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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 | ||
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 | ||
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| Nominator | Barack Obama |
| Inaugural holder |
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| Formation | 1945 |
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States of Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany
| Coat of arms | State |
Joined the FRG |
Head of government |
Gov't coalition |
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Area (km²) |
Population (thous.) |
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Capital |
German abbrev. |
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Baden-Württemberg | 1949[4] | Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) | The Greens, SPD | 6 | 35,752 | 10,755 | 301 | Stuttgart | BW |
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Bavaria (Bayern) |
1949 | Horst Seehofer (CSU) | CSU, FDP | 6 | 70,552 | 12,542 | 178 |
Munich (München) |
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Berlin | 1990[5] | Klaus Wowereit (SPD) | SPD, The Left | 4 | 892 | 3,469 | 3,890 | – | BE |
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Brandenburg | 1990 | Matthias Platzeck (SPD) | SPD, The Left | 4 | 29,479 | 2,500 | 85 | Potsdam | BB |
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Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen) |
1949 | Jens Böhrnsen (SPD) | SPD, The Greens | 3 | 419 | 661 | 1,577 | – | HB |
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Hamburg | 1949 | Olaf Scholz (SPD) | SPD | 3 | 755 | 1,788 | 2,368 | – | HH |
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Hesse (Hessen) |
1949 | Volker Bouffier (CDU) | CDU, FDP | 5 | 21,115 | 6,066 | 287 | Wiesbaden | HE |
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1990 | Erwin Sellering (SPD) | SPD, CDU | 3 | 23,180 | 1,639 | 71 | Schwerin | MV |
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Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) |
1949 | David McAllister (CDU) | CDU, FDP | 6 | 47,609 | 7,914 | 166 |
Hanover (Hannover) |
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North Rhine- Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) |
1949 | Hannelore Kraft (SPD) | SPD, The Greens | 6 | 34,085 | 17,837 | 523 | Düsseldorf | NW |
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Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) |
1949 | Kurt Beck (SPD) | SPD, The Greens | 4 | 19,853 | 3,999 | 202 | Mainz | RP |
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Saarland | 1957 | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer(CDU) | CDU, FDP, The Greens | 3 | 2,569 | 1,018 | 400 | Saarbrücken | SL |
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Saxony (Sachsen) |
1990 | Stanislaw Tillich (CDU) | CDU, FDP | 4 | 18,416 | 4,143 | 227 | Dresden | SN |
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Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) |
1990 | Reiner Haseloff (CDU) | CDU, SPD | 4 | 20,446 | 2,331 | 116 | Magdeburg | ST |
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Schleswig-Holstein | 1949 | Peter Harry Carstensen (CDU) | CDU, FDP | 4 | 15,799 | 2,833 | 179 | Kiel | SH |
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Thuringia (Thüringen) |
1990 | Christine Lieberknecht (CDU) | CDU, SPD | 4 | 16,172 | 2,231 | 138 | Erfurt | TH |
The modern-day Netherlands is divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch).
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) |
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Drenthe | Drenthe | Assen | Jacques Tichelaar | 2,652 | 482,300 | 182 |
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Flevoland | Flevoland | Lelystad | Leen Verbeek | 1,426 | 356,400 | 250 |
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Friesland | Friesland / Fryslân (West Frisian) | Leeuwarden | John Jorritsma | 3,361 | 642,500 | 191 |
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Gelderland | Gelderland | Arnhem | Clemens Cornielje | 4,995 | 1,967,600 | 394 |
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Groningen | Groningen | Groningen | Max van den Berg | 2,344 | 575,900 | 246 |
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Limburg | Limburg | Maastricht | Léon Frissen (styledgovernor in Limburg) | 2,167 | 1,143,000 | 527 | |
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North Brabant | Noord-Brabant | 's-Hertogenbosch[A] | Wim van de Donk | 4,938 | 2,406,900 | 487 |
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North Holland | Noord-Holland | Haarlem | Johan Remkes | 2,660 | 2,583,900 | 971 | |
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Overijssel | Overijssel | Zwolle | Ank Bijleveld | 3,337 | 1,105,800 | 331 |
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South Holland | Zuid-Holland | The Hague[B] | Jan Franssen | 2,860 | 3,453,000 | 1,207 |
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Utrecht | Utrecht | Utrecht | Roel Robbertsen | 1,356 | 1,159,200 | 855 |
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Zeeland | Zeeland | Middelburg | Karla Peijs | 1,792 | 378,300 | 211 |
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 |
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Bonaire | Bonaire / Boneiru(Papiamento) | Kralendijk | 294 | 15,414 | 52 | |
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Sint Eustatius | Sint Eustatius | Oranjestad | 21 | 3,300 | 157 | |
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Saba | Saba | The Bottom | 13 | 2,000 | 154 |
Updated Friday, November 11, 2011 M