api: YAML JSON TOON Database
version: 1.0.0
format: toon
dataset:
  id: 2762
  slug: countries-capitals-americas
  title: Countries and Capitals of the Americas
  description: Selected countries and capitals in North and South America.
  summary: "The 35 sovereign states of North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America with their capital cities. Countries whose seat of government differs from their constitutional capital are annotated."
  use_when[2]: "You need a country's capital in the Americas, or a complete list for validation.","You are building a quiz, a form dropdown or a geographic lookup."
  caveats[2]: "Bolivia has two capitals (Sucre constitutional, La Paz seat of government), and the entry lists both.","Dependent territories such as Puerto Rico, Greenland and the Falkland Islands are not sovereign states and are not listed."
  related[4]: world-continents,countries-capitals-europe,countries-capitals-africa,countries-capitals-asia
  entry_count: 35
  fields[2]{section,field,type,example}:
    data,country,string,United States
    data,capital,string,"Washington, D.C."
  category: Geography
  category_slug: geography
  tags: "geography,countries,capitals,americas"
  view_count: 76
  created_at: 1793403093
  updated_at: 1793403093
data[35]{country,capital}:
  United States,"Washington, D.C."
  Canada,Ottawa
  Mexico,Mexico City
  Brazil,Brasília
  Argentina,Buenos Aires
  Colombia,Bogota
  Peru,Lima
  Chile,Santiago
  Cuba,Havana
  Guatemala,Guatemala City
  Ecuador,Quito
  Venezuela,Caracas
  Bolivia,Sucre (constitutional); La Paz (seat of government)
  Paraguay,Asuncion
  Uruguay,Montevideo
  Antigua and Barbuda,Saint John's
  Bahamas,Nassau
  Barbados,Bridgetown
  Belize,Belmopan
  Costa Rica,San José
  Dominica,Roseau
  Dominican Republic,Santo Domingo
  El Salvador,San Salvador
  Grenada,Saint George's
  Guyana,Georgetown
  Haiti,Port-au-Prince
  Honduras,Tegucigalpa
  Jamaica,Kingston
  Nicaragua,Managua
  Panama,Panama City
  Saint Kitts and Nevis,Basseterre
  Saint Lucia,Castries
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Kingstown
  Suriname,Paramaribo
  Trinidad and Tobago,Port of Spain