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Countries- Capital, Currency And Language

COUNTRIES - CAPITAL, CURRENCY AND LANGUAGE

Country Name Capital Currency Official Head of Government Language Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Dari Persian; President - Ashraf Pashto Ghani Albania Tirane Lek Albanian Prime Minister – Edi Rama Algeria Algiers Dinar Arabic; Prime Minister – Tamazight; French Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro Catalan Prime Minister - Xavier Espot Zamora Angola Luanda New Kwanza Portuguese President – João Lourenço Antigua and Saint John's East Caribbean English Prime Minister – dollar Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Spanish President – Alberto Fernández Armenia Yerevan Dram Armenian President – Armen Sarkissian Australia Canberra Australian dollar English Prime Minister – Austria Vienna Euro (formerly German President - Alexander schilling) Van der Bellen Azerbaijan Baku Manat Azerbaijani Prime Minister – Ali Asadov Nassau Bahamian dollar English Prime Minister – Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar Arabic Prime Minister – Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Dhaka Taka Bangla Prime Minister – Barbados Bridgetown Barbados dollar English Prime Minister – Belarus Minsk Belorussian ruble Belarusian; President - Alexander Russian Lukashenko Belgium Brussels Euro (formerly Dutch; French; Prime Minister – Belgian franc) German Alexander De Croo Belize Belmopan Belize dollar English Prime Minister – www.BankExamsToday.com Page 1

Countries- Capital, Currency And Language

Johnny Briceño Benin Porto-Novo CFA Franc French President - Patrice Talon Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Dzongkha Prime Minister – Lotay Tshering Bolivia La Paz Boliviano Spanish; Prime Minister – Luis (administrative); Quechua; Aymara Arce Sucre (judicial) Bosnia and Sarajevo Convertible Mark Bosnian; Chairman of the Herzegovina Croatian; Serbian Council of Ministers - Zoran Tegeltija Pula English; Tswana President – Brazil Brasilia Real Portuguese President – Brunei Bandar Seri Brunei dollar Malay Sultan and Prime Begawan Minister – Bulgaria Sofia Lev Bulgarian Prime Minister – Boyko Borisov Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA Franc French Prime Minister - Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré Burundi Gitega Burundi franc Kirundi; French President – Évariste Ndayishimiye Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Khmer Prime Minister – Hun Sen Cameroon Yaounde CFA Franc French; English Prime Minister – Joseph Ngute Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar English; French Prime Minister – Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean Portuguese Prime Minister – escudo Ulisses Correia e Silva Central African Bangui CFA Franc Sango; French Prime Minister – Republic Firmin Ngrebada Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc French; Arabic President - Idriss Deby Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Spanish President – Sebastián Piñera China Beijing Chinese Yuan Mandarin President - Xi Jinping Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Spanish President – Ivan Duque Marquez Comoros Moroni Franc Comorian; Arabic; President – Azali www.BankExamsToday.com Page 2

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French Assoumani Republic of the Brazzaville CFA Franc French Prime Minister – Congo Clément Mouamba Congo, Kinshasa Congolese franc French Prime Minister –Jean- Democratic Michel Sama Lukonde Republic of the Costa Rica San Jose Colón Spanish President – Carlos Alvarado Quesada Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro CFA Franc French President - Alassane (official); Abidjan Ouattara (de facto) Croatia Zagreb Croatian Kuna Prime Minister – Andrej Plenković Cuba Havana Cuban Peso Spanish Prime Minister-Manuel Marrero Cruz Cyprus Nicosia Euro Greek; Turkish President – Czech Republic Prague Koruna Czech; Slovak Prime Minister – Andrej Babiš Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone Danish Prime Minister – Mette Frederiksen Djibouti Djibouti Djiboutian franc Arabic; French Prime Minister – Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Dominica Roseau East Caribbean English; French; Prime Minister – dollar Antillean Creole Dominican Santo Domingo Dominican Peso Spanish President – Luis Republic Abinader East Timor Dili U.S. dollar Tetum; Prime Minister – Taur (Timor-Leste) Portuguese; Matan Ruak Iindonesian Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar Spanish President – Lenín Moreno Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Arabic Prime Minister – Moustafa Madbouly El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar Spanish President – Nayib Bukele Equatorial Malabo CFA Franc Spanish; French; Prime Minister – Guinea Portuguese Francisco Pascual Obama Asue Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Arabic; Tigrinya; President – Isaias English Afwerki www.BankExamsToday.com Page 3

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Estonia Tallinn Estonia Kroon; Estonian Prime Minister – Kaja Euro Kallas Ethiopia Birr Amharic Prime Minister – Abiy Ahmed Fiji Suva Fiji dollar English; Bau Prime Minister – Frank Fijian; Hindi Bainimarama Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly Finnish; Swedish Prime Minister – Sanna markka) Marin France Paris Euro (formerly French Prime Minister- Jean French franc) Castex Gabon Libreville CFA Franc French Prime Minister – Rose Christiane Raponda The Gambia Banjul Dalasi English President – Georgia Tbilisi Lari Georgian Prime Minister – Irakli Garibashvili Germany Berlin Euro (formerly German Chancellor – Frank- Deutsche mark) Walter Steinmeier Ghana Accra Cedi English President - Nana Akufo-Addo Greece Athens Euro (formerly Greek Prime Minister – drachma) Kyriakos Mitsotakis Grenada Saint George's East Caribbean English; Patois Prime Minister – Keith dollar Mitchell Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal Spanish President – Alejandro Giammattei Guinea Conakry Guinean franc French Prime Minister – Ibrahima Kassory Fofana Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA Franc Portuguese Prime Minister –Nuno Gomes Nabiam Georgetown Guyanese dollar English President - Mohamed Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde Haitian Creole; Prime Minister – French Joseph Jouthe Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira Spanish President – Juan Orlando Hernández Hungary Budapest Forint Hungarian Prime Minister – Viktor Orbán Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic króna Icelandic President - Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson www.BankExamsToday.com Page 4

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India New Delhi Indian Rupee Hindi; English Prime Minister – Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Indonesian President – Joko Widodo Iran Tehran Rial Persian President – Hassan Rouhani Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Arabic; Kurdish Prime Minister – Mustafa Al Kadhimi Ireland Dublin Euro (formerly English; Irish Prime Minister- Irish pound Taoiseach – Micheal [punt]) Martin Israel Jerusalem* Shekel Hebrew; Arabic Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu Italy Rome Euro (formerly Italian Prime Minister – Mario lira) Draghi Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro West African CFA French Prime Minister – franc Patrick Achi Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar English Prime Minister – Japan Tokyo Yen Japanese Prime Minister – Yoshihide Suga Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar Arabic Prime Minister – Bishr Al-Khasawneh Kazakhstan Nur Sultan Tenge Kazakh; Russian Prime Minister – Askar Mamin Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling Swahili; English President – Kiribati Tarawa Atoll Kiribati dollar English; President – Taneti Gilbertese Mamau Korea, North Pyongyang Won Korean Premier of the Cabinet – Kim Jong-un Korea, South Seoul Won Korean Prime Minister – Chung Sye-kyun Kosovo Pristina Euro (German Albanian; Serbian Prime Minister –Albin Mark prior to Kurti 2002) Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dollar Arabic; English Prime Minister – Sheikh Sabah Al- Khalid Al-Sabah Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Kyrgyz; Russian Prime Minister- Ulukbek Maripov Laos Vientiane New Kip Lao (Laotian) Prime Minister – www.BankExamsToday.com Page 5

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Thongloun Sisoulith Latvia Riga Lats Latvian Prime Minister – Krišjānis Kariņš Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound Arabic; French Prime Minister – Hassan Diab Lesotho Maseru Maluti Sesotho; English Prime Minister - Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar English President – George Weah Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar Arabic Prime Minister – Al-Dabaib Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc German Prime Minister-Adrian Hasler Lithuania Vilnius Litas Lithuanian Prime Minister – Ingrida Šimonytė Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro (formerly German; French; Prime Minister – Luxembourg Luxembourgish Xavier Bettel franc) Macedonia Skopje Denar Macedonian President of the Government – Stevo Pendarovski Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Malagasy; French; Prime Minister – English Christian Ntsay Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha English President – Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit Malay Prime Minister – Maldives Male Rufiyaa Dhivehi President – Mali Bamako CFA Franc French Prime Minister - Moctar Ouane Malta Valletta Euro Maltese; English Prime Minister – Marshall Majuro U.S. Dollar Marshallese; Prime Minister – Stefan Islands English Löfven Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Arabic Prime Minister – Mohamed Ould Bilal Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee English Prime Minister – Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Spanish President – Andrés Manuel López Obrador Micronesia, Palikir U.S. Dollar English President – David W. www.BankExamsToday.com Page 6

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Federated Panuelo States of Moldova Chisinau Leu Moldovan Prime Minister – (Romanian) Aureliu Ciocoi Monaco Monte Carlo Euro French; Italian; Minister of State – English Pierre Dartout Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Togrog Mongolian Prime Minister – Luvsannamsrain Oyun- Erdene Montenegro Podgorica Euro Montenegrin Prime Minister – Zdravko Krivokapić Morocco Rabat Dirham Arabic Prime Minister- Saadeddine Othmani Mozambique Maputo Metical Portuguese Prime Minister – Carlos Agostinho do Rosário Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw Kyat Burmese President– Myint Swe (Burma) Windhoek Namibian dollar English; Prime Minister – Saara Afrikaans; Kuugongelwa German Nauru no official capital; Australian dollar English; Nauran President – Lionel government Aingimea offices in Yaren District Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Nepali Prime Minister – KP Sharma Oli Netherlands Amsterdam; The Euro (formerly Dutch Prime Minister – Mark Hague (seat of guilder) Rutte government) New Zealand Wellington New Zealand English Prime Minister – dollar Nicaragua Managua Gold cordoba Spanish President – Niger Niamey CFA Franc French Prime Minister – Brigi Rafini Nigeria Abuja Naira English Prime Minister– Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Norway Oslo Norwegian krone Norwegian Prime Minister – Erna Solberg Oman Muscat Omani rial Arabic Sultan and Prime Minister – Haitham bin www.BankExamsToday.com Page 7

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Tariq Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee Urdu; English Prime Minister – Palau Melekeok U.S. dollar English; Palauan Vice President – Surangel S. Whipps Jr. Palestine Ramallah, East Palestine Pound Arabic Prime Minister - Jerusalem Mohammad Shtayyeh Panama Panama City Balboa; U.S. Spanish President – Laurentino dollar Cortizo Papua New Port Moresby Kina English; Tok Prime Minister – James Guinea Pisin; Marape Hiri Motu Paraguay Asuncion Guaraní Spanish; Guarani President – Mario Abdo Benítez Peru Lima Nuevo sol (1991) Spanish Prime Minister – Violeta Bermúdez Philippines Manila Peso Filipino; English President – Rodrigo Duterte Poland Warsaw Zloty Polish President – Andrzej Duda Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly Portuguese Prime Minister – escudo) António Costa Qatar Doha Qatari riyal Arabic Prime Minister – Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani Romania Bucharest Romanian Rupee Romanian Prime Minister – Florin Cîțu Russia Moscow Ruble Romanian Prime Minister – Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc Russian Prime Minister – Édouard Ngirente Saint Kitts and Basseterre East Caribbean English Prime Minister – Nevis dollar Saint Lucia Castries East Caribbean English Prime Minister – Allen dollar Chastanet Saint Vincent Kingstown East Caribbean English Prime Minister – Ralph and the dollar Gonsalves Grenadines Samoa Apia Tala Samoan, English Prime Minister – Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi www.BankExamsToday.com Page 8

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San Marino San Marino Euro Italian Pasquale Valentini Sao Tome and Sao Tome Dobra Portuguese Prime Minister – Jorge Principe Bom Jesus Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal Arabic King and Prime Minister – Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Senegal Dakar CFA Franc French Prime Minister – Mohammed Dionne Serbia Belgrade Serbian Dinar Serbian Prime Minister – Ana Brnabić Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee Seychellois President – Wavel Creole, French Ramkalawan English Sierra Leone Freetown Leone English President – Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar English, Chinese Prime Minister – Lee and Malay Hsien Loong Tamil Slovakia Bratislava Euro Slovak Prime Minister – Igor Matovič Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenian tolar; Slovene Prime Minister – Janez euro (as of Janša 1/1/07) Solomon Honiara Solomon Islands English Prime Minister – Islands dollar Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling Somali Arabic Prime Minister – Mohamed Hussein Roble South Africa Pretoria Rand Afrikaans, President – Cyril (administrative); English, Southern Ramaphosa Cape Town Ndebele, (legislative); Northern Sotho, Bloemfontein Southern Sotho, (judiciary) Swazi Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound English President – Salva Kiir Mayardit Spain Madrid Euro (formerly Spanish, Catalan Prime Minister - Pedro peseta) Galician , Gasque Sánchez Sri Lanka Colombo; Sri Sri Lankan rupee Sinhala, Tamil Prime Minister - Jayewardenepura www.BankExamsToday.com Page 9

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Kotte (legislative) Sudan Khartoum Sudanese Pound Arabic, English Prime Minister – Abdalla Hamdok Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese Dutch President – dollar Chabdrikapersad ‘Chan’ Santokhi Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni English, Swati Prime Minister – Themba N. Masuku Sweden Stockholm Krona Swedish Prime Minister – Stefan Löfven Switzerland Berne Swiss franc German, French, President - Guy Italian, Romansh Parmelin Syria Damascus Syrian pound Arabic Prime Minister – Hussein Arnous Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Standard Chinese Prime Minister– Su Tseng-chang Tajikistan Dushanbe somoni Tajik; Russian Prime Minister – Kokhir Rasulzoda Tanzania Dar es Salaam; Tanzanian Swahili, English Prime Minister – Dodoma shilling (legislative) Thailand Bangkok Baht Thai Prime Minister – Prayut Chan-o-cha Togo Lome CFA Franc French Prime Minister – Victoire Tomegah Dogbé Tonga Nuku'alofa Pa'anga English Prime Minister – Pohiva Tuionetoa Trinidad and Port-of-Spain Trinidad and English Prime Minister – Keith Tobago Tobago dollar Rowley Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar Arabic Prime Minister- Hichem Mechichi Turkey Ankara Turkish lira Turkish Prime Minister – Binali (YTL) Yıldırım Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Turkmen President – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Vaiaku village, Tuvaluan Dollar Tuvaluan; English Prime Minister – province Uganda Kampala Ugandan new Swahili, English, Prime Minister – shilling Luganda Ruhakana Rugunda Ukraine Kiev Hryvnia Ukrainian Prime Minister – Denys www.BankExamsToday.com Page 10

Countries- Capital, Currency And Language

Shmyhal United Arab Abu Dhabi U.A.E. Dirham Arabic Prime Minister – Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum United London Pound sterling English Prime Minister – Boris Kingdom Johnson United States of Washington D.C. Dollar English President – Joe Biden America Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso Spanish President – Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum Uzbek Prime Minister – Abdulla Aripov Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu Bislama, French, Prime Minister – Bob English Loughman Vatican City Vatican City Euro Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin (Holy See) Venezuela Caracas Bolivar Spanish President – Juan Guaidó Vietnam Hanoi Dong Vietnamese Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Yemen Sanaa Rial Arabic Prime Minister – Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed Lusaka Kwacha English President – Harare United States English, Shona, President –Emmerson dollar Ndebele Mnangagwa

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