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1st Continental Congress September 5, 1774 Carpenter's Hall Philadelphia 2nd Continental Congress May 10, 1775 Carpenter's Hall Philadelphia
3rd Continental Congress September 5, 1775   4th Continental Congress May 10, 1776  
5th Continental Congress September 5, 1776   6th Continental Congress May 10, 1777  
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7th September 5, 1777   8    
9 September 5, 1778   10    
11 September 5, 1779   12    
13 September 5, 1780   14    
15 September 5, 1781   16    
17 September 5, 1782   18    
19 September 5, 1783   20    
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The Massachusetts State House

 

Dome of the United States Capitol building.
State Capitals of the United States
State Abr. Date of statehood Capital Capital since Most populous city? Municipal population Metropolitan population Notes
Alabama AL 1819 Montgomery 1846 No 200,127 469,268 Birmingham is the state's largest city.
Alaska AK 1959 Juneau 1906 No 30,987 Anchorage is the state's largest city.
Arizona AZ 1912 Phoenix 1889 Yes 1,552,259 4,039,182 Phoenix is the most populous U.S. state capital.
Arkansas AR 1836 Little Rock 1821 Yes 204,370 652,834
California CA 1850 Sacramento 1854 No 467,343 2,136,604 The Supreme Court of California sits in San Francisco. Los Angeles is the state's largest city.
Colorado CO 1876 Denver 1867 Yes 566,974 2,408,750
Connecticut CT 1788 Hartford 1875 No 124,397 1,188,241 Bridgeport is the state's largest city, but Greater Hartford is the largest metro area.
Delaware DE 1787 Dover 1777 No 32,135 Wilmington is the state's largest city.
Florida FL 1845 Tallahassee 1824 No 168,979 336,501 Jacksonville is the largest city, and Miami has the largest metro area.
Georgia GA 1788 Atlanta 1868 Yes 486,411 5,138,223
Hawaii HI 1959 Honolulu 1845 Yes 377,357 909,863
Idaho ID 1890 Boise 1865 Yes 201,287 635,450
Illinois IL 1818 Springfield 1837 No 116,482 188,951 Springfield is the smallest state capital with population above 100,000 (on this list). Chicago is the state's largest city.
Indiana IN 1816 Indianapolis 1825 Yes 791,926 1,984,664 In addition to being the second-largest state capital, Indianapolis is also the third largest city in the Midwest.
Iowa IA 1846 Des Moines 1857 Yes 209,124 625,384
Kansas KS 1861 Topeka 1856 No 122,327 228,894 Wichita is the state's largest city.
Kentucky KY 1792 Frankfort 1792 No 27,741 69,670 Louisville is the state's largest city.
Louisiana LA 1812 Baton Rouge 1880 No 224,097 751,965 New Orleans is the state's largest city and home to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Maine ME 1820 Augusta 1832 No 18,560 117,114 Augusta was officially made the capital 1827, but the legislature did not sit there until 1832. Portland is the state's largest city.
Maryland MD 1788 Annapolis 1694 No 36,217 Annapolis is the third-longest serving capital in the United States after Santa Fe and Boston. Its capitol building is the oldest still in use. Baltimore is the state's largest city.
Massachusetts MA 1788 Boston 1630 Yes 590,763 4,455,217 Boston is the longest continuously serving capital in the United States. The Boston-Worcester-Manchester Combined Statistical Area encompasses the state capitals of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
Michigan MI 1837 Lansing 1847 No 119,128 454,044 Lansing is the only state capital that is not also the county seat of the county in which it is situated. Detroit is the state's largest city.
Minnesota MN 1858 Saint Paul 1849 No 287,151 3,502,891 Minneapolis is the state's largest city; it and Saint Paul form the core of the state's largest metropolitan area.
Mississippi MS 1817 Jackson 1821 Yes 184,256 529,456
Missouri MO 1821 Jefferson City 1826 No 39,636 146,363 Kansas City is the state's largest city, and Greater St. Louis is the state's largest metropolitan area.
Montana MT 1889 Helena 1875 No 25,780 67,636 Billings is the state's largest city.
Nebraska NE 1867 Lincoln 1867 No 225,581 283,970 Omaha is the state's largest city.
Nevada NV 1864 Carson City 1861 No 57,701 Las Vegas is the state's largest city.
New Hampshire NH 1788 Concord 1808 No 42,221 Manchester is the state's largest city.
New Jersey NJ 1787 Trenton 1784 No 84,639 367,605 Newark is the state's largest city.
New Mexico NM 1912 Santa Fe 1610 No 70,631 142,407 Santa Fe is the longest serving capital in the United States. El Paso del Norte served as the capital of the Santa Fe de Nuevo México colony-in-exile during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680–1692. Albuquerque is the state's largest city.
New York NY 1788 Albany 1797 No 95,993 1,147,850 Albany is the largest U.S. state capital with population under 100,000 (and therefore not on this list). New York City is the state's largest city.
North Carolina NC 1789 Raleigh 1794 No 380,173 1,635,974 Charlotte is the state's largest city.
North Dakota ND 1889 Bismarck 1883 No 55,533 101,138 Fargo is the state's largest city.
Ohio OH 1803 Columbus 1816 Yes 733,203 1,725,570 Columbus is Ohio's largest city but the Cincinnati and Cleveland metropolitan areas are both larger.
Oklahoma OK 1907 Oklahoma City 1910 Yes 541,500 1,266,445 Oklahoma City is the shortest serving current state capital in the United States.
Oregon OR 1859 Salem 1855 No 149,305 539,203 Portland is the state's largest city.
Pennsylvania PA 1787 Harrisburg 1812 No 48,950 647,390 Philadelphia is the state's largest city.
Rhode Island RI 1790 Providence 1900 Yes 176,862 1,612,989 Providence also served as the capital 1636–1686 and 1689–1776. It was one of five co-capitals 1776–1853, and one of two co-capitals 1853–1900.
South Carolina SC 1788 Columbia 1786 Yes 122,819 703,771
South Dakota SD 1889 Pierre 1889 No 13,876 Sioux Falls is the state's largest city.
Tennessee TN 1796 Nashville 1826 No 607,413 1,455,097 Memphis is the state's largest city, and Nashville is the largest metro area.
Texas TX 1845 Austin 1839 No 709,893 1,513,565 Houston is the state's largest city and the previous capital, and Dallas–Fort Worth is the largest metro area. It is the largest state capital that is not also state's largest city.
Utah UT 1896 Salt Lake City 1858 Yes 181,743 1,115,692
Vermont VT 1791 Montpelier 1805 No 8,035 Montpelier is the least populous U.S. state capital. Burlington is the state's largest city.
Virginia VA 1788 Richmond 1780 No 195,251 1,194,008 Virginia Beach is the state's largest city, and Northern Virginia is the state's largest metro area.
Washington WA 1889 Olympia 1853 No 42,514 234,670 Seattle is the state's largest city.
West Virginia WV 1863 Charleston 1885 Yes 52,700 305,526
Wisconsin WI 1848 Madison 1838 No 221,551 543,022 Milwaukee is the state's largest city.
Wyoming WY 1890 Cheyenne 1869 Yes 55,362 85,384
Capitals of United States Insular Areas
Insular area Date Capital Notes
American Samoa 1899 Pago Pago De facto capital of the Territory of American Samoa.
1967 Fagatogo Official seat of government stated in the territory's constitution.
Guam 1898 Hagåtña Dededo is the area's largest village.
Northern Mariana Islands 1947 Capital Hill, Saipan
Puerto Rico 1898 San Juan The city of San Juan was originally called Puerto Rico while the island was called San Juan Bautista. When Ponce de Leon landed here it was originally named Borinquen.
U.S. Virgin Islands 1917 Charlotte Amalie
District of Columbia   Georgetown  

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States

Country Date Capital Notes Seat of Government Court Largest City
Iraq   Baghdad        
Afghanistan   Islamabad        
Germany   Berlin        
Japan   Tokyo        
Italy   Roma        
France   Paris        
Poland   Warszawa        
Netherlands   Amsterdam   's-Gravenhage    
Portugal   Lisboa        
Spain   Madrid        
Norway   Oslo        
Russia   Moscow        
Estonia   Tallinn        
Latvia   Riga        
Lithuania   Vilnius        
Finland   Helsinki        
Sweden   Stockholm        
Denmark   Copenhagen        
Austria   Vienna        
United Kingdom   London        
Ireland   Dublin        
Indonesia   Jakarta        
European Union   Brussels        
Belgium   Brussels        
Switzerland   Bern        
United Nations   New York City   Geneve 's-Gravenhage  
Palestine   East Jerusalem   Ramallah Gaza  
South Sudan   Juba       Juba
Name Village Town Settled Incorporated County Capital
c   Raynham 1652 1731 Bristol Taunton
Cohannet   Taunton   1639 Bristol Taunton
Poquanticut   Easton 1694   Bristol Taunton
    Norton     Bristol Taunton
    Brockton     Plymouth Plymouth
    Abington     Plymouth Plymouth
Wesagussett   Weymouth 1622 1635 Norfolk Dedham
    Boston 1624 1630 Suffolk Boston
Patuxet   Plymouth 1605 1620 Plymouth Plymouth
Queset North Easton Easton     Bristol Taunton
             

Massachusetts General Court - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court

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Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations
Department of state.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Susan Rice

since January 22, 2009
Nominator Barack Obama
Inaugural holder Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation 1945
Website U.S. Mission - UN

States of Germany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany

Coat of arms State Joined
the FRG
Head of government Gov't
coalition
Bundes-
rat

votes
Area (km²) Population
(thous.)
Pop.
per km²
Capital German
abbrev.
Coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg (lesser).svg Baden-Württemberg 1949[4] Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) The Greens, SPD 6 35,752 10,755 301 Stuttgart BW
Bayern Wappen.svg Bavaria
(Bayern)
1949 Horst Seehofer (CSU) CSU, FDP 6 70,552 12,542 178 Munich
(München)
BY
Coat of arms of Berlin.svg Berlin 1990[5] Klaus Wowereit (SPD) SPD, The Left 4 892 3,469 3,890 BE
Brandenburg Wappen.svg Brandenburg 1990 Matthias Platzeck (SPD) SPD, The Left 4 29,479 2,500 85 Potsdam BB
Bremen Wappen(Mittel).svg Bremen
(Freie Hansestadt Bremen)
1949 Jens Böhrnsen (SPD) SPD, The Greens 3 419 661 1,577 HB
Coat of arms of Hamburg.svg Hamburg 1949 Olaf Scholz (SPD) SPD 3 755 1,788 2,368 HH
Coat of arms of Hesse.svg Hesse
(Hessen)
1949 Volker Bouffier (CDU) CDU, FDP 5 21,115 6,066 287 Wiesbaden HE
Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (great).svg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1990 Erwin Sellering (SPD) SPD, CDU 3 23,180 1,639 71 Schwerin MV
Coat of arms of Lower Saxony.svg Lower Saxony
(Niedersachsen)
1949 David McAllister (CDU) CDU, FDP 6 47,609 7,914 166 Hanover
(Hannover)
NI
Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westfalia.svg North Rhine-
Westphalia

(Nordrhein-Westfalen)
1949 Hannelore Kraft (SPD) SPD, The Greens 6 34,085 17,837 523 Düsseldorf NW
Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg Rhineland-Palatinate
(Rheinland-Pfalz)
1949 Kurt Beck (SPD) SPD, The Greens 4 19,853 3,999 202 Mainz RP
Coa de-saarland.svg Saarland 1957 Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer(CDU) CDU, FDP, The Greens 3 2,569 1,018 400 Saarbrücken SL
Coat of arms of Saxony.svg Saxony
(Sachsen)
1990 Stanislaw Tillich (CDU) CDU, FDP 4 18,416 4,143 227 Dresden SN
Wappen Sachsen-Anhalt.svg Saxony-Anhalt
(Sachsen-Anhalt)
1990 Reiner Haseloff (CDU) CDU, SPD 4 20,446 2,331 116 Magdeburg ST
Coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein.svg Schleswig-Holstein 1949 Peter Harry Carstensen (CDU) CDU, FDP 4 15,799 2,833 179 Kiel SH
Coat of arms of Thuringia.svg Thuringia
(Thüringen)
1990 Christine Lieberknecht (CDU) CDU, SPD 4 16,172 2,231 138 Erfurt TH

Division

The modern-day Netherlands is divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch).

Regions and their capitals

The twelve provinces are listed below with their capital city:

Flag Arms Province Dutch name Capital Queen's Commissioner Area
(km²)
Population Density
(per km²)
Flag of Drenthe Coat of arms of Drenthe Drenthe Drenthe Assen Jacques Tichelaar 2,652 482,300 182
Flag of Flevoland Coat of arms of Flevoland Flevoland Flevoland Lelystad Leen Verbeek 1,426 356,400 250
Flag of Friesland Coat of arms of Friesland Friesland Friesland / Fryslân (West Frisian) Leeuwarden John Jorritsma 3,361 642,500 191
Flag of Gelderland Coat of arms of Gelderland Gelderland Gelderland Arnhem Clemens Cornielje 4,995 1,967,600 394
Flag of Groningen Coat of arms of Groningen Groningen Groningen Groningen Max van den Berg 2,344 575,900 246
Flag of Limburg Limburg Limburg Maastricht Léon Frissen (styledgovernor in Limburg) 2,167 1,143,000 527
Flag of North Brabant Coat of arms of North Brabant North Brabant Noord-Brabant 's-Hertogenbosch[A] Wim van de Donk 4,938 2,406,900 487
Flag of North Holland North Holland Noord-Holland Haarlem Johan Remkes 2,660 2,583,900 971
Flag of Overijssel Coat of arms of Overijssel Overijssel Overijssel Zwolle Ank Bijleveld 3,337 1,105,800 331
Flag of South Holland Coat of arms of South Holland South Holland Zuid-Holland The Hague[B] Jan Franssen 2,860 3,453,000 1,207
Flag of Utrecht Coat of arms of Utrecht Utrecht Utrecht Utrecht Roel Robbertsen 1,356 1,159,200 855
Flag of Zeeland Coat of arms of Zeeland Zeeland Zeeland Middelburg Karla Peijs 1,792 378,300 211
  1. ^ Also, though not officially, abbreviated as Den Bosch.
  2. ^ Dutch: Den Haag, officially also: 's-Gravenhage.

Public bodies of the Netherlands

The three public bodies of the Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, became part of the Netherlands proper on October 10, 2010, but are not part of any province.[1]

Flag Arms Public Body Dutch name Capital Area
(km²)[2]
Population[3] Density
(per km²)
Flag of Bonaire Bonaire Bonaire / Boneiru(Papiamento) Kralendijk 294 15,414 52
Flag of Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius Oranjestad 21 3,300 157
Flag of Saba Saba Saba The Bottom 13 2,000 154

 


 

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