The non-governmental organization American Capital of Culture selects one city or state in the Americas annually to serve as the American Capital of Culture for a period of one year. The organization's leaders claim the initiative is based closely on the European Capital of Culture program; it enjoys the backing of the Organization of American States, but the OAS is not involved in the selection process.
The organization was founded in 1998 with the objectives to raise awareness of culture in the Americas and to promote the city selected as the Capital of Culture for the year. The chosen city is publicized on the television networks Antena 3 and the Discovery network.
While the NGO claims that the designation "is aimed at all the countries of the Americas",
!Year !!City !!Country
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!2000
| Mérida ||
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!2001
| Iquique ||
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!2002
| Maceió ||
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!rowspan=2|2003
| Panama City ||
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| Curitiba ||
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!2004
| Santiago ||
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!2005
| Guadalajara ||
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!2006
| Cordoba ||
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!2007
| Cuzco ||
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!2008
| Brasília ||
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!2009
| Asunción ||
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!2010
| Santo Domingo ||
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!2011
| Quito ||
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!2012
| São Luís ||
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!2013
| Barranquilla ||
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!2014
| Colima ||
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!2015
| Mayagüez ||
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!2016
| Valdivia ||
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!2017
| Mérida ||
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!2018
| Anzoátegui ||
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!2019
| San Miguel de Allende ||
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!2020
| Punta Arenas ||
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!2021
| Estado de Zacatecas ||
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!2022
| Ibagué ||
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!2023
| Aguascalientes ||
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!2024
| Nayarit ||
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!2025
| San Luis Potosí ||
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