List of former national capitals

Columns: Old capital city | Country , empire | From | Until | Change , reason
Granada | Nicaragua | 1821 | 1857 | moved to Managua | St. John 's | Newfoundland | 1855 | 1949 | entered confederation within Canada and became the country 's 10th province | Washington , D.C | Philippine Commonwealth | May 1942 | October 1944 | returned to the Philippines subsequent to the end of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II | Old Road Town | Saint Kitts | 1623 | 1727 | capital moved to Basseterre | San Jose de Oruña ( Saint Joseph ) | British Trinidad | 1592 | 1783 | moved to Port of Spain | Caparra | Puerto Rico | 1508 | 1521 | moved to San Juan | Port of Spain and Chaguaramas | West Indies Federation | 1958 | 1962 | country ceased to exist | Mérida | Republic of Yucatán | 1840 | 1847 | Yucatán annexed by Mexico | Comayagua , Comayagua | Republic of Honduras | 1540 | 1937 | Tiburcio Carias Andino changed the capital because of its proximity to the San Juancito mines

Example questions:
How many feet is the elevation of the city that was the former national capital of Costa Rica from 1562 to 1823 ? | What sea is the bay of the city that was the former national capital of Cuba from 1522 to 1589 connected to ? | What parish does the city that was the former national capital of Barbados from 1625 to 1628 now belong to ? | What 1847 happened around the city that was the former national capital of Chan Santa Cruz from 1852 to 1901 ?

Answers:
4,708 | Caribbean Sea | Saint James | Caste War