Longest World Capital City Names

What are the longest names of current capital cities?
Names are as they appear in the World Capitals quiz.
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Last updated: April 11, 2018
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First submittedAugust 21, 2014
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city
23
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
17
Bandar Seri Begawan
14
Andorra la Vella
13
Guatemala City
12
Antananarivo
12
Bloemfontein
12
Port-au-Prince
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city
12
Saint George's
12
Santo Domingo
12
Yamoussoukro
11
Brazzaville
11
Buenos Aires
11
Kuala Lumpur
11
Ouagadougou
letters
city
11
Port-of-Spain
11
Port Moresby
11
San Salvador
11
South Tarawa
11
Tegucigalpa
11
Ulaanbaatar
11
Vatican City
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Level 90
Aug 22, 2014
Wikipedia has a different spelling of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
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Level 76
Aug 22, 2014
That second spelling will work now (the same number of letters, fortunately!)
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Level 89
Aug 23, 2014
What about Washington D.C.? 12 letters there. A lot more if you spell it out.
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Level 76
Aug 23, 2014
US cities are often referred to in the format name-plus-state (eg "Columbus, Ohio"), and here Washington is the name of the city, and DC is the district it resides in. But the US's capital appears in Longest One-Word World Capital City Names though (and apologies for the spoiler).
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Level 89
Mar 4, 2017
What about South Tarawa, Kiribati? 11 characters ...
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Level 82
Apr 11, 2018
I was wondering the same thing.
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Level 76
Apr 11, 2018
Oops, thanks guys. Now added.
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Level 39
Dec 22, 2022
You forgot Bangkok. It is short for Krung thep maha nakhon amon rattanakosin...

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