List of countries with multiple capitals

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Some countries have multiple capitals; often one city is the seat of government while the other is the legal capital.

More than one capital at present

Country	Capitals	Details
Benin	Porto-Novo	Official capital
	Cotonou	De facto seat of government
Bolivia	Sucre	Official (constitutional) capital; seat of national judiciary
	La Paz	Seat of national administrative & legislative bodies
Chile	Santiago	Official capital; seat of national administrative and judicial bodies
	Valparaíso	Seat of national legislature
Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	Official capital
	Abidjan	De facto seat of government
Malaysia
	Kuala Lumpur	Official capital; seat of national legislature
	Putrajaya	Administrative centre and seat of national judiciary
South Africa	Pretoria	Administrative capital
	Cape Town	Legislative capital
	Bloemfontein	Judicial capital
Swaziland	Mbabane	Administrative capital
	Lobamba	Legislative and royal capital
Tanzania	Dodoma	Official capital
	Dar es Salaam	De facto seat of government
Western Sahara (SADR)	El Aaiún	Declared capital
	Bir Lehlou	Temporary capital

Some Kyoto natives also argue that Tokyo and Kyoto are both capitals of Japan at present; see Capital of Japan.

Israel designates Jerusalem as its capital. However, until Jerusalem's political status reaches a final settlement, most countries as well as the United Nations recognize Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv served as the temporary de facto capital of Israel from May to December 1948. The Palestinian National Authority also claims Jerusalem as the capital for their future Palestinian state; but currently the de facto seat of the internationally-recognized Palestinian government is in Ramallah, while the seat of the Hamas-led government is in Gaza City.

In Germany, the highest judiciary organs (Bundesgerichtshof and Bundesverfassungsgericht) are located in Karlsruhe, whereas the nation's political capital is Berlin. Some ministries are still mainly located in Bonn, the former West-German capital, which is still called "federal city" (Bundesstadt).

Republika Srpska, a sub-national entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has a constitutional capital of Sarajevo, the same as the capital of the country, by the Dayton Accords; but in fact their government is located in Banja Luka.

Although not considered a country, the European Union has three administrative centres: Brussels (Executive and part Legislative), Luxembourg (Judiciary) and Strasbourg (Parliament).

More than one capital in the past

Main article: List of historical national capitals

Many nations that have maintained only one capital at any given time have nevertheless, over time, conferred capital status on more than one city.

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

Country	Years	Capitals	Details
France	1940-1944	Paris	Occupied France (Germany-occupied northern France)
		Vichy	French State
India	1912-1947	Delhi	Winter capital
		Simla	Summer capital
Libya	1951-1969	Tripoli	One of two official capitals of Kingdom
		Benghazi	One of two official capitals of Kingdom
Philippines	1910-1948	Manila	Official capital
	1948-1976	Quezon City	Official capital
Serbia and Montenegro	1992-2006	Belgrade	Administrative & legislative
		Podgorica	Judicial

See also

• List of capitals in the United States
• List of historical capitals of China
• List of national capitals
• List of historical national capitals
• List of purpose-built capital cities
• List of countries whose capital is not their largest city
• List of cities
• List of capitals and largest cities by country

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