Guess how many countries where the capital and the state have the same name?

Problem
How many places are there where the city and the country of state have the same name? One? Two? Three? Four? Five?

Answers
1 New York, New York.
2 Singapore, Singapore.

Those are the two I guessed. I reckon there might be two more tiny countries or tiny islands. Six maximum. Let's see.

3 San Marino, San Marino.

Do you think that's it?
I'll check for some more. Come back in a moment.

I would count these:
4 Djibouti -Djibouti
5 Guatemala - Guatemala City
6 Kuwait - Kuwait city
7 Panama - Panama City
8 San Marino - San Marino
9 Vatican City - Vatican City
10 Gibraltar - Gibraltar

Would you count these?
If not, we have ten.
If you do continue counting places with almost the same name as the capital:

Country - capital
11 Algeria - Algiers
12 Andorra - Andorra la Vella
13 Brazil - Brasilia
14 El Salvador - San Salvador
15 Tunisia - Tunis

Tips For Further Reading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_national_capital_and_largest_cities
https://tinycards.duolingo.com/decks/
https://www.educationumbrella.com/oxford-student-atlas-
However you look at it, the world has fifteen countries where knowing the name of the city of the country is a good clue or reminder of both the country and the city name.

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