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Some countries have 'multiple capitals'; often one city is the seat of government while the other is the legal capital.

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More than one capital at present

More than one capital in the past

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More than one capital at present

Country	Capitals	Details
'Benin'	Porto-Novo	Official capital
	Cotonou	''De facto'' seat of government
'Bolivia'	Sucre	Official ("constitutional") capital; seat of national judiciary
	La Paz	Seat of national administrative & legislative bodies
'Chile'	Santiago	Official capital; seat of national administrative and judicial bodies
	Valparaíso	Seat of national legislature
'China (ROC)'	Nanjing	''De jure'' capital
	Taipei	"Provisional" and ''de facto'' capital (due to 1949 Chinese Civil War)
'Côte d'Ivoire'	Yamoussoukro	Official capital
	Abidjan	''De facto'' seat of government
'Finland'	Helsinki	The capital
	Naantali	Official Residence of the President
'Malaysia'
	Kuala Lumpur	Official capital; seat of national legislature
	Putrajaya	"Administrative centre" and seat of national judiciary
'Montenegro'	Podgorica	Official and ''de facto'' capital ()
	Cetinje	"Old royal capital" (), historical capital possessing no national governmental functions
'Netherlands'	Amsterdam	Official ("constitutional") capital
	The Hague	"Seat of Government," i.e., seat of national administrative, legislative, judicial, & royal bodies
'Philippines'	Manila	Official and ''de facto'' capital (seat of executive and judiciary)
	Pasay City	Seat of upper legislature
	Quezon City	Seat of lower legislature
	Baguio City	Summer capital (seat of executive and judiciary during Summer months)
'South Africa'	Pretoria	Administrative capital
	Cape Town	Legislative capital
	Bloemfontein	Judicial capital
'Sri Lanka'	Kotte	Administrative capital
	Colombo	official Commercial capital
'Swaziland'	Mbabane	Administrative capital
	Lobamba	Legislative and royal capital
'Tanzania'	Dodoma	Official capital
	Dar es Salaam	''De facto'' seat of government

Some Kyoto natives also argue that Tokyo and Kyoto are both capitals of Japan at present; ''see Capital of Japan''.
Israel designates Jerusalem as its capital; pending final settlement of Jerusalem's political status, most countries as well as the United Nations recognize Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv served as the temporary ''de facto'' capital of Israel from May to December 1948. ''See Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israel.''
In Germany, the highest judiciary organs (Bundesgerichtshof and Bundesverfassungsgericht) are located in Karlsruhe, whereas the nation's political capital is Berlin. Some ministries are still mainly located in Bonn, the former West-German capital, which is still called "federal city" (Bundesstadt).

More than one capital in the past

Main articles: List of historical national capitals

Many nations that have maintained only one capital at any given time have nevertheless, over time, conferred capital status on more than one city.
These current countries have had two cities that served as administrative capitals at the same time due to various reasons such as war or partition.

Country	Years	Capitals	Details
'France'	1940-1944	Paris	Occupied France (Germany-occupied northern France)
		Vichy	French State
'India'	1912-1947	Delhi	Winter capital
		Simla	Summer capital
'Libya'	1951-1969	Tripoli	One of two official capitals of Kingdom
		Benghazi	One of two official capitals of Kingdom
'Philippines'	1910-1948	Manila	General capital
		Baguio	Summer capital
	1948-1976	Quezon city	General capital
		Baguio	Summer capital
'Serbia and Montenegro'	1992-2006	Belgrade	Administrative & legislative
		Podgorica	Judicial

See also

★ List of capitals in the United States

★ List of historical capitals of China

★ List of national capitals

★ List of historical national capitals

★ List of purpose-built capital cities

★ List of countries whose capital is not their largest city

★ List of cities

★ List of capitals and largest cities by country