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How many sovereign countries' names share no letters with their capitals?

Question #136194. Asked by reeshy.
Last updated Jun 15 2014.
Originally posted Jun 15 2014 9:30 AM.

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I make it seven, according to this list.
link http://geography.about.com/od/countryinformation/a/capitals.htm

Trawl through them to see if you agree.

Jun 15 2014, 4:57 PM
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I made it 9 from the above list, with caveats on two:

1. According to this wikipedia page:
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia

Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, and it is also where google takes you if you type in "Capital of Bolivia". Although La Paz is the seat of Government. Taking Sucre as the recognised constitutional captial, then Bolivia would be one.

2. Nauru has no official capital, so technically cannot share any of the same letters, but this is contentious.

Otherwise, the above notwithstanding, I agree that there would be seven on the list provided.

Jun 15 2014, 7:52 PM
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wonkatriv
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Ok i have

egypt
fiji
italy
japan
liechtenstein
peru and
uruguay as the seven countries names that don't share any letter with its capital city.

Naurau also has no capital city so that might change in the future.

Jun 15 2014, 8:59 PM
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