World Capital Cities True or False

Are the following statements about the world's capitals true? Or false?

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1. Kabul is higher than Kathmandu

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Kabul 1790 m, Kathmandu 1400 m

2. Athens is bigger than Vienna

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Athens over 3 mil, Vienna under 2 mil

3. Джакарта is how you spell Jakarta in Russian

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d-zh-a-k-a-r-t-a

4. Washington DC and Ottawa are in the same time zone

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They are both in the Eastern Time Zone

5. Ulaan Baatar is north of London

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Ulaan Baatar 48° N, London 52° N

6. The only W national capitals are Washington, Wellington and Windhoek

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Don't forget Warsaw

7. Since the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, it has only had one capital

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Ankara was selected as Turkey's capital in 1923 to distance the new, secular republic from its Ottoman history

8. Astana means "Capital" in Kazakh

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9. The closest national capital to Jakarta is Dili

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Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are both much closer

10. The antipodal (opposite side of the world) point from Santiago is within 1000 km of Moscow

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It's nearest antipodal capital is actually Beijing

11. For most of Pakistan's existence, its capital has been its largest city, Karachi

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Karachi was the capital at independence in 1952; Islamabad bacame the capital in 1966

12. Sofia lies on the Danube

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Sofia is in the centre of Bulgaria, but the Danube is on Bulgaria's northern border

13. Bloemfontein means "Blooming Fountain" in Afrikaans

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14. St John's is Dominica's capital

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It is Roseau

15. When driving from La Paz to Lima, you'd have to drive through a third country to get there

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Bolivia borders Peru

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