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A planned capital, Islamabad, was then designated, and in 1958, as an interim measure, the capital was shifted to Rawalpindi, near to the future capital. Islamabad became capital in 1967 when its construction was completed. Jakarta (de facto) Indonesia: The capital will soon be moved to Nusantara on Borneo. See also: Capital of Indonesia.
List of countries whose capital is not their largest city; List of capitals outside the territories they serve; List of national capitals by latitude; List of countries and dependencies by population; List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants; List of population concern organizations; List of national capitals; List of national ...
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Northernmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world. 64.18 Nuuk: Greenland: Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm. Northernmost capital of a constituent state in the world. 78.22 Longyearbyen: Svalbard: Longyearbyen is the administrative center of Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic unincorporated area.
This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to total area. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics . The area of the capital city only includes the area occupied by the city and not the wider urban/metropolitan district or administrative division created solely for the city.
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting. [6] [7]
La Paz is the de facto capital with the seat of government; it is in Bolivia's second most populous metropolitan area. Brazil: Brasília: 3,500,000: São Paulo: 12,252,023: 4.25: Brasília is a planned city and has been the capital city since its inauguration in 1960. Rio de Janeiro was the capital from 1763 until 1960. Brasília is the third ...
This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation. Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities, in particular colder temperatures in winter. Low elevation cities are often seaports or are close to the sea.