capital district
Seat of power
A capital district is the administrative region containing a country's or state's seat of government.
The term distinguishes the governmental zone from surrounding areas: The capital district has its own police force.
Some places use it as a proper name for metropolitan areas centered on capitals: She commutes to Albany from the Capital District.
- executive officesSenior management workspaces
- presidential palaceGovernment leader's official residence
- government buildingsFacilities for official administration
- federal territoryRegion under central authority
- legislative chambersHalls for making laws
seat of government · embassies · national identity · urban infrastructure · metropolitan area · heritage sites · civic pride · state departments · diplomatic quarter · public squares · parade grounds · city planning · ministries · historical landmarks · monumental architecture · diplomatic corps · public museums · tourism hotspots
- jurisdictionscounty, city, province, state, counties
- capital sitegovernment seat, administrative center
- city groupssister cities, twin towns, metropolitan area, megacity, port cities
- hearingscongressional hearing, congressional hearings, committee hearing, confirmation hearing, public hearings
capital districtprovince
Regional administrative district
state · hinterland · remote territory · periphery · borderland
capital districtrural area
Low-density agricultural region
countryside · wilderness · outback · bush · farmland
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