Capital Cities beginning with V
This is a list of national capitals with their name beginning with the Letter V, There are 6 capital cities with the name starting with the letter V.
Vaduz | Liechtenstein
Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein and also the seat of the national parliament. The city, which is located along the Rhine River, has 5,696 residents. The most prominent landmark of Vaduz is Vaduz Castle, being perched atop a steep hill in the middle of the city. The name of Vaduz had been first recorded as de Faduzes. The name of the settlement, like most other towns in the Rhine Valley region, is of Romance origin.
Valletta | Malta
Valletta is the capital city of Malta. Valletta’s 16th-century buildings were constructed by the Knights Hospitaller. The city was named after Jean Parisot de Valette, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion during the Great Siege of Malta. The city was officially recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980.
Vatican City | Vatican
Vatican City is an independent city-state and enclave located within Rome, Italy. The independent state of Vatican City, on the other hand, came into existence on 11 February 1929 by the Lateran Treaty between the Holy See and Italy, which spoke of it as a new creation, not as a vestige of the much larger Papal States, which had previously encompassed much of central Italy.
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Vienna | Austria
Vienna is the national capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria’s most populous city, with about 2 million inhabitants and its cultural, economic, and political centre. Evidence has been found of continuous habitation in the Vienna area since 500 BC when Celts settled the site on the Danube.
Vientiane | Laos
Vientiane is the capital and largest city of Laos, on the banks of the Mekong River near the border with Thailand. Vientiane became the capital in 1573, due to fears of a Burmese invasion, but was later looted, then razed to the ground in 1827 by the Siamese. Vientiane was the administrative capital during French rule and, due to economic growth in recent times, is now the economic centre of Laos.
Vilnius | Lithuania
Vilnius is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 588,412 as of 2021. The population of Vilnius’s functional urban area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 706,832, while according to the Vilnius territorial health insurance fund, there were 732,421 permanent inhabitants as of October 2020 in Vilnius city and Vilnius district municipalities combined. Vilnius is in southeastern Lithuania and is the second-largest city in the Baltic states. It is the seat of Lithuania’s national government and the Vilnius District Municipality.
