Capital (political) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-07

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Capital (political)


00:01:15 1 Terminology
00:01:49 2 Origins
00:03:50 3 Modern capitals
00:06:20 4 Planned capitals
00:11:35 5 Unusual capital city arrangements
00:18:36 5.1 Capitals that are not the seat of government
00:20:45 5.2 Disputed capitals
00:21:38 6 Intergovernmental organizations
00:24:15 7 Capital as symbol
00:27:49 8 Capitals in military strategy
00:30:24 9 See also



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A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.  A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, the different branches of government are located in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place.
Capital cities that are also the prime economic, cultural, or intellectual centres of a nation or an empire are sometimes referred to as primate cities. Examples are Athens, Bangkok, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Cairo, London, Mexico City, Paris, Seoul and Tokyo.
News media will often use the name of a capital city as an alternative name for the country of which it is the capital or of the government that is seated there, as a form of metonymy. For example, "relations between Washington and London" refer to "relations between the United States and the United Kingdom".