Americas capitals quiz
How many of the 35 capital cities of the Americas do you know? Choose from four cities or type the answer yourself. The wrong options come from the same region, so you cannot rely on geography alone. Every country and capital is listed below for study.
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How the capitals quiz works
Each round draws countries at random from the 35 scored in this quiz. Wrong options are capitals of neighbouring countries in the same region where possible, then elsewhere in the Americas. You earn one point per correct answer; your streak counts correct answers in a row.
In typed mode, capital letters, accents, spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are ignored, so bogota matches Bogotá and nukualofa matches Nuku‘alofa. Common English forms such as Kiev for Kyiv and Ulan Bator for Ulaanbaatar are accepted, and a single-letter slip in longer names is marked correct with a spelling reminder. Where a country has more than one capital, any of them counts.
Capitals with a story: 3 special cases
These are the answers most often disputed, outdated or split between cities in other quizzes and atlases.
Belize: Belmopan- Belmopan, a planned inland capital, replaced hurricane-exposed Belize City in 1970.
Bolivia: Sucre (constitutional) and La Paz (seat of government)- Bolivia has two capitals. Sucre is the constitutional capital and seat of the judiciary; La Paz houses the executive and legislature and is the highest seat of government in the world. The multiple-choice quiz shows Sucre; either city is accepted when typing.
Brazil: Brasília- Brasília, a planned city inaugurated in 1960, replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital.
Tricky ones to remember
Capitals that are not the largest city
The most common wrong answer is the country’s biggest or best-known city. These are well-known cases in the Americas; the list is not exhaustive, and city size depends on where the boundary is drawn.
| Country | Capital | Larger city often guessed |
|---|---|---|
| Belize | Belmopan | Belize City |
| Bolivia | Sucre | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Brazil | Brasília | São Paulo |
 Canada | Ottawa | Toronto |
 United States | Washington D.C. | New York City |
Countries with similar names
Similar country names make it easy to attach a capital to the wrong one.
- Dominica → RoseauvsDominican Republic → Santo Domingo
- Paraguay → AsunciónvsUruguay → Montevideo
Capitals with similar names
- Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda)·Saint George's (Grenada)
- San Jose (Costa Rica)·San Salvador (El Salvador)
- Port-au-Prince (Haiti)·Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Kingston (Jamaica)·Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Capitals named after their country
3 capitals share the country’s name, or their country is named after them: Guatemala City (Guatemala), Mexico City (Mexico) and Panama City (Panama).
The two closest capitals
The closest pair of capitals in the Americas is Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda) and Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), about 97 km apart in a straight line. Distances use capital coordinates from Wikidata.
Study list: all 35 capitals of the Americas
Grouped by region, the same groups the quiz uses for its wrong options. Capitals are shown exactly as recorded on each country profile.
Caribbean
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's |
 Bahamas | Nassau |
 Barbados | Bridgetown |
 Cuba | Havana |
 Dominica | Roseau |
 Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
 Grenada | Saint George's |
 Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
 Jamaica | Kingston |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
 Saint Lucia | Castries |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain |
Central America
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Belize | Belmopannote |
 Costa Rica | San Jose |
 El Salvador | San Salvador |
 Guatemala | Guatemala City |
 Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
 Nicaragua | Managua |
 Panama | Panama City |
North America
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Canada | Ottawa |
 Mexico | Mexico City |
| United States | Washington D.C. |
South America
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Bolivia | Sucre (constitutional) and La Paz (seat of government)note |
| Brazil | Brasílianote |
 Chile | Santiago |
 Colombia | Bogota |
 Ecuador | Quito |
 Guyana | Georgetown |
 Paraguay | Asunción |
 Peru | Lima |
 Suriname | Paramaribo |
 Uruguay | Montevideo |
 Venezuela | Caracas |
Capitals: Countries.World country records. Coordinates for distances: Wikidata (CC0), accessed 2026-10-10. For coordinates and time zones of each capital, see capitals of the Americas.