This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation . Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities, in particular colder temperatures in winter. Low elevation cities are often seaports or are close to the sea.
La Paz , Bolivia Quito , Ecuador Bogotá , Colombia Addis Ababa , Ethiopia Thimphu , Bhutan Asmara , Eritrea Sana'a , Yemen Mexico City , Mexico Tehran , Iran Kabul , Afghanistan Nairobi , Kenya Kathmandu , Nepal The first country on the main list, Bolivia , is a country with multiple capitals ; La Paz is the seat of the government while Sucre is the constitutional capital. If La Paz is considered the national capital, then it is ranked number one on the list. However, if Sucre is specified, then Ecuador 's capital, Quito , is the national capital at the highest elevation while Sucre would be second.
The second list below contains several states with limited recognition .
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Member and observer states of the United Nations Country Capital Elevation (m) Elevation (ft) Bolivia La Paz (Government seat)Sucre )3,640 11,942 Ecuador Quito 2,850 9,350 Bolivia Sucre 2,790 9,220 Colombia Bogotá 2,625 8,612 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 2,355 7,726 Bhutan Thimphu 2,334 7,657 Eritrea Asmara 2,325 7,628 Yemen Sanaʽa 2,250 7,382 Mexico Mexico City 2,240 7,350 Iran Tehran 1,830 6,003 Kenya Nairobi 1,795 5,889 Afghanistan Kabul 1,790 5,873 Namibia Windhoek 1,721 5,646 Lesotho Maseru 1,673 5,489 Rwanda Kigali 1,567 5,141 Guatemala Guatemala City 1,529 5,016 Burundi Gitega 1,504 4,934 Zimbabwe Harare 1,483 4,865 Nepal Kathmandu 1,400 4,593 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1,350 4,429 Madagascar Antananarivo 1,288 4,226 South Africa Pretoria 1,271 4,170 Zambia Lusaka 1,270 4,167 Eswatini Mbabane 1,243 4,078 Uganda Kampala 1,190 3,904 Costa Rica San José 1,146 3,760 Tanzania Dodoma 1,120 3,675 Brazil Brasília 1,079 3,540 Malawi Lilongwe 1,024 3,360 Andorra Andorra la Vella 1,023 3,356 Honduras Tegucigalpa 990 3,250 Armenia Yerevan 989 3,246 Botswana Gaborone 983 3,225 Turkey Ankara 938 3,077 Venezuela Caracas 909 2,982 Jordan Amman 900 2,953 Tajikistan Dushanbe 789 2,589 Palestine East Jerusalem and Ramallah [Note 1] 779 (and 880) 2,557 (and 2,890) Nigeria Abuja 777 2,549 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 771 2,530 Cameroon Yaoundé 726 2,382 Syria Damascus 691 2,267 Spain Madrid 667 2,188 El Salvador San Salvador 658 2,159 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 624 2,047 Australia Canberra 605 1,985 Bulgaria Sofia 580 1,900 Pakistan Islamabad 560 1,830 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 550 1,800 South Sudan Juba 550 1,800 Switzerland Bern 542 1,778 Chile Santiago 521 1,709 Uzbekistan Tashkent 459 1,506 Liechtenstein Vaduz 455 1,493 Georgia Tbilisi 451 1,480 Sudan Khartoum 377 1,237 Central African Republic Bangui 369 1,211 Mali Bamako 349 1,145 Kazakhstan Astana 338 1,109 San Marino San Marino 328 1,076 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 305 1,001 Chad N'Djamena 298 978 Slovenia Ljubljana 281 922 Luxembourg Luxembourg 273 896 Czech Republic Prague 244 801 North Macedonia Skopje 243 797 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 240 787 Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 217 712 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 215 705 India New Delhi 210 689 Niger Niamey 207 679 Belarus Minsk 198 650 Austria Vienna 170 558 Cyprus Nicosia 170 557 Ukraine Kyiv 168 551 Congo Brazzaville 155 509 Peru Lima 154 506 Greece Athens 153 502 Laos Vientiane 174 570 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 141 463 Slovakia Bratislava 131 430 Croatia Zagreb 130 427 Lithuania Vilnius 124 407 Russia Moscow 124 407 Serbia Belgrade 116 381 Comoros Moroni 110 361 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 107 351 Albania Tirana 104 341 Hungary Budapest 102 335 Haiti Port-au-Prince 98 322 Ghana Accra 98 322 Poland Warsaw 93 305 Micronesia, Federated States of Palikir 90 300 Moldova Chișinău 80 263 Myanmar Naypyidaw 77 253 Belize Belmopan 76 250 Belgium Brussels 76 249 Sierra Leone Freetown 76 249 Nicaragua Managua 83 272 Canada Ottawa 74 243 Palau Ngerulmud 72 236 Romania Bucharest 70 230 Oman Muscat 68 223 Mozambique Maputo 63 207 Togo Lomé 63 207 Montenegro Podgorica 61 200 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 60 197 Lebanon Beirut 55 180 Malta Valletta 54 186 Paraguay Asunción 54 177 Jamaica Kingston 53 174 Morocco Rabat 53 174 Mauritius Port Louis 50 170 China Beijing 44 144 Uruguay Montevideo 43 141 Vatican City Vatican City 41 135 Iraq Baghdad 40 131 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 39 128 Benin Porto-Novo 38 125 Estonia Tallinn 37 121 Senegal Dakar 37 121 France Paris 34 112 Germany Berlin 34 112 South Korea Seoul 33 108 Solomon Islands Honiara 29 95 Somalia Mogadishu 28 92 Finland Helsinki 25 82 Vietnam Hanoi 25 82 Grenada Saint George's 25 82 Egypt Cairo 22 72 Japan Tokyo 17 56 Iceland Reykjavík 15 49 Portugal Lisbon 15 49 Sweden Stockholm 15 49 Cambodia Phnom Penh 15 49 Italy Rome 14 46 United Kingdom London 14 46 Qatar Doha 13 43 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 13 43 Norway Oslo 12 40 East Timor Dili 11 36 Argentina Buenos Aires 10 33 New Zealand Wellington 10 32 Nauru Yaren 9 30 Republic of Ireland Dublin 8 26 Indonesia Jakarta 8 26 Latvia Riga 8 26 Philippines Manila 7 23 Bahrain Manama 6 20 North Korea Pyongyang 6 20 Barbados Bridgetown 6 20 Angola Luanda 6 20 Libya Tripoli 6 20 Mauritania Nouakchott 6 20 Denmark Copenhagen 5 16 Kuwait Kuwait 5 16 Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte 4 13 Cuba Havana 4 13 Bangladesh Dhaka 3 10 Marshall Islands Majuro 3 10 Bahamas Nassau 2 7 St. Lucia Castries 2 7 United States Washington, D.C. 2 7 Algeria Algiers 1 3 Thailand Bangkok 1 3 Suriname Paramaribo 1 3 Monaco Monaco 0 0 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 0 0 Maldives Malé 0 0 Singapore Singapore 0 0 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 0 0 Dominica Roseau 0 0 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 0 0 Guyana Georgetown 0 0 Panama Panama City 0 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 0 0 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 0 0 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 0 0 Cape Verde Praia 0 0 Djibouti Djibouti 0 0 Gabon Libreville 0 0 Gambia Banjul 0 0 Guinea Conakry 0 0 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 0 0 Liberia Monrovia 0 0 Seychelles Victoria 0 0 Tunisia Tunis 0 0 Fiji Suva 0 0 Kiribati South Tarawa 0 0 Samoa Apia 0 0 Tonga Nuku'alofa 0 0 Tuvalu Vaiaku 0 0 Vanuatu Port Vila 0 0 Netherlands Amsterdam −2 −7 Azerbaijan Baku −28 −92
Other states (including de facto independent states, autonomous region and dependencies)
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