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National archives are central archives maintained by countries or nation states. This article contains a list of national archives. In some countries, national libraries serve the same purpose as national archives - or have archival departments.
Among their more important tasks is ensuring the accessibility and preservation of the information produced by governments, both analogically and digitally, for the government itself, researchers and the public.
Some national archives collections are large, holding millions of items spanning several centuries, while others have been created more recently and have modest collections. Many national archives are effectively dispersed, especially in post-colonial countries, and often have smaller local collections due to cultural imperialism and the theft of cultural and national documents and artifacts. There are ongoing international efforts to repatriate these materials to their communities of origin, in particular Indigenous cultural and intellectual property.
In the last decade, digitization projects have made possible to browse records and contents online.
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 Afghanistan
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National Archives of Afghanistan | Kabul | 1890 | 
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 Albania
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General Directorate of Archives | Tirana | 1949 | ||||
 Algeria
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Centre Nationale des Archives | Birkhadem, Algiers | |||||
 American Samoa
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American Samoa's Office of Archives and Records Management | Tutuila | 1978 | ||||
 Andorra
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National Archives of Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 1975 | 
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 Angola
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Arquivo Histórico Nacional | Luanda | |||||
 Antigua and Barbuda
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Antigua and Barbuda National Archives | St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda | 1982 | ||||
 Argentina
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General Archive of the Nation | Buenos Aires | 1821 |
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 Armenia
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National Archives of Armenia | Yerevan | 1923 | 
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 Aruba
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National Archives of Aruba | Oranjestad | 1994 | 
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 Australia
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National Archives of Australia | Canberra | 1961 |
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| National Film and Sound Archive | 1984 |
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 Austria
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Austrian State Archives | Vienna | 1749 | 
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 Azerbaijan
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National Archive Department of Azerbaijan | Baku | 2002 |
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