CAPITAL CITIES

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What is the world’s oldest capital city? Can you name the European city that takes the crown for the highest capital on the continent? Flex your historical muscles with these questions. Tap or click anywhere on each card to reveal the answers.

Which capital city is the highest by elevation?

La Paz, Bolivia

Which capital is known as the “City of a Thousand Minarets”?

Cairo, Egypt

Which capital is split by the Danube River?

Budapest, Hungary

Which capital city hosts the European Union headquarters?

Brussels, Belgium

What city was proposed as the capital of the United States before Washington, D.C. was chosen?

Philadelphia

What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

Riyadh

What two African capital cities are less than a mile apart?

Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo

Which capital city is closest to the equator?

Quito, Ecuador

What country’s capital is called Sana’a?

Yemen

Which capital city was formerly known as Edo?

Tokyo, Japan

What is Europe’s highest capital city?

Andorra la Vella, Andorra

Which capital city was known as Salisbury until 1982?

Harare, Zimbabwe

Which capital is known as the “Eternal City”?

Rome, Italy

Which capital is located where the Blue and White Nile rivers meet?

Khartoum, Sudan

Which country’s capital city is Port of Spain?

Trinidad and Tobago

Nauru has no official capital city but what is its de facto capital?

Yaren

Which capital city is home to the Acropolis?

Athens, Greece

When Germany was split into two countries in 1949, what were their capitals?

East Berlin, East Germany and Bonn, West Germany

What was India’s capital before New Delhi?

Calcutta (now known as Kolkata)

What is the world’s oldest capital city?

Damascus, Syria