Capitals of Oceania

(Last Updated On: April 16, 2021)

Like every continent, there are capitals for every country of Oceania. Oceania is a geographic area that features Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania has a land space of 8,525,989 sq. kilometers (3,291,903 sq mi) and inhabitants of over 41 million. When in comparison with continents, the area of Oceania is the smallest in land space and the second smallest in inhabitants after Antarctica.

Oceania has a various mixture of economies from the extremely developed and globally competitive financial markets of Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand, which rank high in high quality of life and human improvement index, to a lot much less developed economies similar to Papua New Guinea, Indonesian New Guinea, Kiribati, Vanuatu, and Tuvalu, whereas additionally together with medium-sized economies of Pacific islands similar to Palau, Fiji and Tonga. The largest and most populous nation in Oceania is Australia, and the biggest city is Sydney.

The first settlers of Australia, New Guinea, and the big islands simply to the east arrived more than 60,000 years ago. Oceania was first explored by Europeans from the 16th century onward. Portuguese navigators, between 1512 and 1526, reached the Tanimbar Islands, among the Caroline Islands, and West Papua New Guinea. On his first voyage within the 18th century, James Cook, who later arrived on the extremely developed Hawaiian Islands, went to Tahiti and adopted the east coast of Australia for the first time. The Pacific front noticed main motion throughout the Second World War, primarily between Allied powers the United States and Australia, and Axis energy Japan.

The arrival of European settlers in subsequent centuries resulted in a major alteration within the social and political panorama of Oceania. In more modern instances there was growing dialogue on national flags and a need by some Oceanians to display their distinguishable and individualistic id. The rock artwork of Aboriginal Australians is the longest constantly practiced inventive custom on the planet. Puncak Jaya in Papua is the very best peak in Oceania at 4,884 meters. Most Oceanian nations have a parliamentary consultant democratic multi-party system, with tourism being a big source of earnings for the Pacific Islands nations.

Capitals of Oceania (According to the country’s alphabetic order)

Country	Capital City	Population
American Samoa	Pago Pago	3,656
Cook Islands	Avarua	13,100
Fiji	Suva	88,271
French Polynesia	Papeete	25,763
Guam	Hagåtña	1,051
Kiribati	Tarawa	56,284
Marshall Islands	Majuro	27,797
Nauru	Yaren	747
New Caledonia	Nouméa	100,237
Niue	Alofi	597
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	48,220
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	410,954
Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	50
Samoa	Apia	37,391
Solomon Islands	Honiara	84,520
Tonga	Nuku‘alofa	35,184
Tuvalu	Funafuti	6,025
Vanuatu	Port-Vila	44,040
Wallis and Futuna	Mata-Utu	1,126