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Chapter 14

Capitals of East and Southeast Asia

This chapter covers the capitals of East and Southeast Asia that the essentials chapter left out, from Ulaanbaatar, the coldest capital in the world, to Dili on the island of Timor. Myanmar built a new capital, Naypyidaw, in the 2000s, and Indonesia is building one on Borneo to replace sinking Jakarta. Singapore is a city-state, so country and capital are one, and Brunei's capital has a whole village on stilts over the river.

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  1. Capital of MongoliaUlaanbaatar
  2. Capital of North KoreaPyongyang
  3. Capital of BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
  4. Capital of CambodiaPhnom Penh
  5. Capital of IndonesiaJakarta
  6. Capital of LaosVientiane
  7. Capital of MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
  8. Capital of MyanmarNaypyidaw
  9. Capital of SingaporeSingapore
  10. Capital of Timor-LesteDili