CAPITALS

América CentralEl CaribeEuropa

América Central Okay, Miss Bernard, you gave me a mnemonic device

for the countries… how do I remember the capitals?

In Central America, it’s pretty easy because most of them have similar names to the country.

  Country Capital  Guatemala Guatemala El Salvador San Salvador (San is short

for Santo/Saint) Panamá Panamá (City) Nicaragua Managua (they both have

“agua” water in them…)

América Central

The 2 that are different are: Country Capital

Honduras Tegucigalpa Costa Rica San José (2

words like the country)

El Caribe & Europa For the Caribbean, you have to remember them. Country Capital

Cuba La Habana (Havana in English)

República Dominicana Santo Domingo (2 words like the country)

Puerto Rico San Juan (2 words like the country)

  The only one in Europe is:

España Madrid