1. INTRODUCTION
Below you can find a list with all the current Oceanian countries and their capitals (2023).
I hope you find the information interesting.
2. OCEANIAN COUNTRIES AND THEIR CAPITALS (14)
- Australia: Canberra
- Fiji: Suva
- Kiribati: Tarawa¹
- Marshall: Islands Majuro
- Micronesia: Palikir
- Nauru: Yaren
- New Zealand: Wellington
- Palau: Melekeok or Ngerulmud²
- Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby
- Samoa: Apia
- Solomon Islands: Honiara
- Tonga: Nukualofa
- Tuvalu: Funafuti, Fongafale or Vaiaku³
- Vanuatu: Port Vila
3. MAP WITH THE LOCATION OF THE COUNTRIES IN OCEANIA
4. NOTES AND CLARIFICATIONS
- The capital of Kiribati, according the one of the country’s government website (.gov.ki), is Tarawa.
- The capital of Palau varies according to the sources:
- According to Wikipedia, the CIA and the automatic results of the Google search engine is: Ngerulmud.
- According to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Royal Spanish Academy, the capital is: Melekeok.
- The capital of Tuvalu varies according to the sources:
- According to Wikipedia, the automatic results of the Google search engine and the CIA are: Funafuti.
- According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain is: Vaiaku (the town where you find the administrative offices). (*) It also appears as administrative capital in the CIA World Factbook.
- According to the Royal Spanish Academy is: Fongafale (the island where Vaiaku is located).
5. REFERENCES
- Kiribatitourism.gov.ki (2023). About Kiribati. Avaliable [HERE].
- Wikipedia.org (2023). Tuvalu. Avaliable [HERE].
- Wikipedia.org (2023). Palaos. Avaliable [HERE].
- Cia.gov (2023). The World Factbook > Tuvalu. Avaliable [HERE].
- Cia.gov (2023). The World Factbook > Palau. Avaliable [HERE].
- Gobierno de España (2023). Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación > Oficina de información diplomática > Ficha de país: Tuvalu. Text in Spanish. Avaliable [HERE].
- Gobierno de España (2023). Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación > Oficina de información diplomática > Ficha de país: Palaos. Text in Spanish. Avaliable [HERE].
- Saberespractico.com (2023). Países y capitales de Oceanía. Text in Spanish. Avaliable [HERE].
- Un.org – United Nations (2023). Member States. Avaliable [HERE].
- Google Maps (2019). Map with the location of all the sovereign oceanian countries (created by learnertrip.com). Avaliable [HERE].