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Capitals with the Shortest Names

Try to guess the world capital cities whose names have only 4 or 5 letters.
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hannina
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First submittedAugust 11, 2014
Times taken108,802
Average score54.3%
Rating4.97
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Africa
Letters
Capital
4
Juba
4
Lomé
5
Abuja
5
Accra
5
Cairo
5
Dakar
5
Praia
5
Rabat
5
Tunis
Asia
Letters
Capital
4
Baku
4
Dili
4
Doha
4
Malé
5
Amman
5
Dhaka
5
Hanoi
5
Kabul
5
Sana'a
5
Seoul
5
Tokyo
Europe
Letters
Capital
4
Bern
4
Kyiv
4
Oslo
4
Riga
4
Rome
5
Minsk
5
Paris
5
Sofia
5
Vaduz
Oceania
Letters
Capital
4
Apia
4
Suva
5
Yaren
South America
Letters
Capital
4
Lima
5
Sucre/La Paz
5
Quito
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81 Comments
xkhan44x
+13
Level 58
Aug 12, 2014
La Paz is a functional Capital (if not official) and widely accepted as well on jetpunk.
hannina
+19
Level 55
Aug 13, 2014
You are right. I added La Paz as an alternative answer with Sucre. I know they are separate cities, but usually on JetPunk you have to know only one of the Bolivian capitals.
buck1017
+55
Level 78
Sep 4, 2014
lucky they both have 5 letters :-)
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
Sep 24, 2024
imo they should be seperate answers, like joburg and cape town
kirbykart
+5
Level 58
Mar 27, 2025
*pretoria not johannesburg
nettybet
+5
Level 77
Oct 17, 2014
I got all the 4 letter ones but missed 6 of the 5 letter ones. Good quiz.
Stevo6612
+2
Level 57
Oct 17, 2014
Good quiz!! Missed a few, but that happens, disappointed about Olso the most though
HutHutVikes
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2021
Surprised more people got Oslo than Cairo. Use your brains amateurs!
g4ndalf
+6
Level 78
Oct 19, 2022
I got both but missed Paris xD
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Oct 17, 2014
What about Wien.
Arp2600
+8
Level 89
Oct 17, 2014
I tried that too but that's right, in English, it has six letters (and since I love Ultravox, I don't mind). The list would be slightly different in any other language (for example, in french : Juba -> Djouba, but Beijing -> Pekin).
Jerry928
+11
Level 76
Nov 25, 2016
This quiz, in English, has 35 answers, the French version has 37, the

German one has 39 and the

Spanish version has 45 answers!

kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Nov 25, 2016
Spanish does throw out a lot of extraneous letters. British English likes to add more in.
Gamer1162
+1
Level 58
Nov 25, 2016
True.
TWM03
+12
Level 72
Mar 14, 2019
Therroughue.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 76
Aug 30, 2019
If spanish throws out letters, how come it's list is more 25% bigger?
josedimaria237
+3
Level 77
Sep 27, 2024
Because they "throw out letters" thereby making their list longer with shorter names.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Aug 21, 2025
I can't believe I asked such a silly question haha

(edit, thanks for a normal helpful response by the way :) )

JackintheBox
+5
Level 82
Nov 11, 2019
@kal can you name any capital that has more letter in British English than American English?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Nov 11, 2019
Loundonne?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Mar 19, 2020
@jackinthebox Maybe Lyon? I saw it on an british quizshow a few days ago spelled as Lyons. Not sure if it is common and only a thing British do or americans and other english speakers aswell. It sure stood out to me (I actually thought It cant be Lyon because that doesnt end with an s...)

I suspect Lyons is used in america(n) aswell, since there seems to be a lot of places called that.

Swaraelia
+5
Level 47
Aug 18, 2021
Lyon's not a capital city.
kalbahamut
+12
Level 79
Feb 17, 2018
Sorry just felt like being a Wiener
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Dec 21, 2022
great. send me my Austrian passport and some strudel.
yami
+1
Level 10
Oct 21, 2022
c'est comme Pekin, en anglais on dis Beijing donc ca a plus de lettres
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Oct 17, 2014
or Praha
Kontio100
+1
Level 55
Oct 17, 2014
Great quiz!
thecoolestdude2
+2
Level 67
Oct 17, 2014
Oh well... only 25. At least I got Vaduz.
rawe
+1
Level 70
Oct 21, 2014
28, this quiz makes you think hahaha
mariposita
+3
Level 69
Sep 9, 2016
Missed Kiev and a city I have actually lived in (Dakar), but got Yaren. All right then.
chondrichthyess
+1
Level 60
Nov 9, 2017
I got Yaren but missed Paris and Kiev...
Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Nov 25, 2016
A technical tip for you, if the missing left-hand border bugs you - if you add a blank column to the left of that leftmost column (within that same block), then set that new blank column's borders to zero, the left hand border will reappear - goodness knows why!
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Nov 25, 2016
The South American answers aren't in alphabetical order.
Antofagasta
+2
Level 70
Jun 15, 2017
Probably thought of as La Paz/Sucre, But should be changed.
DrWhoFanJ
+1
Level 64
Oct 19, 2022
Even if it were, La Paz would still be before Lima. 🤷‍♂️
kirbykart
+1
Level 58
Mar 27, 2025
The four-letter answers are listed before the five-letter ones in every column.
kiwiquizzer
+3
Level 68
Nov 25, 2016
Missed Amman, and I've stayed there.
Corrode
+3
Level 60
Nov 25, 2016
Thought of Amman and dismissed it as too long without trying it - the two Ms make it look longer than it is. Should have just typed it anyway!
SaHiL371
+2
Level 15
Nov 25, 2016
good quiz!! but what about delhi???
JBlouw1850
+2
Level 43
Nov 29, 2016
Technically, the capital of India is New Delhi. Delhi proper, however, is significantly larger.
Neptune777
+2
Level 71
Nov 25, 2016
31 on first try, missed Kabul, Apia, Praia and Yaren. Really fun, hope we see more like this!
AKnowldawg
+1
Level 21
Nov 25, 2016
egypt
JOSH11232005
+2
Level 21
Nov 26, 2016
Where is Lagos?
joeythelemur
+5
Level 80
Nov 26, 2016
Abuja is the capital.
Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 63
Feb 12, 2022
In Nigeria.
DeludedRhino
+4
Level 50
Nov 27, 2016
I got Yaren but not Paris...
GeneraliGeeks
+1
Level 65
Nov 29, 2016
challenging quiz. Well played.
AMNOS
+2
Level 58
Feb 25, 2017
I missed one, ...Cairo...
LyRiKH
+1
Level 51
Mar 12, 2017
Nice quiz, I should have done it a few months ago after I had nailed all the world countries and capitals! Bit rusty..
Mustafa7
+3
Level 35
Jul 29, 2017
Wow only one didn't get was Juba
Haddies
+2
Level 35
Aug 31, 2017
Great quiz. Didn't get Paris !!!! Duh !!!
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Aug 30, 2019
A good one to get a start on learning all the capital. I scored low on this list compared to others ( though I felt I did pretty well before I saw the results haha)

After seeing the answer I recognise several, with different levels of familiarity. But could have gotten atleast 5 more (dakar, tunis, hanoi, vaduz (kept thinking about it, but thought valduz..) and perhaps quito, and on a good day also kabul)

Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Feb 21, 2020
Went from 15/35 to 25/35 (and have not actively been studying the capitals, more a subliminal learning by coming across them I guess) great improvement happy with that :) I often promote this site to my family, saying that it's good for their brain function, plus even if your are bad at learning, there is always sóme information that sticks.

the ones I missed and might currently think of are amman (thought of it, right on the timer) kabul, praia and sana'a

Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Mar 19, 2020
Forgot I recently took it ! (do remember the comment from 2019 though...) apparently my brain does not allways function well haha (Though my health was extremely bad end of februari, everything was hazy anyway, must be part of it. Though not the first comment I see from myself on this site I can't remember, though usually much longer time has passed)

got 31/35 now. Missed all oceania and praia. I guess part of my brains dó work. (who knows where I'd be without this site... often can;t remember most about the week, what I have done or who I have seen. But things on this site I dó remember. Not sure if it is a short/long term memory thing ( couldn't tell you in this case which is which..) but more an event/fact thing? Facts stick events not so much.

Sorry about rambling on, will probably have forgotten I did so in about an hour...

alexandertorres1978
+2
Level 70
Nov 11, 2019
Good quiz! Not only challenging, but makes you look at things from a different perspective. Thumbs up!
Coucou11
+1
Level 41
Nov 12, 2019
Alger ?
stromae
+4
Level 70
Nov 12, 2019
algiers*
sergeantmalice
+2
Level 56
Jun 24, 2022
Found the maghrebi
Devondragin
+2
Level 51
Nov 14, 2019
Yaren is not actually a capital, it is just the largest city in Nauru, which as no capital
Seanthesheep
+2
Level 76
Feb 4, 2025
I know this is an old comment but Yaren is the de facto capital of Nauru, and is treated as the capital on all Jetpunk quizzes, consistent with other de facto capitals (Bern for Switzerland, for example).
staypawsom3
+1
Level 39
Dec 1, 2019
My country’s capital was so close to being on the list if it had 6 letters XD
Tooom4
+3
Level 61
Feb 25, 2020
i was thinking abuja but for some reason instantly decided that it has 6 letters
svelte
+1
Level 50
Mar 6, 2020
I missed Baku, Vaduz, and Male. I thought about all the countries around them so I am disappointed in myself and my self-esteem has dropped. Great quiz though!
OliviaPG
+4
Level 72
Jan 12, 2021
If nothing else, this quiz made me realize how many capitals have six letters
Afghabwe
+1
Level 39
May 10, 2021
Same!
maur85
+2
Level 73
Aug 8, 2021
Where's Sri Lanka's capital?
EcceHomo
+1
Level 86
Feb 9, 2022
It's within the urban area of Colombo.
sergeantmalice
+4
Level 56
Jun 24, 2022
It's 23 letters....
Gogotus
+3
Level 14
Apr 15, 2022
Ce serait intéressant d'ajouter les noms de pays avec les capitales.

Sinon je trouve ce quiz très intéressant.

Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Apr 18, 2022
Kiev (the Russian spelling) has been replaced by Kyiv (the Ukrainian spelling), which only seems fair since it's in Ukraine.
AbsoluteCinema
+1
Level 44
Feb 27, 2024
Yaren is not a city.
kirbykart
+1
Level 58
Mar 27, 2025
Neither are Majuro or Ngerulmud, what's your point? The capital doesn't have to be a city.
Fifi567
+1
Level 32
May 17, 2024
Hi, Can I translate the quiz to german?
hannina
+2
Level 55
Jun 6, 2024
Of course :)
Fifi567
+1
Level 32
Dec 6, 2024
Only saw it now.. thanks!
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 26, 2024
26
ColinShadow
+1
Level 55
Sep 24, 2024
Got Praia Male and Juba but almost missed Doha and Sofia.....
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Sep 24, 2024
30
Pharley
+1
Level 75
Sep 29, 2024
Finally got 100%. At the 10th attempt....
SARVEII
+1
Level 63
Dec 4, 2024
100% at first attempt (with just a few seconds remained) but it was very challenging. Fun quiz!
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 61
Aug 11, 2025
My mind went blank couldn't remember Rome lol
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