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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the geographical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many tectonic plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents. Most of this list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Pages in category "Capitals in Oceania" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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This is a list of cities in Oceania (including Australia) with a population of over 80,000. National and territorial capitals are shown in bold type. National and territorial capitals are shown in bold type.
See also: List of historical capitals of Norway. Ottawa Canada: North America: Ouagadougou Burkina Faso: Africa: Pago Pago American Samoa: Oceania: Territory of the United States. Palikir Micronesia: Self-governing in free association with the United States. Kolonia is the former capital and Australia, China, Japan and the United States retain ...
Capital: Pape'ete Niue (570) (New Zealand) [4] Capital: Alofi Pitcairn (612) – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (United Kingdom) Capital: Adamstown Samoa (882) – Independent State of Samoa Capital: Apia Tokelau (772) (New Zealand) Capital: Fakaofo Tonga (776) – Kingdom of Tonga Capital: Nukuʻalofa Tuvalu (798) Capital: Funafuti
The term Oceania is used because, unlike the other continental groupings, it is the ocean that links the parts of the region together. [27] John Eperjesi's 2005 book The Imperialist Imaginary says that it has "been used by Western cartographers since the mid-19th century to give order to the complexities of the Pacific area." [28]
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