermuda
JamestownSaint Helena
Montserrat[?]Montserrat
Port Stanley[?]Falkland Islands
Road Town[?]British Virgin Islands
The Valley[?]Anguilla
CapitalCrown dependency 
Douglas[?]Isle of Man
St. Helier[?]Jersey
St. Peter Port[?]Guernsey
United StatesCapitalState, federal districtISO 3166-2
AlbanyNew YorkUS-NY
AnnapolisMarylandUS-MD
AtlantaGeorgiaUS-GA
AugustaMaineUS-ME
AustinTexasUS-TX
Baton RougeLouisianaUS-LA
BismarckNorth DakotaUS-ND
BoiseIdahoUS-ID
BostonMassachusettsUS-MA
Carson CityNevadaUS-NV
CharlestonWest VirginiaUS-WV
CheyenneWyomingUS-WY
ColumbiaSouth CarolinaUS-SC
ColumbusOhioUS-OH
ConcordNew HampshireUS-NH
DenverColoradoUS-CO
Des MoinesIowaUS-IA
DoverDelawareUS-DE
FrankfortKentuckyUS-KY
HarrisburgPennsylvaniaUS-PA
HartfordConnecticutUS-CT
HelenaMontanaUS-MT
HonoluluHawaiiUS-HI
IndianapolisIndianaUS-IN
JacksonMississippiUS-MS
Jefferson CityMissouriUS-MO
JuneauAlaskaUS-AK
LansingMichiganUS-MI
LincolnNebraskaUS-NE
Little RockArkansasUS-AR
MadisonWisconsinUS-WI
MontgomeryAlabamaUS-AL
MontpelierVermontUS-VT
NashvilleTennesseeUS-TN
Oklahoma CityOklahomaUS-OK
OlympiaWashingtonUS-WA
PhoenixArizonaUS-AZ
PierreSouth DakotaUS-SD
ProvidenceRhode IslandUS-RI
RaleighNorth CarolinaUS-NC
RichmondVirginiaUS-VA
SacramentoCaliforniaUS-CA
Saint PaulMinnesotaUS-MN
SalemOregonUS-OR
Salt Lake CityUtahUS-UT
Santa FeNew MexicoUS-NM
SpringfieldIllinoisUS-IL
TallahasseeFloridaUS-FL
TopekaKansasUS-KS
TrentonNew JerseyUS-NJ
n/a (Washington)District of ColumbiaUS-DC
CapitalTerritoryISO 3166-2
Charlotte AmalieU.S. Virgin IslandsUS-VI
HagåtñaGuamUS-GU
Pago PagoAmerican SamoaUS-AS
SaipanNorthern Mariana IslandsUS-NM
San JuanPuerto RicoUS-PR



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