Countries Whose Capital Is Farthest From Their Center

Can you name the twenty countries whose national capital is farthest from their geographic midpoint than any other country?
Distance is in miles
Not counting any countries with multiple capitals
Using Python and the Haversine formula to compute distances
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Last updated: September 8, 2025
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Distance
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2353
Russia
1512
Canada
1303
Kiribati
1145
Australia
1022
United States
720
China
615
Indonesia
607
Algeria
568
India
561
South Sudan
538
Mozambique
522
Micronesia
512
Libya
507
Vietnam
487
Niger
446
DR Congo
432
Mali
391
Argentina
385
Mauritania
364
Mexico
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