Countries more than one capital city
Bolivia -
Surrounded by the snowy peaks of the Andes Mountains, La Paz is the well-known capital city of Bolivia. But The constitutional capital is Sucre.
South Africa -
South Africa is the only country to have three capital cities. Located between the shoreline and Table Mountain, Cape Town was the capital of Britain's Cape Colony.
Malawi -
From 1974 to 1994, Lilongwe was the administrative and judiciary capital, and Zomba was the legislative capital.
Laos -
The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, Laos was once a monarchy with two capitals. Vientiane was, and still is, the administrative capital.
Austro-Hungarian Empire -
One of the great powers of Europe, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was a constitutional monarchy with two capitals, Vienna and Budapest.
France -
Then there are nations that in the past had more than one capital. For example, France had two capitals between 1940 and 1944.
Tanzania -
In 1973, the Tanzanian government announced it was moving from the coastal capital of Dar es Salaam (pictured) to the central location of Dodoma.
Sri Lanka -
The coastal city of Colombo is Sri Lanka's executive and judicial capital and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, often called Kotte, is the country's legislative capital
Montenegro -
Montenegro has the official capital of Podgorica (pictured), and the traditional capital of Cetinje to honor the country's past.
Kingdom of Eswatini -
Formerly known as Swaziland,located in the heart of the Dlangeni Hills, Mbabane is the administrative capital.
Netherlands -
The Netherlands' main governing bodies, including the states general, executive branch, and supreme court, are all located in The Hague.
Benin -
The West African nation of Benin has two capitals: Porto-Novo (pictured) and Cotonou.
Côte d'Ivoire -
Home to the main governmental functions, Yamoussoukro became the country's second capital in 1983.
Czech Republic -
With its Gothic spires and Baroque rooflines, Prague is a world-famous capital, and a symbol of Czech culture and history.
Czech Republic -
But the supreme court of the Czech Republic is in the country's less-known second capital, Brno.