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Facts: Handy for a Quiz
- Argentina - Buenos Aires
- Bolivia - Sucre (constitutional and judicial), La Paz (executive and legislative)
- Brazil - Brasilia
- Chile - Santiago
- Colombia - Bogota
- Ecuador - Quito
- French Guiana (a territory of France NOT a country) - Cayenne
- Guyana - Georgetown
- Panama - Panama City
- Paraguay - Asuncion
- Peru - Lima
- Suriname - Paramaribo
- Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain
- Uruguay - Montevideo
- Venezuela- Caracas
- La Paz is the world's highest national capital. Although remember, Sucre is the official capital of Bolivia.
- Quito is the world's second highest national capital.
- The most populous capital is Buenos Aires (note: Sao Paulo in Brazil has a larger population but is not a capital)
- Both Lima and Bogota have close to 10 million inhabitants
- Rio de Janeiro was Brazil's capital until 1960