api: YAML JSON TOON Database
version: 1.0.0
format: yaml
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:
    - 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:
    - 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:
    - world-continents
    - countries-capitals-europe
    - countries-capitals-africa
    - countries-capitals-asia
  entry_count: 35
  fields:
    - section: data
      field: country
      type: string
      example: United States
    - section: data
      field: capital
      type: string
      example: Washington, D.C.
  category: Geography
  category_slug: geography
  tags: geography,countries,capitals,americas
  view_count: 77
  created_at: 1793403093
  updated_at: 1793403093
data:
  - country: United States
    capital: Washington, D.C.
  - country: Canada
    capital: Ottawa
  - country: Mexico
    capital: Mexico City
  - country: Brazil
    capital: Brasília
  - country: Argentina
    capital: Buenos Aires
  - country: Colombia
    capital: Bogota
  - country: Peru
    capital: Lima
  - country: Chile
    capital: Santiago
  - country: Cuba
    capital: Havana
  - country: Guatemala
    capital: Guatemala City
  - country: Ecuador
    capital: Quito
  - country: Venezuela
    capital: Caracas
  - country: Bolivia
    capital: Sucre (constitutional); La Paz (seat of government)
  - country: Paraguay
    capital: Asuncion
  - country: Uruguay
    capital: Montevideo
  - country: Antigua and Barbuda
    capital: Saint John's
  - country: Bahamas
    capital: Nassau
  - country: Barbados
    capital: Bridgetown
  - country: Belize
    capital: Belmopan
  - country: Costa Rica
    capital: San José
  - country: Dominica
    capital: Roseau
  - country: Dominican Republic
    capital: Santo Domingo
  - country: El Salvador
    capital: San Salvador
  - country: Grenada
    capital: Saint George's
  - country: Guyana
    capital: Georgetown
  - country: Haiti
    capital: Port-au-Prince
  - country: Honduras
    capital: Tegucigalpa
  - country: Jamaica
    capital: Kingston
  - country: Nicaragua
    capital: Managua
  - country: Panama
    capital: Panama City
  - country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
    capital: Basseterre
  - country: Saint Lucia
    capital: Castries
  - country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    capital: Kingstown
  - country: Suriname
    capital: Paramaribo
  - country: Trinidad and Tobago
    capital: Port of Spain