federal city
National capital district
A federal city is a city that serves as the seat of a national government, often with special administrative status separate from the surrounding states or provinces.
Washington, D.C. is the archetypal federal city—a district under direct federal control rather than part of any state.
Other examples include Canberra, Brasília, and Mexico City.
- Washington D.C.United States capital city
- CanberraAustralia's federal seat
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- capitalWealth used for investment
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
charter · constitutionality · ministries · Abuja · executive branch · jurisdiction · Brasília · bureaucracy · Ottawa · autonomy · monuments · seat of government · national identity · founding fathers · New Delhi · Berlin · judiciary · museums
- George Washingtonfirst president, Mount Vernon, founding father, Continental Army, crossing the Delaware
- Early RepublicGeorge Washington, Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Constitutional Convention
- 18001800, Napoleon, Jefferson, Louisiana Purchase, John Adams
- Bernbears, clock tower, Munster, rose garden, arcades
federal cityprovincial town
Settlement outside major cities
backwater · rural village · remote outpost · periphery · frontier settlement
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