| 3 | | The capital of Nationalist China;
located in northern Taiwan (6) |
| 5 | | The capital and largest city of
Finland; located in southern
Finland; a major port and
commercial and cultural centre (8) |
| 7 | | The capital of Egypt and the
largest city in Africa; a major
port just south of the Nile delta;
formerly the home of the Pharaohs (5) |
| 9 | | The capital and largest city of
Fiji (on Viti Levu island) (4) |
| 11 | | Capital of Mauritania; located in
western Mauritania near the
Atlantic coast (10) |
| 12 | | The capital of Western Samoa (4) |
| 14 | | The capital of Aruba. The town is
named after the Dutch royal house
of Oranje, and has been the island's capital since 1797. (10) |
| 17 | | The capital of Maldives in the
centre of the islands (4) |
| 19 | | The capital and largest city of
Uganda on the north shore of Lake
Victoria (7) |
| 22 | | The capital and chief port of Qatar (4) |
| 23 | | The capital and largest city of
the Central African Republic (6) |
| 24 | | The capital and largest city of
Bangladesh (5) |
| 25 | | The capital and largest city of
Poland; located in central Poland (6) |
| 26 | | Capital and largest city and
economic centre of Peru; located
in western Peru; was capital of
the Spanish empire in the New
World until the 19th century (4) |
| 27 | | The capital of the Bahamas (6) |
