|
COUNTRY |
CAPITAL
|
CURRENCY
(ABBREVIATION) |
COLLECTIVE
NAME |
|
AFGHANISTAN |
Kabol or Kabul |
Afghani (AFA) |
Afghan
Jawid Hamkar |
|
ALBANIA |
Tirane |
Lek (ALL) |
Albanians |
|
ALDERNEY
Channel Island
British Crown Dependency |
St. Anne |
Alderney/British
Pound |
|
|
ALGERIA |
Algiers (El Djazair) |
Algerian Dinar (DZD) |
Algerians |
|
AMERICAN SAMOA |
Pago Pago |
US Dollar (USD) |
|
|
ANDORRA |
Andorra
La Vella
Timomi md. Salim
|
Andorran Peseta (ADP)
Euro (EUR) formerly
French Franc
(FRF)
Richard Rigby
Spanish Peseta (ESP)
|
Andorran |
|
ANGOLA |
Luanda |
Kwanza
(AOA) **
(since 1.12.1999)
|
Angolans
Brits van
Zyl
Angolians
Richard
Williams |
|
**
Kwanza reajustado (AOR) 1.7.1995 to 30.11.1999 : New Kwanza AON (25.09.1990 to 30.06.1995) : Kwanza (AOK) (8.1.1977 to
24.09.1995) |
|
ANGUILLA |
The Valley |
East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) |
|
|
ANTARTICA
(Continent rather than
Country)
|
N/A
Thanks to Lindsey
Nussbaum for pointing this out. |
Norwegian Krone (NOK) |
|
|
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA |
St. Johns |
East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) |
|
|
ARGENTINA |
Buenos Aires |
Austral (ARA)
Argentinian Neuvo Peso (ARS) replaces Peso (ARP) |
Argentinians |
|
ARMENIA |
Jerevan |
Dram (AMD)
former currency
Russian Ruble (RUR) |
Armenians |
|
ARUBA |
Oranjestad |
Aruban Guilder/Florin (AWG) |
|
|
AUSTRALIA |
Canberra |
Australian Dollar (AUD) |
Australians |
|
AUSTRIA |
Vienna |
Euro
- 01.01.2002 formerly Schilling (ATS) |
Austrians |
|
AZERBAIJAN |
Baku |
Azerbaijani Manat (AZM)
(former currency Russian Ruble (RUR) |
Azerbaijani -
Anon |
|
BAHAMAS |
Nassau |
Bahamian Dollar (BSD) |
Bahamians
Liz
Andrew |
|
BAHRAIN |
Al-Manamah |
Bahraini Dinar (BHD) |
Bahraini
(Leah
Siron) |
|
BANGLADESH |
Dhaka (Dacca) |
Taka (BDT) |
Bangladeshi
****
Christine
Bengali
(Leah
Siron) |
|
****
My
husband is from Bangladesh. He and his compatriots refer to themselves
as Bangladeshi which is their political name. The majority of
Bangladeshis are ethnically Bengali. One also finds Bengalis in India
(such as the state of West Bengal). |
|
BARBADOS |
Bridgetown |
Barbados Dollar (BBD) |
Barbadians
Liz
Andrew
Bajans
Ben
Scadden |
|
BELARUS (formerly Byelorussia) |
Minsk |
Belarusian Rouble (BYR) (former
currency Russian Ruble (RUR) |
Belarusians
Anon and
Obianuju Nwabunike |
|
BELGIUM |
Brussels |
Euro
- 01.01.2002 formerly
Belgian Franc (BEF) |
Belgians |
|
BELIZE |
Belmopan |
Belize Dollar (BZD) |
Belizians
Yomi Akin
|
|
BENIN |
Porto-Novo and Cotonou |
Franc de la Communauté financière
africaine (XAF) |
Beninoise
Yomi Akin
|
|
BERMUDA |
Hamilton |
Bermudian Dollar (BMD) |
Bermudians
Yomi Akin
|
|
BHUTAN |
Thimphu |
Ngultrum and Indian Rupee (BTN &
INR) |
Bhutanese
Yomi Akin
|
|
BOLIVIA |
La Paz and Sucre |
Boliviano (BOB)
Bolivian Peso (BOP) |
Bolivians |
|
BOSNIA & HERZEGOWINA |
Sarajevo |
Bosnian Dinar (BAD) |
Bosnian
Yomi Akin
|
|
BOTSWANA |
Gaborone |
Pula (BWP) |
Motswana
(singular) Batswana (plural)
Obianuju Nwabunike |
|
BOUVET ISLAND |
|
Norwegian Krone (NOK) |
|
|
BRAZIL |
Brasilia |
Real
(R$)
(plural Reais)
Rogerio
Fernando Pereira
Prior to 1994 Cruzeiro Real
(BRR) |
Brazilians |
|
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY |
Diego Garcia |
Pound Sterling (GBP)
Seychelles Rupee (SCR) |
|
|
BRUNEI |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Brunei Dollar (BND) |
Bruneian
Yomi Akin
|
|
BULGARIA |
Sofia (Sofija) |
Lev (BGL) |
Bulgarian |
|
BURKINA FASO |
Ouagadougou |
Burkina Faso Franc (BFF) |
Burkinabes
Obianuju Nwabunike |
|
BURMA (Now MYANMAR) |
Yangon (Rangoon) |
Kyat (MMK formerly BUK) |
Burmese |
|
BURUNDI |
Bujumbura |
Burundi Franc (BIF) |
Burundians
Yomi Akin
|
|
BYELORUSSIA (now BELARUS) |
|
|
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