Farthest capital cities from each other

Of the 167 national capital cities in the CityExtremes database, these pairs are the most geographically distant from one another.

#	Capital A	Capital B	Distance
1	Asuncion, Paraguay	Taipei, Republic of China	19,944 km (12,393 mi)
2	Quito, Ecuador	Pakanbaru, Indonesia	19,916 km (12,375 mi)
3	Jakarta, Indonesia	Bucaramanga, Colombia	19,904 km (12,368 mi)
4	Santiago, Chile	Xi'an, Shaanxi, China	19,902 km (12,367 mi)
5	Bogotá, Colombia	Bandar Lampung, Indonesia	19,894 km (12,362 mi)
6	Lima, Peru	Bat Dambang, Cambodia	19,886 km (12,357 mi)
7	Wellington, New Zealand	Madrid, Spain	19,855 km (12,337 mi)
8	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Guayaquil, Ecuador	19,822 km (12,317 mi)
9	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Yancheng, Jiangsu, China	19,820 km (12,316 mi)
10	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Lima, Peru	19,811 km (12,310 mi)
11	Montevideo, Uruguay	Gwangju, South Korea	19,748 km (12,271 mi)
12	Singapore, Singapore	Quito, Ecuador	19,742 km (12,267 mi)
13	Caracas, Venezuela	Malang, Indonesia	19,723 km (12,255 mi)
14	Hong Kong Sar, Hong Kong	Salta, Argentina	19,721 km (12,254 mi)
15	Bangkok, Thailand	Callao, Peru	19,707 km (12,245 mi)
16	Pyongyang, North Korea	Mar del Plata, Argentina	19,706 km (12,245 mi)
17	Macao, Macau	Salta, Argentina	19,701 km (12,242 mi)
18	Georgetown, Guyana	Makasar, Indonesia	19,699 km (12,240 mi)
19	Rabat, Morocco	Auckland, New Zealand	19,661 km (12,217 mi)
20	Sucre, Bolivia	Hong Kong Sar, Hong Kong	19,645 km (12,207 mi)
21	Seoul, South Korea	Mar del Plata, Argentina	19,620 km (12,191 mi)
22	Lisbon, Portugal	Auckland, New Zealand	19,616 km (12,189 mi)
23	Madrid, Spain	Auckland, New Zealand	19,588 km (12,171 mi)
24	La Paz, Bolivia	Haikou, Hainan, China	19,585 km (12,170 mi)
25	Willemstad, Curaçao	Malang, Indonesia	19,520 km (12,129 mi)
26	Manila, Philippines	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	19,462 km (12,093 mi)
27	Paramaribo, Suriname	Makasar, Indonesia	19,432 km (12,074 mi)
28	Hanoi, Vietnam	Arequipa, Peru	19,428 km (12,072 mi)
29	Vientiane, Laos	Arequipa, Peru	19,386 km (12,046 mi)
30	Panama de Panama, Panama	Bandar Lampung, Indonesia	19,367 km (12,034 mi)
31	Algiers, Algeria	Auckland, New Zealand	19,287 km (11,984 mi)
32	Dili, Timor-Leste	Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela	19,131 km (11,887 mi)
33	Brasilia, Brazil	Cebu, Philippines	18,952 km (11,776 mi)
34	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Denpasar, Indonesia	18,910 km (11,750 mi)
35	San Jose, Costa Rica	Padang, Indonesia	18,903 km (11,746 mi)
36	Naypyidaw, Myanmar	Callao, Peru	18,897 km (11,742 mi)
37	Tokyo, Japan	Porto Alegre, Brazil	18,822 km (11,695 mi)
38	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Malang, Indonesia	18,808 km (11,687 mi)
39	Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Malang, Indonesia	18,724 km (11,635 mi)
40	El Aaiun, Western Sahara	Gold Coast-Tweed, Australia	18,715 km (11,629 mi)
41	Kingston, Jamaica	Bandung, Indonesia	18,693 km (11,615 mi)
42	Tunis, Tunisia	Auckland, New Zealand	18,653 km (11,590 mi)
43	Washington (DC), United States of America	Perth, Australia	18,620 km (11,570 mi)
44	Managua, Nicaragua	Padang, Indonesia	18,576 km (11,543 mi)
45	Praia, Cape Verde	Brisbane, Australia	18,572 km (11,540 mi)
46	Paris, France	Auckland, New Zealand	18,538 km (11,519 mi)
47	Port Louis, Mauritius	Tijuana, Mexico	18,535 km (11,517 mi)
48	Nassau, Bahamas	Perth, Australia	18,523 km (11,510 mi)
49	Saint-Denis (La Réunion), France	Tijuana, Mexico	18,522 km (11,509 mi)
50	Nouakchott, Mauritania	Brisbane, Australia	18,486 km (11,487 mi)