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World Book Capital Cities

The following cities have been designated as World Book Capitals:

Year City Country
2001 Madrid Spain
2002 Alexandria Egypt
2003 New Delhi India
2004 Antwerp Belgium
2005 Montreal Canada
2006 Turin Italy
2007 Bogotá Colombia
2008 Amsterdam Netherlands
2009 Beirut Lebanon
2010 Ljubljana Slovenia
2011 Buenos Aires Argentina
2012 Yerevan Armenia
2013 Bangkok Thailand
2014 Port Harcourt Nigeria

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