provincial capital
Province's main city
A provincial capital is the city serving as the seat of government for a province—the administrative center where provincial authorities are based.
The term appears mainly in countries organized into provinces, such as Canada, China, or Argentina: Quebec City is the provincial capital of Quebec, though Montreal is larger.
- districtBounded administrative area
- cityLarge populated area
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- townMid-sized settlement
- old townCity's preserved original section
main square · town center · government offices · municipality · regional authority · division · county · states · China · local government · administrative center · urban planning · Vietnam · transportation hub · bus terminal · local elections · courthouse · regional
- jurisdictionscounty, city, state, counties, municipalities
- MongoliaGobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, steppe, Mongols, nomads
- PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan
- Chinese Governmentcounty, prefecture, municipality, township, village
- Ontario HistoryToronto, Kingston, York, Niagara, Ottawa
- Provincial Governmentpremier, legislature, legislative assembly, ministers, cabinet minister
provincial capitalnational capital
Seat of federal government
federal capital · county seat · capital city · regional capital · village council
provincial capitalrural village
Small countryside settlement
backwater · provincial town · outpost · hamlet · remote settlement
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