North American capitals

All 23 capitals in North America, from the ones everyone names first to the ones few people think of, with each capital’s country and region.

3 Plankton
14 Too Clever
6 Schooler
0 Rare
0 Deep Cut
0 One in a Krillion

All 23 North American capitals

Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.

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North American capitals, with definition, region, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Region
also Washington	Capital of the United States, in Northern America.	Northern America	Plankton	673K
	Capital of Mexico, in Central America.	Central America	Plankton	368K
	Capital of Canada, in Northern America.	Northern America	Plankton	165K
	Capital of the Bahamas, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Too Clever	91K
	Capital of Cuba, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Too Clever	91K
	Capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Too Clever	74K
	Capital of Costa Rica, in Central America.	Central America	Too Clever	est.
	Capital of El Salvador, in Central America.	Central America	Too Clever	50K
	Capital of Guatemala, in Central America.	Central America	Too Clever	50K
	Capital of Haiti, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Too Clever	41K
	Capital of Jamaica, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Too Clever	est.
	Capital of Honduras, in Central America.	Central America	Too Clever	27K
	Capital of Nicaragua, in Central America.	Central America	Too Clever	22K
	Capital of Panama, in Central America.	Central America	Too Clever	est.
	Capital of Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Too Clever	18K
	Capital of Barbados, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Too Clever	12K
	Capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Too Clever	12K
	Capital of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Schooler	est.
	Capital of Belize, in Central America.	Central America	Schooler	8.1K
	Capital of Saint Lucia, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Schooler	8.1K
	Capital of Dominica, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Schooler	6.6K
	Capital of Grenada, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Schooler	est.
	Capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in the Caribbean.	the Caribbean	Schooler	5.4K

Questions about North American capitals

How many capitals are in North America?

RareList lists 23 capitals for 23 countries in North America. We follow the UN M49 regions, so Central America and the Caribbean count as North America.

What are the best-known capitals in North America?

The most searched in the US are Washington, D.C., Mexico City, Ottawa, Nassau and Havana.

Which capital in North America is the least searched?

Basseterre, with about 5.4K US searches a month. Capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in the Caribbean.

Which capitals in North America are named after their country?

Mexico City (Mexico), Guatemala City (Guatemala) and Panama City (Panama).

Capitals are listed for the 193 UN member states and the State of Palestine, except where we cannot state one: Israel and Palestine (the capital is disputed), Equatorial Guinea (a move from Malabo could not be confirmed) and Nauru (no official capital). Vatican City is a city-state and is left out. Where a country splits its capital functions, each city is listed with its role. Capitals come from the open mledoze/countries dataset, checked by hand.

Searches marked “est.” are estimates: for a capital whose name mostly means something else, such as Victoria or Georgetown, we count searches for the city plus its country; for Singapore, Monaco, Luxembourg and Djibouti the city and the country share one name, so the figure is the country’s.