Capitals Closest to United States by Continent

For each continent, can you name the five national capital cities that are closest to the United States?
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Not including the external territories of the US or other countries
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Last updated: March 20, 2017
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First submittedMarch 19, 2017
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km
North America
mi
71
Ottawa
44
169
Havana
105
290
Nassau
180
736
Mexico City
458
862
Kingston
535
 
 
 
km
South America
mi
2165
Caracas
1345
2348
Bogotá
1459
2784
Quito
1730
3125
Georgetown
1942
3436
Paramaribo
2135
km
Asia
mi
3189
Tokyo
1982
3843
Pyongyang
2388
3866
Seoul
2402
4408
Beijing
2739
4519
Ulaanbaatar
2808
 
 
 
km
Europe
mi
3344
Reykjavík
2078
4300
Dublin
2672
4744
Lisbon
2948
4762
London
2959
5041
Amsterdam/
Paris
3133
km
Africa
mi
5188
Rabat
3224
5255
Praia
3265
5562
Nouakchott
3456
5719
Dakar
3553
5789
Algiers
3597
 
 
 
km
Oceania
mi
3459
Majuro
2150
3679
South Tarawa
2286
4047
Apia
2515
4055
Funafuti
2520
4348
Yaren
2702
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Level 70
Mar 19, 2017
2500 quizzes, WOW! Congrats, Jerry!
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Level 76
Mar 19, 2017
Thanks :)
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Level 65
Mar 19, 2017
+1 We're halfway to go! :D
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Level 76
Mar 20, 2017
and 1/4 of the way to 6794
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Level 76
Mar 19, 2017
Great!
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Level 76
Mar 19, 2017
Recommend changing the second Oceania answer to be consistent with the Capitals of the World quiz. Almost missed it due to that.
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Level 76
Mar 19, 2017
Huh? It does read the same as the answer on Capitals of the World!
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Level 51
Oct 17, 2017
No, it ought to be Kiribati.
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Level 76
Mar 19, 2017
nice quiz! type-ins missing? eg ulanbator, tarawa
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Level 76
Mar 19, 2017
Fixed, thanks.
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Level 57
Apr 18, 2021
Nouakchott too, I had ro search up how to spell it lol
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Level 76
Mar 19, 2017
Can someone explain Amsterdam to me please?
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Level 76
Mar 20, 2017
Amsterdam and Paris are exactly the same distance from the States. It'll make sense with a globe - Mercator projection on most standard maps really distorts the closest straight-line distance, and the shortest straight-line distance here appears on Mercator-projected maps as an upward-sweeping arc.
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Level 68
May 21, 2017
That's crazy! To the mile??
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Level 77
Oct 30, 2021
Port of Spain, located as it is on the island of Trinidad, is geographically in S America and closer to the States than most of the other S American answers.
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Level 23
Sep 16, 2023
Great sequel. I really enjoyed it. I barely got it first try with 3:31 as my time.
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Level 28
Oct 23, 2023
nice quiz, nominated