10 Longest Country Capitals

Length of name is not measured by letters but by characters. Characters include spaces, apostrophes and other symbols. Furthermore, some answers aren't official capitals of countries and are de facto. Also technically there are 59 because way too many are tied
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Rank
Characters
Country
Note
Answer
1
25
Sri Lanka
-
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
2
19
Brunei
-
Bandar Seri Begawan
3
17
United States
-
Washington D.C.
4
16
Andorra
-
Andorra la Vella
5
14
Luxembourg
-
Luxembourg City
5
14
Haiti
-
Port-au-Prince
6
13
Dominican Republic
-
Santo Domingo
6
13
Tanzania
Capital is de facto, official capital is Dodoma
Dar es Salaam
6
13
Trinidad and Tobago
-
Port of Spain
7
12
Argentina
-
Buenos Aires
7
12
El Salvador
-
San Salvador
7
12
Kiribati
-
South Tarawa
7
12
Malaysia
This is the official capital, Malaysia has a de facto capital, Putrajaya
Kuala Lumpur
7
12
Mongolia
-
Ulaan-Baatar
7
12
Papua New Guinea
-
Port Moresby
7
12
South Africa
One of three capitals in South Africa. This one is judicial
Bloemfontein
7
12
Vatican City
-
Vatican City
8
11
Burkina Faso
-
Ouagadougou
8
11
Ethiopia
-
Addis Ababa
8
11
Grenada
-
St. George's
8
11
Honduras
-
Tegucigalpa
8
11
Kuwait
-
Kuwait City
8
11
Myanmar
-
Nay Piy Taw
8
11
Panama
-
Panama City
8
11
Republic of the Congo
-
Brazzaville
9
10
Barbados
-
Bridgetown
9
10
Benin
-
Porto-Novo
9
10
Cambodia
-
Phnom Penh
9
10
Chile
This is the legislative capital. The official capital is Santiago. Also, the answer contains an accent so here's a copy-paste: í
Valparaíso
9
10
Denmark
-
Copenhagen
9
10
Gabon
-
Libreville
9
10
Guyana
-
Georgetown
9
10
Kazakhstan
Used to be named Astana, name officially changed in 2019.
Nur-Sultan
9
10
Mauritania
-
Nouakchott
9
10
Mexico
-
Mexico City
9
10
Netherlands
-
Amsterdam
9
10
New Zealand
-
Wellington
9
10
Saint Kitts and Nevis
-
Basseterre
9
10
San Marino
-
San Marino
9
10
Slovakia
-
Bratislava
9
10
Suriname
-
Paramaribo
9
10
Uruguay
-
Montevideo
10
9
Chad
-
N'Djamena
10
9
Iceland
Has an accent. Here's a copy-paste: í
Reykjavík
10
9
Israel
-
Jerusalem
10
9
Laos
-
Vientiane
10
9
Malaysia
This is the de facto capital.
Putrajaya
10
9
Montenegro
-
Podgorica
10
9
North Korea
-
Pyongyang
10
9
Pakistan
-
Islamabad
10
9
Palau
Half-country; self-governing in free association with the US
Ngerulmud
10
9
Romania
-
Bucharest
10
9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-
Kingstown
10
9
Singapore
-
Singapore
10
9
Somalia
-
Mogadishu
10
9
South Africa
One of three capitals of South Africa, this one is legislative
Cape Town
10
9
Sweden
-
Stockholm
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4 Comments
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Level 50
Jul 31, 2022
The capital of Laos is spelt Vientiane, and NOT 'Ventiane'.
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Level 65
Jul 31, 2022
Thank you for pointing that out. I fixed it
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Level 82
Aug 1, 2022
You've included Serbia twice, once stating it's capital has 10 characters and once 9. However, in fact it has 8.
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Level 65
Aug 1, 2022
Fixed