Category:Capitals of former nations

This category contains cities that once served as the capital of their respective countries, which countries have since ceased to exist. Any such city may be included, even if the capital were transferred before the country ceased to exist.

Not included in this category are:

Former capitals of countries that still exist (see Category:Former national capitals), unless they were also capitals of former countries.
Former national capitals that are now the capital of another country. For example, Kyiv would not be included on this list by virtue of its serving as an early capital of Kievan Rus' (predecessor to Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine) because it is now the capital of Ukraine. Likewise, Belgrade, Berlin, Moscow and Prague were the capitals of former communist countries (Yugoslavia, East Germany, the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia), but they are now the capitals of Serbia, Germany, Russia and the Czech Republic respectively.

Subcategories

This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.

A

Ancient Pella‎ (1 C, 10 P)

C

Capitals of caliphates‎ (14 P)
Capitals of Bengal‎ (9 P)
Capitals of the Ottoman Empire‎ (5 P)
Capitals of the Principality of Transylvania‎ (3 P)
Cirta‎ (10 P)
Constantinople‎ (16 C, 84 P)

F

Former capitals of Mewar‎ (4 P)

H

Hattusa‎ (17 P)

S

Saigon‎ (2 C, 4 P)
Sardis‎ (1 C, 9 P)
St. Francisville, Louisiana‎ (1 C, 7 P)

Pages in category "Capitals of former nations"

The following 158 pages are in this category, out of 158 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

List of former national capitals

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

Istanbul

J

K

L

M

N

O

Ouidah

P

Q

Qabala

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Yeha
York

Z