Country and Capital Neighbour Connect with Jumps and Disappearing World Map: Furthest from Greenwich Meridian along Parallels

In this quiz country centroids (ie geographical centers) and capitals are combined: countries (country centroids) are 'blue' and capitals are 'pink'.

Always choose the neighbour that is furthest from Greenwich Meridian ('parallel distance') where a neighbour is any of the following:
- a bordering country
- the capital of a bordering country
- the corresponding country/capital of your last answer

When left with no neighbors jump to a different island! Go to the capital/country that hasn't been mentioned yet and is furthest from Greenwich Meridian.

Start with the country/capital furthest from the Greenwich Meridian along a parallel: SOUTH TARAWA!

Don't forget that 'horizontal' distances on a flat map get 'distorted' depending on latitude!
Dubious India/Sri Lanka and Qatar/UAE borders are not considered
For multiple capitals countries the following were chosen: La Paz, Porto-Novo and Pretoria
Jumping idea from Eutychus
Country Centroids Data from Portland State University (https://www.pdx.edu/econ/country-geography-data), for missing countries from CIA (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2011.html)
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Last updated: March 13, 2018
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Country/Capital
South Tarawa
Kiribati
Yaren
Nauru
Tuvalu
Funafuti
Majuro
Marshall Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Palikir
Solomon Islands
Honiara
Samoa
Apia
Vanuatu
Port Vila
Suva
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Indonesia
East Timor
Dili
Jakarta
Malaysia
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Kuala Lumpur
Bangkok
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
Vientiane
Hanoi
Beijing
Naypyidaw
Myanmar
Dhaka
Bangladesh
India
China
Pyongyang
South Korea
Seoul
North Korea
Russia
Ulaanbaatar
Country/Capital
Mongolia
Moscow
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Kabul
Islamabad
New Delhi
Bhutan
Thimphu
Tonga
Nukuʻalofa
Ngerulmud
Palau
Philippines
Manila
Australia
Canberra
Taiwan
Taipei
Singapore (cap)
Singapore
Tokyo
Japan
Wellington
New Zealand
Mexico City
Mexico
Guatemala City
San Salvador
Guatemala
El Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Managua
Honduras
Nicaragua
San José
Costa Rica
Panama
Panama City
Bogotá
Quito
Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Colombia
Caracas
Venezuela
Guyana
Country/Capital
Georgetown
Suriname
Paramaribo
Brazil
La Paz
Bolivia
Santiago
Chile
Argentina
Paraguay
Asunción
Buenos Aires
Uruguay
Brasília
Montevideo
Belmopan
Belize
Sri Lanka
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Havana
Cuba
Kathmandu
Nepal
Malé
Maldives
Jamaica
Kingston
United States
Washington D.C.
Ottawa
Canada
Nassau
Bahamas
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Saint George's
Grenada
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
Kingstown
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Dushanbe
Bishkek
Country/Capital
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Iran
Ashgabat
Astana
Castries
Saint Lucia
Roseau
Dominica
Saint John's
Antigua and Barbuda
Bridgetown
Barbados
Seychelles
Victoria
Mauritius
Port Louis
Muscat
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Riyadh
Doha
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Sana'a
Somalia
Mogadishu
Djibouti (cap)
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Kenya
Nairobi
Dodoma
Tanzania
Mozambique
Malawi
Lilongwe
Maputo
Harare
Zimbabwe
Lusaka
Zambia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kampala
Uganda
Country/Capital
Juba
Khartoum
Eritrea
Asmara
Sudan
South Sudan
Central African Republic
Bangui
Chad
Libya
Cairo
Israel
Jordan
Baghdad
Kuwait City
Kuwait
Iraq
Tehran
Baku
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Yerevan
Tbilisi
Georgia
Turkey
Syria
Amman
Damascus
Jerusalem
Lebanon
Beirut
Bahrain
Manama
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Comoros
Moroni
Rwanda
Kigali
Burundi
Bujumbura
Kinshasa
Angola
Namibia
Pretoria
Swaziland
Mbabane
South Africa
Lesotho
Country/Capital
Maseru
Nicosia
Cyprus
Egypt
Tripoli
N'Djamena
Cameroon
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville
Luanda
Windhoek
Gaborone
Botswana
Ankara
Athens
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Ukraine
Chișinău
Moldova
Kiev
Romania
Sofia
Greece
Macedonia
Skopje
Pristina
Kosovo
Albania
Tirana
Montenegro
Serbia
Belgrade
Podgorica
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Hungary
Slovakia
Budapest
Bratislava
Warsaw
Belarus
Minsk
Vilnius
Latvia
Lithuania
Riga
Estonia
Country/Capital
Tallinn
Cape Verde
Praia
Dakar
Banjul
Gambia
Senegal
Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
Conakry
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Monrovia
Guinea
Liberia
Cote d'Ivoire
Bamako
Nouakchott
Mauritania
Rabat
Morocco
Madrid
Lisbon
Portugal
Spain
France
Rome
Vienna
Slovenia
Zagreb
Ljubljana
Austria
Czech Republic
Poland
Prague
Berlin
Copenhagen
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Vatican City (cap)
Vatican City
Helsinki
Finland
Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Oslo
Gabon
Country/Capital
Yaoundé
Equatorial Guinea
Libreville
Malabo
Malta
Valletta
Reykjavík
Iceland
Niger
Nigeria
Abuja
Porto-Novo
Benin
Niamey
Mali
Yamoussoukro
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Lomé
Togo
Ghana
Accra
San Marino
San Marino (cap)
Tunis
Tunisia
Algeria
Algiers
São Tomé
São Tomé and Príncipe
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Bern
Paris
Monaco
Monaco (cap)
Denmark
Ireland
Dublin
United Kingdom
London
Luxembourg
Luxembourg (cap)
Belgium
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Brussels
Andorra la Vella
Andorra
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