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List Of Capitals
Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals *List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population *List of national capitals by area *List of capital cities by elevation *List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions *List of former national capitals *List of countries whose capital is not their largest city *List of purpose-built national capitals * List of national capitals situated on an international border Subnational capitals * List of capitals outside the territories they serve * List of purpose-built capitals of country subdivisions Countries * List of capitals in Australia * List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil * List of capitals in China * List of state and union territory capitals in India * List of capitals in Japan * List of capitals in Malaysia * List of capitals of states of Mexico * List of capitals in Pakistan * List of capitals in South Korea * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital City
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, different branches of government are in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official ( constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place. English-language news media often use the name of the capital city as an alternative name for the government of the country of which it is the capital, as a form of metonymy. For example, "relations between Washington and London" refer to " relations between the United States and the United Kingdom". Terminology and etymology The word ''capital'' derives from the Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Purpose-built Capitals Of Country Subdivisions
This is a list of purpose-built capitals of country subdivisions. List See also * Lists of capitals Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals * List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population *List of national capitals by area *List of capital citi ... References {{Reflist * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Capitals In South Korea
This is a list of capital cities, including the legislature or seat of government, of South Korea and its current provinces and provincial-cities. National capital Seoul has been the capital of South Korea since the Division of Korea in 1945. On 20 December 1997 some offices of the national government were move to the Daejeon Government Complex to offset the unbalance developments around Sudogwon. In 2004, former President Roh Moo-hyun purpose plans to move the national capital further away from the Korean Demilitarized Zone. However disputes within the National Assembly and ruling of the Constitutional Court of Korea prevented the relocation. On 2 July 2012 some functions of government have moved to Sejong Sejong of Joseon (15 May 1397 – 8 April 1450), personal name Yi Do ( Korean: 이도; Hanja: 李祹), widely known as Sejong the Great ( Korean: 세종대왕; Hanja: 世宗大王), was the fourth ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. I ... and became the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Capitals In Pakistan
This is a list of capital cities of Pakistan and its current and former provinces, territories, and states. National capital Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan on 14 August 1967, exactly 20 years after the country's independence. The first capital of Pakistan was the coastal city of Karachi in Sindh, which was selected by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Karachi was and still is the largest city and economic capital of Pakistan. It remained the seat of government until 1959, when the military president, Ayub Khan, decided to build a new capital, Islamabad in the north of Pakistan, near the general headquarters of the Pakistani Armed Forces which is in Rawalpindi. During this process, Rawalpindi was the interim capital. It's believed the name of ''Islamabad'' was influenced from the Mughal name of the Bengali port city of Chittagong which was Islamabad. However it's also believed that the name was inspired by the alternate name of the Kashmiri city of Anantnag which also ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Capitals Of States Of Mexico
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate entity that is not formally a state). States are further divided into municipalities. Mexico City is divided in boroughs, officially designated as or , similar to other state's municipalities but with different administrative powers. List ''Mexico's post agency, Correos de México, does not offer an official list of state name abbreviations, and as such, they are not included below. A list of Mexican states and several versions of their abbreviations can be found here.'' } , style="text-align: center;" , ''Coahuila de Zaragoza'' , , style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Saltillo , style="text-align: right;" , , style="text-align: right;" , , style="text-align: center;" , 38 , style="text-align: center;" , , , - , Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Capitals In Malaysia
The following is a list of capitals in Malaysia. It mainly describes the capitals of the states, districts, as well as the national capitals of Malaysia. National capital The national capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur. It remains the primary cultural, business and financial centre in Malaysia. The Parliament of Malaysia and the official residence of the King are also located in Kuala Lumpur. In 2001, the seat of government was moved from Kuala Lumpur to the planned city of Putrajaya which from then on served as the federal administrative centre, sometimes referred to as the administrative capital. Both these cities, together with Labuan, have special status as Federal Territories of Malaysia. Article 154(1) of the Federal Constitution states that unless been declared otherwise by the Parliament, Kuala Lumpur shall remain as the federal capital. State capitals All the states in Peninsular Malaysia except for Malacca, Penang, are constitutional monarchies. The two and Sabah an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Capitals In Japan
A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located. Japan In Japan, a prefectural capital is officially called , but the term is also used (). List of Japanese prefectural capitals Notes: ¹ Non-capitals which share a name with their prefecture In most cases, a city that shares a name with its prefecture is a prefectural capital. However, there are some municipalities that are not capitals. * Iwate, Iwate Prefecture *Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture *Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture * Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture * Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture Capitals that are not the largest city/metropolitan area in their prefecture Those in ''italics'' are prefectural capitals, or metropolitan areas of them. ; ; ; ; ; ; Notes: :City populations are as of July 2008. :Metropolitan area populations are as of 2000. (Urban Employment Areas) References {{Metropolitan cities of Japan Japan, Prefecture Capitals Capital may refer to: Common uses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of State And Union Territory Capitals In India
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled by the central government through appointed administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were reorganised on a linguistic basis. Their structure has since remained largely unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts. The legislatures of three states Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand meet in different capitals for their summer and winter sessions. Ladakh has both Leh and Kargil as its administrative capitals. List The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to administrative, legislative and j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Capitals In China
The scope of this list is limited to capital cities of first-level administrative divisions such as provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions, also including sub-provincial cities which are governed by a province but administered independently in many ways from a province. __TOC__ Provincal-level capitals * Note: The People's Republic of China claims Taiwan as one of its provinces, which it does not control. Sub-provincial cities that are not themselves provincial capitals Sub-provincial cities have a status that is below that of the municipalities, which are independent and equivalent to provinces, but above other, regular prefecture-level cities, which are completely ruled by their respective provinces. However, these sub-provincial cities are marked the same as other provincial capitals (or a prefecture-level city if the city is not a provincial capital) on almost all maps. In total, there are five sub-provincial cities that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Capitals Of Subdivisions Of Brazil
This is a list of the cities that are or have been considered capitals of one of the country subdivisions of Brazil. For the national capital see: Capital of Brazil. State capitals Acre ''created out of Amazonas'' * Porto Acre, present Xapuri (1899-1903?) - seat city for the Independent State of Acre * Rio Branco (1920–1963) - seat city for the territory do Acre * Rio Branco (1963–present) - seat city for the State of Acre Alagoas ''created out of Pernambuco'' * Alagoas (1817–1822) - seat city for the Captaincy of Alagoas * Alagoas (1822–1839) - capital city for the Province of Alagoas * Maceió (1839–present) - capital city for the Province of Alagoas * Maceió (1889–present) - capital city for the State of Alagoas Amapá ''created out of Pará'' * Macapá (1943–1988) - seat city for the territory do Amapá * Macapá (1988–present) - seat city for the State of Amapá Amazonas ''created out of Pará'' * Mariuá (1755–1791) - seat city for the Captaincy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Capitals In Australia
There are eight capital cities in Australia, each of which functions as the seat of government for the state or territory in which it is located. One of these, Canberra, is also the national capital. Section 125 of the Constitution of Australia specified that the seat of the national government, that is, the national capital, would be in its own territory within New South Wales, at least 100 miles from Sydney. The Constitution specified that until this national capital was ready, the Parliament would sit in Melbourne. In 1927, the national capital was finally ready and the national government relocated from its former seat in Melbourne to Canberra within the Australian Capital Territory (or the Federal Capital Territory as it was known at the time). In each state and internal territory, the capital is also the jurisdiction's most populous city. The Australian external territory of Norfolk Island has its official capital at Kingston, although this acts merely as the administr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Capitals Outside The Territories They Serve
There are many cases where a subnational territory (a federated state, municipality, or other unit) is governed from a capital city that is not itself a part of that territory. In most of these cases, the city itself is constituted as a separate local government unit, but also administers a surrounding or neighbouring territory. In cases such as Andhra Pradesh in India, a new state Telangana is created by division which has the capital, but still Andhra Pradesh is administered from the same capital. Current Africa * Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - capital of the region of Oromia (in addition to being the national capital city), itself an independently governed chartered city that is not part of Oromia. * Bujumbura, Burundi – capital of both Bujumbura Mairie and Bujumbura Rural provinces; the city itself is located in the former * East London, South Africa – administrative centre of the Amathole District Municipality, itself in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality * Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
