Capital Cities which Changed their Name #1 - Modern Changes

A number of the world's capital cities previously had one or more other names. We give a former name - you provide their current name.
In this quiz, all new names were adopted since 1850.
There may be intermediate name(s) between past and current.
Cities may not have been national capitals during time of their past names.
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Past Name
<--- Until
Current Name
Akmola
1998
Astana
Batavia
1949
Jakarta
Bathurst
1973
Banjul
Brunei Town
1970
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bytown
1855
Ottawa
Ciudad Trujillo
1961
Santo Domingo
Edo
1868
Tokyo
Fort Lamy
1973
N'Djamena
Frunze
1991
Bishkek
Gyeongseong
1945
Seoul
Kristiania
1925
Oslo
Laibach
1918
Ljubljana
Leopoldville
1966
Kinshasa
Past Name
<--- Until
Current Name
Lourenco Marques
1976
Maputo
Nkuna
1880
Brazzaville
Poltoratsk
1927
Ashgabat
Pressburg
1919
Bratislava
Reval
1918
Tallinn
Salisbury
1982
Harare
Santa Isabel
1973
Malabo
Sredets
approx. 1879
Sofia
Stalinabad
1961
Dushanbe
Titograd
1992
Podgorica
Urga
1924
Ulaanbaatar
Uskub
1912
Skopje
Usumbura
1962
Bujumbura
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Level 73
Jan 28, 2017
Begawan.
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Level 57
Jan 28, 2017
Thanks, corrected.
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Level 57
Jan 29, 2017
Try it again - I have added several more cities.
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Level 90
Jan 28, 2017
Good quiz ! But it's Bandar Seri BEgawan, and what country is Donetsk the capital of?
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Level 57
Jan 28, 2017
Spelling corrected - thanks. Re Donetsk - my bad - been in news so much recently thanks to Drumpf's puppet master.
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Level 57
Jan 29, 2017
Try it again - I have added several more cities.
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Level 50
Jul 15, 2023
Gitega is the capital of Burundi now, also PLEASE accept/enable type-ins. They exist for a reason