South Asian capitals

This is a list of East, South, and Southeast Asian capitals.

East Asia

Name	Nation	Image of the Skyline	Population	Mayor or Governor
Beijing	People's Republic of China		14,930,000 (2004, municipality)	Wang Qishan
Hong Kong	Hong Kong		6,864,000 (2006)	Donald Tsang
Macau	Macau		508,500 (2006)	Edmund Ho Hau-wah
Pyongyang	North Korea
Seoul	South Korea		10,356,000 (2006)	O Sehun
Taipei	Taiwan		2,630,872 (2007)	Hao Longbin
Tokyo	Japan
Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia

Sometimes included

Note: Part of East Asia, Northeast Asia, is the Russian Far East, and as such its capital is Moscow.

South Asia

Name	Nation	View	Population	Mayor or Governor|N/A
Dhaka, formerly Dacca	Bangladesh		7,000,940 (2006)	N/A
Islamabad	Pakistan		955,629 (1998)	N/A
Kathmandu	Nepal		822,930	N/A
Lhasa	Tibet		250,000	N/A
Malé	Maldives		81,647	N/A
New Delhi	Republic of India		16,321,883	Asha Ram Verma
Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte	Sri Lanka		115,826	Uvais Ahamad
Thimphu	Bhutan		50,000	N/A

Sometimes Included

Name	Nation	View	Population	Mayor or Governor
Kabul	Afghanistan		2,994,000 (2005)	N/A
Naypyidaw	Myanmar		N/A	Colonel Thein Nyunt
Tehran	Iran		7,314,000	Mohammad Ghalibaf

Southeast Asia

Name	Nation	Landmark	Population	Mayor or Governor
Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei		46,229 (1991)
Bangkok	Thailand		7,160,522 (2007) Metropolitan: 10,061,726(2007)	หม่อมราชวงศ์สุขุมพันธุ์ บริพัตร M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra
Dili	East Timor		150,000
Hanoi	Vietnam		3,398,889 (2007) Metropolitan: 6,232,940(2008)	Nguyễn Thế Thảo
Jakarta	Indonesia		8,792,000 (2004)	Fauzi Bowo
Kuala Lumpur (official) Putrajaya (Federal Administrative centre)	Malaysia		City: 1,479,388 (2004) Metropolitan: 7,000,000 (2004)	Datuk Abdul Hakim Borhan
Manila	Philippines		1,581,082 (2000) Metropolitan: 11,289,368 (2005)	Alfredo Lim
Naypyidaw	Myanmar		930,000 (2007)	Colonel Thein Nyunt
Phnom Penh	Cambodia		862,000 (1998)	Kep Chuktema
Singapore	Singapore		4,425,720 (2005)	None
The Settlement	Christmas Island		500 (2005)	None
Vientiane	Laos		City: 200,000 (2005) Metropolitan: 730,000 (2005)
West Island	Cocos (Keeling) Islands		120 (2005)	None

Sometimes Included

Name	Nation	View	Population	Mayor or Governor
Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea		314,000

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