{"id":38,"date":"2019-02-05T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T15:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menamap.com\/blog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2019-11-16T18:49:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T18:49:20","slug":"what-is-the-capital-city-of-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menamap.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/05\/what-is-the-capital-city-of-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the capital city of the Middle East?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are the capitals of each of these nations:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Turkey &#8211; <\/b>Ankara<br \/>\n<b>Cyprus<\/b> &#8211; Nicosia<br \/>\n<b>Lebanon<\/b> &#8211; Beirut<br \/>\n<b>Syria<\/b> &#8211; Damascus<br \/>\n<b>Israel<\/b> &#8211; Tel Aviv (Gov\u2019t)\/Jerusalem (Official)<br \/>\n<b>Jordan <\/b>&#8211; Amman<br \/>\n<b>Egypt<\/b> &#8211; Cairo<br \/>\n<b>Saudi Arabia <\/b>&#8211; Riyadh<br \/>\n<b>Yemen<\/b> &#8211; Sana\u2019a<br \/>\n<b>Oman<\/b> &#8211; Muscat<br \/>\n<b>UAE<\/b> &#8211; Abu Dhabi<br \/>\n<b>Qatar<\/b> &#8211; Doha<br \/>\n<b>Bahrain<\/b> &#8211; Manama<br \/>\n<b>Kuwait<\/b> &#8211; Kuwait City<br \/>\n<b>Iraq<\/b> &#8211; Baghdad<br \/>\n<b>Iran<\/b> &#8211; Tehran<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">I should also note that while this map doesn\u2019t recognize it, 135 nations of the UN recognize the state of <b>Palestine<\/b>, which has a government capital of Ramallah and an official capital of East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/menamap.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/05\/what-is-the-capital-city-of-the-middle-east\/mecaps\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/menamap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mecaps.gif\" data-orig-size=\"462,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mecaps\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/menamap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mecaps.gif\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39\" src=\"https:\/\/menamap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mecaps.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Power grab\u2019 or expanding democracy? 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