Asian Capitals Quiz

Asia's 48 countries have capital cities that range from some of the world's largest metropolitan areas (Tokyo, Beijing, Jakarta, Delhi, Mumbai) to remote and little-known cities like Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Nay Pyi Taw, and Dili (Timor-Leste). Several Asian capitals are notable for being purpose-built planned capitals: Islamabad (Pakistan, built in the 1960s), Naypyidaw (Myanmar, built in 2005), Astana (Kazakhstan, renamed from Nur-Sultan), and Putrajaya (Malaysia's administrative capital).

Asian Capitals by Subregion

East Asia capitals include Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Taipei, and Ulaanbaatar. Southeast Asia has Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Hanoi, Singapore, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Naypyidaw, and Dili. South Asia: New Delhi, Islamabad, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Thimphu, Colombo, and Male. Central Asia: Nur-Sultan, Tashkent, Ashgabat, Dushanbe, and Bishkek. West Asia/Middle East: Riyadh, Tehran, Ankara, Baghdad, Amman, Jerusalem/Tel Aviv, Beirut, Damascus, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Sana'a, Kuwait City. Explore more with our Asian countries map quiz, Southeast Asian map quiz, and world capitals map quiz.