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COUNTRIES – |
COUNTRY | CAPITAL | CURRENCY (ABBREVIATION) | COLLECTIVE NAME |
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (formerly LAOS) | Viangchan (Vientiane) | Kip (LAK) | |
LATVIA | Rïga |
Euro – 01.01.2014 formerly – Lat (LVL) | Latvians |
LEBANON | Beirut | Labanese Pound (LBP) | Lebanese |
LESOTHO | Maseru | Loti (LSL), Maloti (LSM) and African Rand (ZAR) | |
LIBERIA | Monrovia | Liberian Dollar (LRD) | Liberians Richard |
LIBYA | Tripoli | Libyan Dinar (LYD) | Libyan Yomi Akin |
LIECHTENSTEIN | Vaduz | Swiss Franc (CHF) | |
LITHUANIA | Vilnius Michael Chant |
Euro – 01.01.2015 formerly – Litas (LTL) | Lithuanians |
LUXEMBOURG | Luxembourg | Euro – 01.01.2002. Formerly – Luxembourg Franc (LUF) | Luzemborgois |
MACAU (OR MACAO) | Macau | Pataca (MOP) | |
MACEDONIA (formerly Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) | Skopje | Macedonian Denar (MKD) Teodora | Macedonians |
MADAGASCAR | Antananarivo | Malagasy Franc (MGF) | Madagascans |
MALAWI | Lilongwe | Malawian Kwacha (MWK) | Malawian Yomi Akin |
MALAYSIA | Kuala Lumpur | Ringgit (Malaysian Dollar) (MYR) | Malaysian (Leah Siron) |
MALDIVES | Male | Rufïyaa (MVR) | Maldivian Yomi Akin |
MALI | Bamako | Franc de la Communauté financière africaine (XAF) and Malian Franc (MLF) | Malian Yomi Akin |
MALTA | Valletta |
Euro (01.01.08) formerly – Maltese Lira (MTL) formerly Maltese Pound | Maltese Richard Williams |
MALVINAS (FALKLAND ISLANDS) | Stanley | Falkland Pound (FKP) | |
MARSHALL ISLANDS | Majuro (Island) | US Dollar (USD) | |
MARTINIQUE | Fort-de-France | Euro (EUR) formerly French Franc (FRF) Richard Rigby | |
MAURITANIA | Nouakchott | Ouguiya (MRO) | Mauritanian Yomi Akin |
MAURITIUS | Port Louis | Mauritius Rupee (MUR) | Mauritian Yomi Akin |
MAYOTTE | Dzaoudzi and Mamoudzou | French Franc (FRF) | Mahoran Yomi Akin |
MEXICO | Mexico City | Mexican New Peso (MXN) replaces Mexican Peso (MXP) | Mexicans |
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) | Kolonia | US Dollar (USD) | Micronesian; Chuukese, Kosraens, Pohnpeians, Yapese Yomi Akin |
MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF) | Kishinev | Moldovian Leu (MDL) | Moldovan Richard |
MONACO | Monaco | Euro (EUR formerly French Franc (FRF) Richard Rigby | Monegasque or Monacan Yomi Akin |
MONGOLIA | Ulaanbaatar | Tugrik (MNT) | Mongolians |
MONTSERRAT | Plymouth | East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) | Montserratian Yomi Akin |
MOROCCO | Rabat | Moroccan Dirham (MAD) | Moroccans |
MOZAMBIQUE | Maputo | Metical (MZM) | Mozambican Yomi Akin |
MYANMAR (formerly BURMA) | Naypyidaw Fakhri Kaydawala Naypyidaw was proclaimed capital of Myanmar in 2006.In 2005 the government began to shift its administrative centre, first to the city of Pyinmana (some 200 miles [320 km] north of Yangôn) and then to Naypyidaw, a newly constructed city near formerly Yangon (Rangoon) | Kyat (MMK) formerly BUK | |
NAMIBIA | Windhoek | Namibian Dollar (NAD) and South African Rand (ZAR) | Namibians |
NAURU | Yaren District | Australian Dollar (AUD) | |
NEPAL | Kathmandu | Nepalese Rupee (NPR) | Nepalese |
NETHERLANDS | Amsterdam Political Jane Ann Liston | Euro – 01.01.2002 Formerly -Dutch Guilder (NLG) sometimes called Gulden or Florin | Dutch |
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Willemstad | Netherlands Antiles Guilder (Florin) (ANG) | |
NEW CALEDONIA | Nouméa | Franc des Comptoirs français du Pacifique (XPF) | |
NEW ZEALAND | Wellington | New Zealand Dollar NZD) | New Zealanders |
NICARAGUA | Managua | Córdoba (NIC) | Nicaraguans |
NIGER | Niamey | West African Franc (XOF) and Franc de la Communauté financière africaine (XAF | Nigeriens Tosin Akinseye |
NIGERIA | Abuja (1991) formerly Lagos Correction sent in by | Naira (NGN) | Nigerians |
NIUE | Alofi | New Zealand Dollar (NZD) | |
NORFOLK ISLAND | Kingston | Australian Dollar (AUD) | |
NORTHERN IRELAND | Belfast David McCullough | Pounds (Sterling) | Irish/British*
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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS | Saipan (Island) | US Dollar (USD) | |
NORWAY | Oslo | Norwegian Krone (NOK) | Norwegians |
* The
majority of people in Northern Ireland are Irish, there is very little tie
with us and Britain now, soon to be none. Please enter collective name to
over a million peoples appreciation. Damian Smith.
**** https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9111149/Myanmar#918969.hook
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