capital cities
Countries' governmental seats
Capital cities are the seats of national or regional government, where legislatures meet and administrative power concentrates.
The capital isn't always the largest or most famous city—Canberra rather than Sydney, Brasília rather than São Paulo.
Washington, D.C. became the capital as a compromise between northern and southern states.
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- world leadersThose governing nations
- city namesWhat towns are called
- AustinTexas capital city
- DenverColorado's capital city
seat of government · Boston · governance · Harrisburg · administration · power center · Albany · headquarters · Canberra · Ottawa · colonial heritage · diplomatic missions · metropolis · historic downtown · national monuments · tourist destination · city skyline · official residence
- 20th century world mapsatlas, globe, world atlas, map legend, map key
- city groupstwin towns, metropolitan area, megacity, urban agglomeration, conurbation
- territory datapopulation figures, land area, population density, country codes, latitude
- gazetteersgazetteer, place names, city names, geographic names
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- Australian Geographystates, territories, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
capital citiesregional centers
Administrative bases for areas
state capitals · colonies · satellite cities · provincial capitals · county seats
capital citiessmall towns
Low-population municipalities
villages · hamlets · backwaters · forgotten towns · one-horse towns
capital citiesrural villages
Small countryside settlements
countryside · farmland · wilderness · rural areas · the bush
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