List of multiple capitals Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

There follows a list of countries that have multiple capital cities.

More than one capital today

These countries have multiple capitals today.

Countries having more than one capital

Country	Capitals	Details
Bolivia	La Paz	Administrative & legislative capital
	Sucre	Judicial capital
Chile	Santiago	Judicial & administrative
	Valparaiso	Legislative
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Legislative
	Putrajaya	Administrative
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Official (in the Constitution)
	The Hague	Administrative
Serbia and Montenegro	Belgrade	Administrative & legislative
	Podgorica	Judicial
South Africa	Pretoria	Administrative
	Cape Town	Legislative
	Bloemfontein	Judicial
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Administrative
	Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte	Legislative

Some people also argue that Tokyo and Kyoto are both capitals of Japan at present. See capital of Japan debate.

The capital of Israel is currently disputed. Israel designates Jerusalem, but many countries and the United Nations recognize Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv served as the temporary de facto capital of Israel from May to December 1948. See Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Moved capitals

These countries have shifted their capitals.

See List of historical national capitals

Two capitals in the past

These current countries have had two cities that served as administrative capitals at the same time due to various reasons such as war, partition etc.

Two cities serving as a capital

Country	Years	Capitals	Details
China	1853-1864	Beijing	Qing Dynasty (Manchu Dynasty)
		Nanjing	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
France	1940-1944	Paris	Occupied France (Nazi-occupied northern France)
		Vichy	French State (Nazi puppet government of right-wing French)
Germany	1945-1990s	Berlin	East Germany
		Bonn	West Germany
India	1912-1947	Delhi	Winter capital
		Simla	Summer capital
United States of America	1861-1865	Washington DC	United States of America ("the Union")
	1861	Montgomery	Confederate States of America
	1861-1865	Richmond	Confederate States of America
Vietnam	1954-1976	Hanoi	Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) 1940-present
		Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)	Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Yemen	1967-1990	Sana	North Yemen
		Aden	South Yemen

See also

• List of current and former capital cities within the United States
• Capital of China

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