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States (highlighted in purple) whose capital city is also their most populous States (highlighted in blue) that have changed their capital city at least once. This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals.
Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Puerto Rico, and in the United States. Oldest continuously inhabited state or territorial capital in the United States. 1524
Spanish Fork, Utah (its name derives from a visit to the area by two Franciscan friars from Spain, Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez in 1776, who followed the stream down Spanish Fork canyon with the objective of opening a new trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Spanish missions in California, along a route ...
This is a list of the five most populous incorporated places and the capital city in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited territories of the United States, as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.
Capital of the exiled government Governor-general Simon de Anda during the Seven Years' War. Moved back to Manila Manila: Spanish East Indies: Philippines: 1764 1901 Ceded to the United States via Treaty of Paris: Jolo: Sulu Sultanate: Philippines: c. 1450 1899 Annexed by the United States Chiang Mai: Lan Na: Thailand: 1259 1775 Annexed by ...
For older capitals and their etymologies, see List of historical capitals of Egypt. El Salvador: San Salvador: "Holy Savior" in Spanish, referring to Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Equatorial Guinea: Malabo: After Malabo Lopelo Melaka (1837–1937), last king of the Bubi. The city was known as Santa Isabel (Saint Elizabeth) from 1855 to 1973 and ...
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See also: List of historical capitals of Norway. Ottawa Canada: North America: Ouagadougou Burkina Faso: Africa: Pago Pago American Samoa: Oceania: Territory of the United States. Palikir Micronesia: Self-governing in free association with the United States. Kolonia is the former capital and Australia, China, Japan and the United States retain ...