The CIA World Factbook Edition 2000 Government
Capital In 36 editions of 36.
Capital was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2000 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2000 edition
- 233
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Capital” (1990 to 2025) and “National capital” (1997 to 1998).
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Africa
57 entriesCote d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro
note: although Yamoussoukro has been the capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
Nigeria
Abuja
note: on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially moved from Lagos to Abuja; many government offices remain in Lagos pending completion of facilities in Abuja
South Africa
Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
note: some government offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis
Antarctic Region
1 entryArctic Region
3 entriesAsia
22 entriesCentral America and the Caribbean
31 entriesMontserrat
Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat)
Europe
46 entriesMiddle East
15 entriesIsrael
Jerusalem
note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
North America
5 entriesOceania
26 entriesSouth America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
13 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2000, “Capital”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/capital/2000.