Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Static GK:Countries,Currencies&Capitals

Countries, Currencies & Capitals


Sr. No.
Country
Currency
Capital
1
Afghanistan
Afghani
Kabul
2
Albania
Lek
Tirane
3
Algeria
Dinar
Algiers
4
Andorra
Euro
Andorra la Vella
5
Angola
New Kwanza
Luanda

6

Antigua and Barbuda

East Caribbean dollar

Saint John's
7
Argentina
Peso
Buenos Aires
8
Armenia
Dram
Yerevan
9
Australia
Australian dollar
Canberra
10
Austria
Euro
Vienna
11
Azerbaijan
Manat
Baku
12
The Bahamas
Bahamian dollar
Nassau
13
Bahrain
Bahrain dinar
Manama
14
Bangladesh
Taka
Dhaka


15
Barbados
Barbados dollar
Bridgetown
16
Belarus
Belorussian ruble
Minsk

17

Belgium

Euro (formerly Belgian franc)

Brussels
18
Belize
Belize dollar
Belmopan
19
Benin
CFA Franc
Porto-Novo
20
Bhutan
Ngultrum
Thimphu


21


Bolivia


Boliviano

La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
22
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marka
Sarajevo
23
Botswana
Pula
Gaborone
24
Brazil
Real
Brasilia

25

Brunei

Brunei dollar

Bandar Seri Begawan
26
Bulgaria
Lev
Sofia
27
Burkina Faso
CFA Franc
Ouagadougou
28
Burundi
Burundi franc
Bujumbura
29
Cambodia
Riel
Phnom Penh
30
Cameroon
CFA Franc
Yaounde
31
Canada
Canadian dollar
Ottawa

32

Cape Verde

Cape Verdean escudo

Praia
33
Central African Republic
CFA Franc
Bangui
34
Chad
CFA Franc
N'Djamena
35
Chile
Chilean Peso
Santiago
36
China
Yuan/Renminbi
Beijing


37
Colombia
Colombian Peso
Bogota
38
Comoros
Franc
Moroni
39
Congo, Republic of the
CFA Franc
Brazzaville

40
Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Congolese franc

Kinshasa
41
Costa Rica
Colón
San Jose


42


Cote d'Ivoire


CFA Franc

Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
43
Croatia
Kuna
Zagreb
44
Cuba
Cuban Peso
Havana
45
Cyprus
Cyprus pound
Nicosia
46
Czech Republic
Koruna
Prague
47
Denmark
Krone
Copenhagen
48
Djibouti
Djibouti franc
Djibouti

49

Dominica

East Caribbean dollar

Roseau
50
Dominican Republic
Dominican Peso
Santo Domingo
51
East Timor (Timor- Leste)
U.S. dollar
Dili
52
Ecuador
U.S. dollar
Quito
53
Egypt
Egyptian pound
Cairo
54
El Salvador
Colón; U.S. dollar
San Salvador
55
Equatorial Guinea
CFA Franc
Malabo
56
Eritrea
Nakfa
Asmara
57
Estonia
Kroon
Tallinn
58
Ethiopia
Birr
Addis Ababa
59
Fiji
Fiji dollar
Suva

60

Finland

Euro (formerly markka)

Helsinki



61

France

Euro (formerly French franc)

Paris
62
Gabon
CFA Franc
Libreville
63
The Gambia
Dalasi
Banjul
64
Georgia
Lari
Tbilisi

65

Germany

Euro (formerly Deutsche mark)

Berlin
66
Ghana
Cedi
Accra

67

Greece

Euro (formerly drachma)

Athens

68

Grenada

East Caribbean dollar

Saint George's
69
Guatemala
Quetzal
Guatemala City
70
Guinea
Guinean franc
Conakry
71
Guinea-Bissau
CFA Franc
Bissau
72
Guyana
Guyanese dollar
Georgetown
73
Haiti
Gourde
Port-au-Prince
74
Honduras
Lempira
Tegucigalpa
75
Hungary
Forint
Budapest
76
Iceland
Icelandic króna
Reykjavik
77
India
Rupee
New Delhi
78
Indonesia
Rupiah
Jakarta
79
Iran
Rial
Tehran
80
Iraq
Iraqi Dinar
Baghdad

81

Ireland

Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt])

Dublin
82
Israel
Shekel
Jerusalem(#)

83

Italy
Euro (formerly known as lira)

Rome


84
Jamaica
Jamaican dollar
Kingston
85
Japan
Yen
Tokyo
86
Jordan
Jordanian dinar
Amman
87
Kazakhstan
Tenge
Astana
88
Kenya
Kenya shilling
Nairobi
89
Kiribati
Australian dollar
Tarawa Atoll
90
North Korea
Won
Pyongyang
91
South Korea
Won
Seoul

92

Kosovo

Euro (German Mark prior to 2002)

Pristina
93
Kuwait
Kuwaiti dinar
Kuwait City
94
Kyrgyzstan
Som
Bishkek
95
Laos
New Kip
Vientiane
96
Latvia
Lats
Riga
97
Lebanon
Lebanese pound
Beirut
98
Lesotho
Maluti
Maseru
99
Liberia
Liberian dollar
Monrovia
100
Libya
Libyan dinar
Tripoli
101
Liechtenstein
Swiss franc
Vaduz
102
Lithuania
Litas
Vilnius

103

Luxembourg

Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)

Luxembourg
104
Macedonia
Denar
Skopje
105
Madagascar
Malagasy franc
Antananarivo
106
Malawi
Kwacha
Lilongwe
107
Malaysia
Ringgit
Kuala Lumpur
108
Maldives
Rufiya
Male
109
Mali
CFA Franc
Bamako
110
Malta
Maltese lira
Valletta
111
Marshall Islands
U.S. Dollar
Majuro
112
Mauritania
Ouguiya
Nouakchott


113
Mauritius
Mauritian rupee
Port Louis
114
Mexico
Mexican peso
Mexico City

115
Micronesia, Federated States of

U.S. Dollar

Palikir
116
Moldova
Leu
Chisinau
117
Monaco
Euro
Monaco
118
Mongolia
Tugrik
Ulaanbaatar
119
Montenegro
Euro
Podgorica
120
Morocco
Dirham
Rabat
121
Mozambique
Metical
Maputo



122



Myanmar (Burma)



Kyat


Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
123
Namibia
Namibian dollar
Windhoek


124


Nauru


Australian dollar

no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
125
Nepal
Nepalese rupee
Kathmandu


126


Netherlands


Euro (formerly guilder)


Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)

127

New Zealand

New Zealand dollar

Wellington
128
Nicaragua
Gold cordoba
Managua
129
Niger
CFA Franc
Niamey
130
Nigeria
Naira
Abuja
131
Norway
Norwegian krone
Oslo


132
Oman
Omani rial
Muscat
133
Pakistan
Pakistani rupee
Islamabad
134
Palau
U.S. dollar
Melekeok
135
Panama
balboa; U.S. dollar
Panama City
136
Papua New Guinea
Kina
Port Moresby
137
Paraguay
Guaraní
Asuncion
138
Peru
Nuevo sol (1991)
Lima
139
Philippines
Peso
Manila
140
Poland
Zloty
Warsaw

141

Portugal

Euro (formerly escudo)

Lisbon
142
Qatar
Qatari riyal
Doha
143
Romania
Leu
Bucharest
144
Russia
Ruble
Moscow
145
Rwanda
Rwanda franc
Kigali

146

Saint Kitts and Nevis

East Caribbean dollar

Basseterre

147

Saint Lucia

East Caribbean dollar

Castries

148
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

East Caribbean dollar

Kingstown
149
Samoa
Tala
Apia
150
San Marino
Euro
San Marino
151
Sao Tome and Principe
Dobra
Sao Tome
152
Saudi Arabia
Riyal
Riyadh
153
Senegal
CFA Franc
Dakar




154




Serbia


Yugoslav new dinar. In Kosovo both the euro and the Yugoslav dinar are legal




Belgrade


155
Seychelles
Seychelles rupee
Victoria
156
Sierra Leone
Leone
Freetown
157
Singapore
Singapore dollar
Singapore
158
Slovakia
Koruna
Bratislava

159

Slovenia

Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07)

Ljubljana

160

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands dollar

Honiara
161
Somalia
Somali shilling
Mogadishu




162




South Africa




Rand



Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
163
South Sudan
Sudanese Pound
Juba

164

Spain

Euro (formerly peseta)

Madrid



165



Sri Lanka



Sri Lanka rupee


Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
166
Sudan
Dinar
Khartoum
167
Suriname
Surinamese dollar
Paramaribo
168
Swaziland
Lilangeni
Mbabane
169
Sweden
Krona
Stockholm
170
Switzerland
Swiss franc
Bern
171
Syria
Syrian pound
Damascus
172
Taiwan
Taiwan dollar
Taipei


173
Tajikistan
somoni
Dushanbe


174


Tanzania


Tanzanian shilling

Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
175
Thailand
baht
Bangkok
176
Togo
CFA Franc
Lome
177
Tonga
Pa'anga
Nuku'alofa

178

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago dollar

Port-of-Spain
179
Tunisia
Tunisian dinar
Tunis
180
Turkey
Turkish lira (YTL)
Ankara
181
Turkmenistan
Manat
Ashgabat

182

Tuvalu

Australian dollar

Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
183
Uganda
Ugandan new shilling
Kampala
184
Ukraine
Hryvna
Kyiv
185
United Arab Emirates
U.A.E. dirham
Abu Dhabi
186
United Kingdom
Pound sterling
London
187
United States of America
dollar
Washington D.C.
188
Uruguay
Uruguay peso
Montevideo
189
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistani sum
Tashkent
190
Vanuatu
Vatu
Port-Vila
191
Vatican City (Holy See)
Euro
Vatican City
192
Venezuela
Bolivar
Caracas
193
Vietnam
Dong
Hanoi
194
Yemen
Rial
Sanaa
195
Zambia
Kwacha
Lusaka
196
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean dollar
Harare