A capital of a few government buildings in the Pohnpei jungle, twenty minutes from the basalt city of Nan Madol.
The de facto capital of the smallest republic on Earth: an airstrip, a parliament and the moonscape left by a century of phosphate mining.
The least populated capital in the world - a domed capitol on a hill in Melekeok, built in 2006 for a few hundred people.
A Portuguese colonial capital on the equator, pastel and peeling, with cocoa plantations in the hills behind it.
Kiribati's capital is a chain of islets joined by causeways, three metres above a rising ocean and one of the densest places in the Pacific.
One of the smallest capitals in the world, a clock tower copied from London and the Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke market.
Walk the whole capital in an afternoon — a strip of land so thin the airstrip doubles as the village green.
Atlantic islands off Conakry.
Birthplace of the Liberian nation.
Man-made island of marinas, Mediterranean-style piazzas and luxury shops on reclaimed pearl-diving grounds.
Sea fortress islands off Helsinki, UNESCO-listed.
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