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COUNTRY | CAPITAL | CURRENCY (ABBREVIATION) | COLLECTIVE NAME |
| TAIWAN, PRIVINCE OF CHINA | T’aipei | New Taiwan Dollar (TWD) | Taiwanese (Leah Siron) |
| TAJIKISTAN | Dushanbe | Tajik Rouble (TJR) Russian uble (RUR) was formerly in use. | Tajikans Mike Dodd |
| TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF | Dodoma (official) Dar es Salaam (administrative) Arshi Ratansi | Tanzanian Shilling (TZS) | Tanzanians (Thanks to Dee) |
| TASMANIA AUSTRALIAN STATE | Hobart | Australian Dollar (A$) | Tasmanians |
| THAILAND | Bangkok | Baht (THB) | Thailander (Leah Siron) Thai – |
| TIMOR (see East Timor and Indonesia) | |||
| TOGO | Lomé | Franc de la Communauté financière africaine (XAF | Togans Mike Dodd OR Togolese
Tosin Akinseye |
| TOKELAU | Each atoll has its own administrative centre. Timomi md. Salim | New Zealand Dollar (NZD) | |
| TONGA | Nuku’alofa | Pa’anga (TOP) | |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago Dollar (TTD) | Trinbagonians Trinidadians & Jenni_K |
| TUNISIA | Tunis | Tunisian Dinar (TND) | Tunisian |
| TURKEY | Ankara | Turkish Lira (TRL) | Turkish |
| TURKMENISTAN | Ashgabat | Turkmenistani Manat (TMM) | Turkmenistani Yomi Akin |
| TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS | Grand Turk | US Dollar (USD) | |
| TUVALU | Funafuti | Australian Dollar (AUD) | |
| UGANDA | Kampala | Ugandan Shilling (UGS) | Ugandans |
| UKRAINE | Kiev | Hryvna (UAH and Karbovanet (UAK) | Ukrainian – Anon Mike Dodd |
| UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS | Moscow | USSR Rouble (SUR) | Soviets Jane Ann |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Abu Dhabi | UAE Dirham (AED) | Emirati (Leah Siron) |
| UNITED KINGDOM | London | Pound Sterling (GBP) | British |
| U.S.A. | Washington D.C. | US Dollar (USD) | American ** See note below |
| URUGUAY | Montevideo | Uruguayan New Peso (UYU) replaces Uruguayan Peso (UYP) | Uruguayans – Anon Mike Dodd |
| UZBEKISTAN | Toshkent/Tashkent Graham Tucker | Uzbekistani Som (UZS) (Russian Ruble (RUR) was formerly used) | |
| VANATU | Port-Vila | Vatu (VUV) | Ni-Vanuatu Yomi Akin |
| VATICAN CITY | Vatican City | Italian Lire (ITL) | |
| VENEZUELA | Caracas | Bolivar (VEB) | Venezuelans – Anon Mike Dodd |
| VIETNAM | Ha Noi | Dông (VND) | Vietnamese |
| VIRGIN ISLANDS (British) | Road Town | US Dollar (USD) Pound Sterling (GBP) and East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) | Virgin Islanders (they can also be know by the name of |
| VIRGIN ISLANDS (US) | Charlotte Amalie | US Dollar (USD) | |
| WALES | Cardiff | Pound Sterling (GBP) | Welsh |
| WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS | Mata-Utu | Franc des Comptoirs français du Pacifique (XPF) | |
| WEST AFRICA | West African Franc (XOF) | ||
| WESTERN SAHARA | Laayonne | Moroccan Dirham (MAD), Spanish Peseta (ESP) and Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRO) | |
| YEMEN (unified North and South) | San’ã | Riyal (YER) Dinar (YDD) was used in South Yemen | Yemeni Mike Dodd |
| YUGOSLAVIA (Fed. Republic of) also known as SERBIA and MONTENEGRO | Belgrade | New Dinar (YUD) | |
| ZAÃRE former name of Congo, Democratic Republic of the | |||
ZAÃRE | Pre 1994 Zaire (Z) 1994-97 New Zaire (ZRN) Jan Andrews | ||
| ZAMBIA | Lusaka | Zambian Kwacha (ZMK) | Zambian |
| ZIMBABWE | Harare (formerly Salisbury) Mutsai Sifana In April 1982 on the | Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWD) | Zimbabwean Yomi Akin |
**It has been
pointed out to me by William Hitch that this is not strictly true. The term
‘Americans’ should apply to everyone in that hemisphere, however, there does not appear to
be a viable alternative. As Mr. Hitch points out ‘United Statesian’ is a bit of a
mouthful.
For national flags and more detailed information on
countries www.flags.net
is the site to visit.