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World Capitals in U.S. States

Can you name the world capital cities that have namesakes in the USA. Only exact spellings and incorporated places are used.
State abbreviations for each city are given
Data from citypopulation.de
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Last updated: May 21, 2023
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# of Cities
Capital City
States
15
Washington
AR-GA-IA-IL-IN-KS-LA-MO-NE-NC-NJ-OK-PA-UT-VA
14
Georgetown
AR-CO-DE-GA-ID-IL-IN-KY-LA-MN-MS-PA-SC-TX
12
Athens
AL-GA-IL-LA-MI-NY-OH-PA-TN-TX-WI-WV
11
Kingston
GA-IL-MI-MN-MO-NY-OK-PA-TN-UT-WI
9
Wellington
CO-FL-IL-KS-KY-MO-OH-TX-UT
8
Warsaw
IL-IN-KY-MO-NC-NY-OH-VA
8
Dublin
CA-GA-IN-NY-OH-PA-TX-VA
8
Vienna
GA-IL-LA-MD-MO-SD-VA-WV
8
Berlin
CT-GA-IL-ND-NH-NJ-PA-WI
7
Paris
AR-ID-IL-KY-MO-TN-TX
6
Cairo
GA-IL-MO-NE-OH-WV
5
Lima
IL-MT-NY-OH-OK
5
Lisbon
IA-IL-LA-ND-OH
5
Rome
GA-IA-NY-OH-PA
5
Moscow
ID-KS-OH-PA-TN
4
Havana
AR-FL-IL-KS
4
Victoria
KS-MN-TX-VA
4
Delhi
IA-LA-MN-NY
3
Madrid
AL-IA-NE
3
Ottawa
IL-KS-OH
3
St.Johns
AZ-IL-MI
3
Damascus
AR-GA-VA
# of Cities
Capital City
States
3
London
AR-KY-OH
3
Belgrade
MN-MT-NE
3
Amsterdam
MO-NY-OH
2
Nassau
MN-NY
2
Manila
AR-UT
2
Monrovia
CA-IN
2
Stockholm
SD-WI
2
San Jose
CA-IL
2
Prague
NE-OK
2
Bogota
NJ-TX
1
Montevideo
MN
1
Bern
KS
1
Roseau
MN
1
Kingstown
NC
1
Brussels
IL
1
Jerusalem
OH
1
Panama City
FL
1
Copenhagen
NY
1
San Marino
CA
1
La Paz
IN
1
Tripoli
IA
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Level 63
Dec 2, 2019
Great quiz! Just for the record, there is a Moscow, Virginia as well, in the scenic Shenandoah Valley.
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Level 78
Dec 2, 2019
You are correct there is a Moscow in Virginia, however it is an unincorporated community and so falls out of the scope of this quiz. I had to draw the line somewhere and the data was all for incorporated communities. Sorry, but thanks for the comment.
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Level 50
May 18, 2023
theres a san marino in california
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Level 78
May 18, 2023
Added, thank you !
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Level 50
May 20, 2023
sorry to bother you again but there are freetown and la paz in indiana and tripoli in iowa. algiers also exists in vermont, although as an unincorporated community and therefore does not fit the qualifications for this quiz
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Level 78
May 21, 2023
Thanks for the reply and it's no bother at all.

I've done a little digging around that interweb thingy and found out the following..

Freetown IN - unincorporated

La Paz IN - added to the quiz

Tripoli IA - Cant find any info as to whether Inc. or not (I'll keep looking)

Algiers VT - As you say unincorporated.

Thanks for you comments, much appreciated.

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Level 50
May 21, 2023
https://imgur.com/a/meeVd2l

as you can see from this image, tripoli is in fact incorporated

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Level 78
May 21, 2023
Couldn't get the link to work, however I found a list of Iowa incorporated cities compiled by the Iowa Secretary of State and Tripoli is on there. Incorporated on October 16th, 1894.

I'm going to have to do a proper search for each state and completely update the quiz. Thanks for being persistent. The quiz should be right, I've learnt a lesson to not take Wikipedia and citypopulation.com for granted and verify the facts.

I am truly grateful.

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Level 50
May 22, 2023
youre welcome :)
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Level 50
May 28, 2023
also berlin and athens in vermont
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Level 50
Oct 7, 2023
and tunis in texas
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Level 78
Oct 7, 2023
According to the Texas State Historical Association website Tunis is an unincorporated town, so it doesn't make the cut unfortunately. Sorry.
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Level 50
May 18, 2023
I was shocked not to see a single Bridgetown. I guess they were too busy naming everything Washington or Springfield. Anyway, great quiz!
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Level 78
May 18, 2023
Thank you, perhaps the reason is that Bridgetown, although established in 1628, did not see much emigration to the early USA. It would have only had a small population anyway so any movement of people would have been extremely small.
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Level 60
May 18, 2023
there is a berlin connecticut or is that unincorporated?
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Level 78
May 18, 2023
Added CT to the list of states for Berlin, thanks
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Level 57
May 18, 2023
Nebraska is NE, NB is New Brunswick in Canada
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Level 78
May 19, 2023
I could say "Well done you found the deliberate mistake" but I'd just be lying to you and myself. Fixed it now, and thank you!