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List of national capitals in East, South, and Southeast Asia

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This is a list of East, South, and Southeast Asian capitals.

East Asia

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Name Country View Population Mayor or governor or president
Beijing China China 21,542,000 (2018, municipality) Yin Yong
Pyongyang North Korea North Korea 2,870,000 (2016) Kim Su-gil
Seoul South Korea South Korea 9,963,000 (2020) Oh Se-hoon
Taipei Taiwan Taiwan 2,646,000 (2019)
Metropolitan: 8,535,000 (2019) 		Chiang Wan-an
Tokyo Japan Japan 13,929,300 (2019)
Metropolitan: 27,140,000 (2019) 		Yuriko Koike
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Mongolia 1,372,000 (2013) Khishgeegiin Nyambaatar

South Asia

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Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor
Dhaka  Bangladesh 6,594,962 (2013) North Dhaka: Atiqul Islam

South Dhaka: Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh

Islamabad  Pakistan 1,330,000 (2011) Vacant
Kabul  Afghanistan 3,895,000 (2011) Hamdullah Nomani
Kathmandu    Nepal 822,930 Balen Shah
Malé  Maldives 81,647 Adam Azim
New Delhi India India 16,321,883 Shelly Oberoi
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
(administrative capital)

Colombo
(commercial capital)

  Sri Lanka 5,648,000 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte : Madhura Vithanage

Colombo : Vacant

Thimphu  Bhutan 50,000 Ugyen Dorji

Southeast Asia

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Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Brunei 64,526 (1997) Amir Azman Haji Abdul Rahman
Bangkok Thailand Thailand 8,305,200 (2019)
Metropolitan: 14,626,200 (2019) 		Chadchart Sittipunt
Dili East Timor Timor-Leste 222,323 (2015)
Metropolitan: 234,331 (2015) 		Gregório da Cunha Saldanha
Hanoi Vietnam Vietnam 3,642,100 (2019)
Metropolitan: 16,100,000 (2019) 		Đinh Tiến Dũng
Jakarta Indonesia Indonesia 10,565,800 (2015))
Metropolitan: 31,689,500 (2015) 		Heru Budi Hartono (Acting)
Kuala Lumpur (official),
Putrajaya (Federal Administrative center) 		Malaysia Malaysia City: 1,790,000 (2017)
Metropolitan: 7,969,700 (2017) 		Kuala Lumpur : Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh

Putrajaya : Fadlun Mak Ujud

Manila  Philippines City:

14,962,000 (2022)
Metropolitan: 27,342,891 (2022)

Honey Lacuna
Naypyidaw Myanmar Myanmar 683,000 (2022) Myo Aung
Phnom Penh Cambodia Cambodia City: 2,129,300 (2019) Khuong Sreng
Singapore Singapore Singapore 5,896,686 (2021) N/A
Vientiane Laos Laos City: 249,800 (2015)
Metropolitan: 820,900 (2015) 		Athsphangthong Siphandone
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