| AMMAN | Capital city in the middle East (pop 1.5 million), founded In 7250 BC (5) |
| TBILISI | Capital city in western Asia (pop abut 1.5 million), founded in the 5th century (7) |
| TEHERAN | Capital city in the Middle East (pop 8.7 million), founded in 1786 (7) |
| SEOUL | Capital city in the Far East (pop about 10 million), which hosted the Olympic Games in 1988 (5) |
| ISTANBUL | Large city in the Middle East (pop about 16 million), founded in the 7th century BC (8) |
| IZMIR | Large city in western Turkey (pop about 4.5 million), founded in the 11th century BC (5) |
| DAMASCUS | Capital city in the Middle East (pop about 2.5 million), inhabited as early as 10,000 BC (8) |
| KYOTO | City in Honshu (pop about 1.5 million), once the imperial capital of Japan (5) |
| MAINE | A coastal state in the north-east of the US (pop about 1.5 million) (5) |
| MINSK | Capital city in eastern Europe (pop about 2 million), founded in the 11th century (5) |
| DACCA | Old name of a capital city in southern Asia (pop about 8.9 million), founded in the 17th century (5) |
| KEITH | Small town in the north-east (pop about 5,000), dating from the late 12th centurey (5) |
| QUITO | Second-highest capital city in the world after La Paz, and the closest to the equator (5) |
| HAIFA | 50% of 50% providing a city in the Middle East (5) |
| PRAHA | European capital city (pop about 1.3 million), founded in 1231 (5) |
| DUBAI | City in the Middle East (5) |
| CAIRO | Largest city in the Middle East (5) |
| ELGIN | Large town in the north-east (pop about 25,000), a former cathedral city (5) |
| MALTA | Country which has the smallest capital city in the EU, by area and population (5) |
| TOKYO | A capital city in the east plays host to a single release by White Lies (5) |
