federal capital
Nation's administrative center
A federal capital is the city that serves as the seat of government for a federal state—a nation composed of semi-autonomous regions or states.
Washington, D.C. serves as the federal capital of the United States, Canberra for Australia, Brasília for Brazil.
Federal capitals are often intentionally located in neutral territory or purpose-built to avoid favoring any single state: The founders chose a federal capital outside existing states.
- seat of governmentCenter of political authority
- governmentAuthority over a state
- seatPlace for sitting
- districtBounded administrative area
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
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- Pakistani PoliticsNational Assembly, Prime Minister, provincial government, local government, legislature
- hubshub, regional hub, commercial hub, financial hub, economic hub
federal capitalstate capital
Administrative center of a state
provincial capital · regional capital · county seat · city hall · town center
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